Regions of Kazakhstan

Regions of Kazakhstan
Qаzаqstаn аımаqtаry (Kazakh)
Регионы Казахстана (Russian)
Also known as:
Province
Oblast
West Kazakhstan RegionAtyrau RegionMangystau RegionAktobe RegionKyzylorda RegionTurkistan RegionJambyl RegionAlmaty RegionKaragandy RegionEast Kazakhstan RegionPavlodar RegionAkmola RegionNorth Kazakhstan RegionKostanay RegionAstanaAlmatyBaykonurOralAtyrauAktauAktobeKostanayKyzylordaPetropavlKokshetauShymkentKaragandaTarazPavlodarTaldykorganOskemen
A clickable map of Kazakhstan exhibiting its 14 regions.v • d • e
Category Unitary state
Location Republic of Kazakhstan
Number 14 regions and 4 cities (Almaty, Astana, Baikonur, Shymkent)
Populations 36,175 (Baikonur) – 2,685,009 (Turkistan)
Areas 680 km2 (263 sq mi) (Almaty) - 427,980 km2 (165,245 sq mi) (Karaganda)
Government Region government, National government
Subdivisions District

Kazakhstan is divided into 14 regions (Kazakh: облыстар/oblystar; singular: облыс/oblys; Russian: области/oblasti; singular: область/oblast' ). The regions are further subdivided into districts (Kazakh: аудандар/aýdandar; singular: аудан/aýdan; Russian: районы/rayoni; singular: район/rayon). Four cities, Baikonur, Shymkent, the largest city Almaty, and the capital Astana are not part of the regions they are surrounded by.

Coat of armsFull English nameTypeFull Kazakh nameFull Russian nameStandard time
Akmola RegionregionАқмола облысы
Aqmola oblysy		Акмолинская область
Akmolinskaya Oblast′		UTC+06:00
Aktobe RegionregionАқтөбе облысы
Aqtóbe oblysy		Актюбинская область
Aktyubinskaya Oblast′		UTC+05:00
Almatycity[nb 1]Алматы қаласы
Almaty qalasy		город Алматы
gorod Almaty		UTC+06:00
Almaty RegionregionАлматы облысы
Almaty oblysy		Алматинская область
Almatinskaya Oblast′		UTC+06:00
Astanacity[nb 1]Астана қаласы
Astana qalasy		город Астана
gorod Astana		UTC+06:00
Atyrau Regionregion[nb 2]Атырау облысы
Atyraý oblysy		Атырауская область
Atyrauskaya Oblast′		UTC+05:00
Baikonurcity[nb 3]Байқоңыр қаласы
Baıqońyr qalasy		город Байконур
gorod Baykonur		UTC+06:00
East Kazakhstan RegionregionШығыс Қазақстан облысы
Shyǵys Qazaqstan oblysy		Восточно-Казахстанская область
Vostochno-Kazakhstanskaya Oblast′		UTC+06:00
Jambyl RegionregionЖамбыл облысы
Jambyl oblysy		Жамбылская область
Zhambylskaya Oblast′		UTC+06:00
Karaganda RegionregionҚарағанды облысы
Qaraǵandy oblysy		Карагандинская область
Karagandinskaya Oblast′		UTC+06:00
Kostanay RegionregionҚостанай облысы
Qostanaı oblysy		Костанайская область
Kostanayskaya Oblast′		UTC+06:00
Kyzylorda RegionregionҚызылорда облысы
Qyzylorda oblysy		Кызылординская область
Kyzylordinskaya Oblast′		UTC+06:00
Mangystau RegionregionМаңғыстау облысы
Mańǵystaý oblysy		Мангыстауская область
Mangystauskaya Oblast′		UTC+05:00
North Kazakhstan RegionregionСолтүстік Қазақстан облысы
Soltústik Qazaqstan oblysy		Северо-Казахстанская область
Severo-Kazakhstanskaya Oblast′		UTC+06:00
Pavlodar RegionregionПавлодар облысы
Pavlodar oblysy		Павлодарская область
Pavlodarskaya Oblast′		UTC+06:00
Shymkentcity[nb 1]Шымкент қаласы
Shymkent qalasy		город Шымкент
gorod Shymkent		UTC+06:00
Turkistan Region (formerly South Kazakhstan)regionТүркістан облысы
Túrkistan oblysy		Туркестанская область
Turkestanskaya Oblast′		UTC+06:00
West Kazakhstan Regionregion[nb 2]Батыс Қазақстан облысы
Batys Qazaqstan oblysy		Западно-Казахстанская область
Zapadno-Kazakhstanskaya Oblast′		UTC+05:00

Notes

^1 Almaty, Astana and Shymkent cities have the status of State significance and do not relate to any region.
^2 The West Kazakhstan and Atyrau regions are both partly located in Eastern Europe as the Ural River run through Atyrau and Oral, their respective capital cities.
^3 Baikonur city has a special status because it is currently being leased to Russia with Baikonur Cosmodrome until the year 2050.

Demographic statistics

EntityCapital Area (km²)Population
(2009 census)[1]		Population Density ISO 3166-2 Code
Akmola RegionKokshetau 146,219737,495 5.044 KZ-AKM
Aktobe RegionAktobe 300,629757,768 2.521 KZ-AKT
AlmatyAlmaty 3191,365,632 4281 KZ-ALA
Almaty RegionTaldykorgan 223,9241,365,632 6.099 KZ-ALM
AstanaAstana 710613,006 863.4 KZ-AST
Atyrau RegionAtyrau 118,631510,377 4.302 KZ-ATY
BaikonurBaikonur 5736,175 644.6 KZ-BAY*
East Kazakhstan RegionOskemen 283,2261,396,593 4.931 KZ-VOS
Jambyl RegionTaraz 144,2641,022,129 7.085 KZ-ZHA
Karaganda RegionKaraganda 427,9821,341,700 3.135 KZ-KAR
Kostanay RegionKostanay 196,001885,570 4.518 KZ-KUS
Kyzylorda RegionKyzylorda 226,019678,794 3.003 KZ-KZY
Mangystau RegionAktau 165,642485,392 2.930 KZ-MAN
North Kazakhstan RegionPetropavl 97,993596,535 .0886 KZ-SEV
Pavlodar RegionPavlodar 124,800742,475 .9495 KZ-PAV
ShymkentShymkent 1,170603,499 KZ-
Turkistan RegionTurkistan 117,2492,469,357 21.06 KZ-TUR
West Kazakhstan RegionOral 151,339598,880 3.957 KZ-ZAP

Former administrative boundaries

Change of oblast names and boundaries from 1954 to today

Over the last 60 years, both the distribution and names of regions of Kazakhstan have changed considerably. Major changes were several fusions and splits between Guryev and Mangystau, Karaganda and Dzhezkazgan, Almaty and Taldy-Kurgan, East Kazakhstan and Semipalatinsk and Kostanay, Turgay and Tselinograd, respectively. Changes in region names were often in line with the renaming of cities, such as in the case of Alma-Ata/Almaty. After the administrative reform in 1997, the last change happened since then took place in 1999, when parts of North Kazakhstan that originally belonged to Kokshetau region became part of Akmola. The 1990s merges were in order to dilute Russian population in the resulting region and to avoid having regions where Russians form a majority.[2]

References

  1. ↑ https://www.liportal.de/fileadmin/user_upload/oeffentlich/Kasachstan/40_gesellschaft/Kaz2009_Analytical_report.pdf
  2. ↑ Bologov, Pyotr (25 August 2016). "Три угрозы для Назарбаева: насколько стабилен Казахстан" (in Russian). carnegie.ru. Retrieved 29 August 2016.

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