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Regions of Kazakhstan

First-level administrative divisions of Kazakhstan

Field	Value
name	Regions of Kazakhstan
kk
ru
alt_name	Province
Oblast
map	[[File:Kazakhstan provinces and province capitals en 2022.png	400px	Kazakhstan provinces and their capitals since 8th June of 2022]]
category	Unitary state
territory	Republic of Kazakhstan
current_number	17 regions and 4 cities (Almaty, Astana, Baikonur and Shymkent)
population_range	36,175 (Baikonur) – 2,685,009 (Turkistan)
area_range	263 sqmi (Almaty) – 116074 sqmi (Aktobe)
government	Regional government, National government
subdivision	District

kk ru Oblast

Kazakhstan is divided into 17 regions and 4 cities. The regions are further subdivided into districts. The four cities, Almaty, Baikonur, Shymkent, and the capital city Astana, do not belong to their surrounding regions.

Initially there were 14 regions. On 16 March 2022, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev announced that three new regions would be created. Abai Region was created from East Kazakhstan Region with its capital in Semey. Ulytau Region was created from Karaganda Region with its capital in Jezkazgan. Jetisu Region was created from Almaty Region with its capital in Taldykorgan; Almaty Region's capital was moved from Taldykorgan to Qonayev.

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Regions

Coat of arms	Full English name	Type	Capital	Full Kazakh name	Full Russian name
[[File:Abai oblysy eltanba.jpg	45x45px]]	Abai Region	region	Semey	Абай облысы
Abai oblysy	Абайская область
Abaiskaya Oblast′
[[File:Coat of Arms of Aqmola Province (new).png	45x45px]]	Akmola Region	region	Kokshetau	Ақмола облысы
Aqmola oblysy	Акмолинская область
Akmolinskaya Oblast′
[[File:Aktyubinsk-obl-coat-of-arms.png	45x45px]]	Aktobe Region	region	Aktobe	Ақтөбе облысы
Aqtöbe oblysy	Актюбинская область
Aktyubinskaya Oblast′
[[File:Coat of arms of Almaty.svg	45x45px]]	Almaty	city	Алматы қаласы
Almaty qalasy	город Алматы
gorod Almaty
[[File:Алматы облысы герб.png	45x45px]]	Almaty Region	region	Qonaev	Алматы облысы
Almaty oblysy	Алматинская область
Almatinskaya Oblast′
[[File:Emblem of Astana (latin).svg	45x45px]]	Astana	city	Астана қаласы
Astana qalasy	город Астана
gorod Astana
[[File:Coat of arms of Atyrau.svg	45x45px]]	Atyrau Region	region	Atyrau	Атырау облысы
Atyrau oblysy	Атырауская область
Atyrauskaya Oblast′
[[File:Coat of arms Baikonur.svg	45x45px]]	Baikonur	city	Байқоңыр қаласы
Baiqoñyr qalasy	ru}}.
[[File:Coats of arms of East Kazakhstan Province.svg	45x45px]]	East Kazakhstan Region	region	Oskemen	Шығыс Қазақстан облысы
Şyğys Qazaqstan oblysy	Восточно-Казахстанская область
Vostochno-Kazakhstanskaya Oblast′
[[File:Zhambyl province seal.png	45x45px]]	Jambyl Region	region	Taraz	Жамбыл облысы
Jambyl oblysy	Жамбылская область
Zhambylskaya Oblast′
[[File:Jetisu Region Emblem.jpg	45x45px]]	Jetisu Region	region	Taldykorgan	Жетісу облысы
Jetısu oblysy	Жетысуская область
Zhetysuskaya Oblast′
[[File:Coat of Arms of Karagandy Province.svg	45x45px]]	Karaganda Region	region	Karaganda	Қарағанды облысы
Qarağandy oblysy	Карагандинская область
Karagandinskaya Oblast′
[[File:Logo Kostanay Province.png	45x45px]]	Kostanay Region	region	Kostanay	Қостанай облысы
Qostanai oblysy	Костанайская область
Kostanayskaya Oblast′
[[File:Kyzylorda province seal.svg	45x45px]]	Kyzylorda Region	region	Kyzylorda	Қызылорда облысы
Qyzylorda oblysy	Кызылординская область
Kyzylordinskaya Oblast′
[[File:Маңғыстау логотибі.jpg	45x45px]]	Mangystau Region	region	Aktau	Маңғыстау облысы
Mañğystau oblysy	Мангыстауская область
Mangystauskaya Oblast′
[[File:North Kazakhstan province seal.svg	45x45px]]	North Kazakhstan Region	region	Petropavl	Солтүстік Қазақстан облысы
Soltüstık Qazaqstan oblysy	Северо-Казахстанская область
Severo-Kazakhstanskaya Oblast′
[[File:Logo Pavlodar region.png	45x45px]]	Pavlodar Region	region	Pavlodar	Павлодар облысы
Pavlodar oblysy	Павлодарская область
Pavlodarskaya Oblast′
[[File:Shymkent logo.svg	45x45px]]	Shymkent	city	Шымкент қаласы
Şymkent qalasy	город Шымкент
gorod Shymkent
[[File:Turkistan region seal.png	45x45px]]	Turkistan Region
(formerly South Kazakhstan)	region	Turkistan	Түркістан облысы
Türkıstan oblysy	Туркестанская область
Turkestanskaya Oblast′
[[File:Coat of arms of Ulytau Region.svg	45x45px]]	Ulytau Region	region	Jezkazgan	Ұлытау облысы
Ūlytau oblysy	Улытауская область
Ulytauskaya Oblast′
[[File:Coat of Arms Batys Oblysy.png	45x45px]]	West Kazakhstan Region	region	Oral	Батыс Қазақстан облысы
Batys Qazaqstan oblysy	Западно-Казахстанская область
Zapadno-Kazakhstanskaya Oblast′

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Demographic statistics

In 2022, three new regions were created - Abai (from part of East Kazakhstan), Jetisu (from part of Almaty Region) and Ulytau (from part of Karaganda Region). In the following table, the 2009 population totals have been amended to reflect the population in the new or altered regions.

Entity	Capital	Area
(km2)	Population
(2009)	Population
(2022)	Density
(2022)	ISO 3166-2
Abai Region	Semey	185,500	654,423	610,183	3.29	KZ-
Aqmola Region	Kokshetau	146,219	737,495	786,012	5.38	KZ-AKM
Aqtobe Region	Aqtobe	300,629	757,768	924,845	3.08	KZ-AKT
Almaty	Almaty	682	1,449,696	2,147,113	3,148.26	KZ-ALA
Almaty Region	Qonaev	105,100	1,103,237	1,497,025	14.24	KZ-ALM
Astana	Astana	797	613,006	1,340,782	1,682.29	KZ-AST
Atyrau Region	Atyrau	118,631	510,377	689,674	5.81	KZ-ATY
Baikonur	Baikonur	57	36,175	34,544	606.04	KZ-BAY*
East Kazakhstan Region	Oskemen	97,700	742,170	730,818	7.48	KZ-VOS
Jambyl Region	Taraz	144,264	1,022,129	1,215,482	8.43	KZ-ZHA
Jetisu Region	Taldyqorgan	118,500	620,593	698,952	5.90	KZ-
Karaganda Region	Karaganda	239,100	1,118,036	1,134,146	4.74	KZ-KAR
Kostanay Region	Kostanay	196,001	885,570	832,445	4.25	KZ-KUS
Kyzylorda Region	Kyzylorda	226,019	678,794	830,901	3.68	KZ-KZY
Mangystau Region	Aktau	165,642	485,392	761,401	4.60	KZ-MAN
North Kazakhstan Region	Petropavl	97,993	596,535	534,966	5.46	KZ-SEV
Pavlodar Region	Pavlodar	124,800	742,475	754,829	6.05	KZ-PAV
Shymkent	Shymkent	1,163	730,873	1,184,113	1,018.15	KZ-
Turkistan Region	Turkistan	116,100	1,738,484	2,110,502	18.18	KZ-TUR
West Kazakhstan Region	Oral	151,339	598,880	686,655	4.54	KZ-ZAP
Ulytau Region	Jezqazgan	188,900	223,664	221,014	1.17	KZ-

Former administrative boundaries

Change of oblast names and boundaries from 1954 to 2021

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 the Russian population in the resulting region and to avoid having regions where Russians form a majority.

Notes

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

Notes

References

Sources

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References

"V Kazakhstane poyavitsya chetyre novykh regiona".
INFORM.KZ. (4 May 2022). "3 new regions established in Kazakhstan".
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Akhmetkali, Aibarshyn. "President Tokayev Introduces Three New Regions in Kazakhstan - The Astana Times".
(2009). "Analytical report".
The Agency of Statistics of the Republic of Kazakhstan (web) - as at 1 October 2022
Bologov, Pyotr. (25 August 2016). "Tri ugrozy dlya Nazarbayeva: naskol'ko stabilen Kazakhstan". carnegie.ru.

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