Provinces of Kazakhstan

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Kazakhstan is divided into 14 provinces oblystar (singular - oblys) and three cities (qalalar, singular - qala), indicated with asterisks:

  1. Almaty
  2. Almaty*
  3. Aqmola
  4. Aqtöbe
  5. Astana*
  6. Atyrau
  7. Baikonur* (Bayqonyr)
  8. East Kazakhstan (Shyghys Qazaqstan)
  9. Mangghystau
  10. North Kazakhstan (Soltustik Qazaqstan)
  11. Pavlodar
  12. Qaraghandy
  13. Qostanay
  14. Qyzylorda
  15. South Kazakhstan (Ongtüstik Qazaqstan)
  16. West Kazakhstan (Batys Qazaqstan)
  17. Zhambyl

Statistics:

Province Capital Population Area (km.²) ISO 3166-2 Code Russian Name
Almaty Taldykorgan 860,000 224,000 KZ-ALM Алматинская область
Aqmola Koksetau 829,000 121,400 KZ-AKM Акмолинская область
Aqtöbe Aqtöbe 661,000 300,600 KZ-AKT Актюбинская область
Atyrau Atyrau 380,000 118,600 KZ-ATY Атыpауская область
Batys Qazaqstan Oral 599,000 151,300 KZ-ZAP Западно-Казахстанская область
Mangghystau Aqtau 316,847 165,600 KZ-MAN Мангистауская
Ongtüstik Qazaqstan Shymkent 1,644,000 118,600 KZ-YUZ Южно-Казахстанская область
Pavlodar Pavlodar 851,000 124,800 KZ-PAV Павлодарская область
Qaraghandy Karaganda 1,287,000 428,000 KZ-KAR Карагандинская область
Qostanay Kostanai 975,000 196,000 KZ-KUS Кустанайская область
Qyzylorda Qyzylorda 590,000 226,000 KZ-KZY Кызылординская область
Shyghys Qazaqstan Öskemen 897,000 283,300 KZ-VOS Восточно-Казахстанская область
Soltustik Qazaqstan Petropavl 586,000 123,200 KZ-SEV Севеpо-Казахстанская область
Zhambyl Taraz 962,000 144,000 KZ-ZHA Жамбылская область

Note: in 1995 the Governments of Kazakhstan and Russia entered into an agreement whereby Russia would lease for a period of 20 years an area of 6,000 sq km enclosing the Bayqongyr (Baykonur) space launch facilities and the city of Bayqongyr (formerly Leninsk).


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