Regions of Kazakhstan

First-level administrative divisions of Kazakhstan

Regions of Kazakhstan
Қазақстан облыстары (Kazakh)
Области Казахстана (Russian)

* Also known as:
* Province
Oblast

Category| Unitary state
Location| Republic of Kazakhstan
Number| 17 regions and 3 cities (Almaty, Astana, and 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|

* Regional government, National government

Subdivisions|

* District

Kazakhstan is divided into 17 regions (Kazakh: облыстар, romanized: oblystar; sg. облыс, oblys; Russian: области, romanized: oblasti; sg. область, oblast). The regions are further subdivided into districts (Kazakh: аудандар, romanized: audandar; sg. аудан, audan; Russian: районы, romanized: rayony; sg. район, rayon). Three cities, Almaty, Shymkent, and the capital city Astana, do not belong to their surrounding regions.

On 16 March 2022, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev announced that three new regions would be created.[1] 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.[2]

## Regions

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Coat of arms | Full English name | Type  | Capital | Full Kazakh name | Full Russian name

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| Abai Region | region  | Semey | Абай облысы
Abai oblysy | Абайская область
Abaiskaya Oblast′
| Akmola Region | region  | Kokshetau | Ақмола облысы
Aqmola oblysy | Акмолинская область
Akmolinskaya Oblast′
| Aktobe Region | region  | Aktobe | Ақтөбе облысы
Aqtöbe oblysy | Актюбинская область
Aktyubinskaya Oblast′
| Almaty | city[nb 1] | Алматы қаласы
Almaty qalasy | город Алматы
gorod Almaty
| Almaty Region | region  | Qonaev | Алматы облысы
Almaty oblysy | Алматинская область
Almatinskaya Oblast′
| Astana | city[nb 1] | Астана қаласы
Astana qalasy | город Астана
gorod Astana
| Atyrau Region | region[nb 2] | Atyrau | Атырау облысы
Atyrau oblysy | Атырауская область
Atyrauskaya Oblast′
| Baikonur | city[nb 3] | Байқоңыр қаласы
Baiqoñyr qalasy | город Байконур
gorod Baykonur[3]
| East Kazakhstan Region | region  | Oskemen | Шығыс Қазақстан облысы
Şyğys Qazaqstan oblysy | Восточно-Казахстанская область
Vostochno-Kazakhstanskaya Oblast′
| Jambyl Region | region  | Taraz | Жамбыл облысы
Jambyl oblysy | Жамбылская область
Zhambylskaya Oblast′
| Jetisu Region | region  | Taldykorgan | Жетісу облысы
Jetısu oblysy | Жетысуская область
Zhetysuskaya Oblast′
| Karaganda Region | region  | Karaganda | Қарағанды облысы
Qarağandy oblysy | Карагандинская область
Karagandinskaya Oblast′
| Kostanay Region | region  | Kostanay | Қостанай облысы
Qostanai oblysy | Костанайская область
Kostanayskaya Oblast′
| Kyzylorda Region | region  | Kyzylorda | Қызылорда облысы
Qyzylorda oblysy | Кызылординская область
Kyzylordinskaya Oblast′
| Mangystau Region | region  | Aktau | Маңғыстау облысы
Mañğystau oblysy | Мангыстауская область
Mangystauskaya Oblast′
| North Kazakhstan Region | region  | Petropavl | Солтүстік Қазақстан облысы
Soltüstık Qazaqstan oblysy | Северо-Казахстанская область
Severo-Kazakhstanskaya Oblast′
| Pavlodar Region | region  | Pavlodar | Павлодар облысы
Pavlodar oblysy | Павлодарская область
Pavlodarskaya Oblast′
| Shymkent | city[nb 1] | Шымкент қаласы
Şymkent qalasy | город Шымкент
gorod Shymkent
| Turkistan Region
(formerly South Kazakhstan) | region  | Turkistan | Түркістан облысы
Türkıstan oblysy | Туркестанская область
Turkestanskaya Oblast′
| Ulytau Region | region  | Jezkazgan | Ұлытау облысы
Ūlytau oblysy | Улытауская область
Ulytauskaya Oblast′
| West Kazakhstan Region | region[nb 2] | Oral | Батыс Қазақстан облысы
Batys Qazaqstan oblysy | Западно-Казахстанская область
Zapadno-Kazakhstanskaya Oblast′

The share of the European population by districts and cities of regional and republican subordination Kazakhstan in 2022

≥70%

60.0 – 69.9%

50.0 – 59.9%

40.0 – 49.9%

30.0 – 39.9%

20.0 – 29.9%

10.0 – 19.9%

0.0 – 9.9%

## Demographic statistics

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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)[4] | Population
(2022)[5] | Density
(2022)  | ISO 3166-2

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Abai Region | Semey | 185,500 | 654,423 | 610,183  | 3.29  | KZ-
Aqmola Region | Kokshetay | 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

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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 the Russian population in the resulting region and to avoid having regions where Russians form a majority.[6]

Politics of Kazakhstan

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## Notes

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Notes
^1 Almaty, Astana and Shymkent have the status of the city of republican significance, and as such do not relate to any region.
^2 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.
^3 Baikonur city has a special status because it is currently being leased to Russia along with Baikonur Cosmodrome until the year 2050.

## References

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1. ^ "V Kazakhstane poyavitsya chetyre novykh regiona" В Казахстане появится четыре новых региона [Four new regions will appear in Kazakhstan]. Interfax.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 20 April 2022.
2. ^ INFORM.KZ (4 May 2022). "3 new regions established in Kazakhstan". Казинформ. qazinform. Retrieved 22 May 2022..
3. ^ On the time change in the city of Baikonur and Kyzylorda region, Administration of the city of Baikonur, 13 December 2018 (in Russian).
4. ^ "Analytical report" (PDF). www.liportal.de. 2009. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
5. ^ The Agency of Statistics of the Republic of Kazakhstan (web) - as at 1 October 2022
6. ^ Bologov, Pyotr (25 August 2016). "Tri ugrozy dlya Nazarbayeva: naskol'ko stabilen Kazakhstan" Три угрозы для Назарбаева: насколько стабилен Казахстан [Three threats to Nazarbayev: how stable is Kazakhstan] (in Russian). carnegie.ru. Retrieved 29 August 2016.

## Sources

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Regions of Kazakhstan

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* Abai
* Akmola
* Aktobe
* Almaty
* Atyrau
* East Kazakhstan
* Jambyl
* Jetisu
* Karaganda
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* Kyzylorda
* Mangystau
* North Kazakhstan
* Pavlodar
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* West Kazakhstan

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History|

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