Regions of Kazakhstan
Қазақстан облыстары (Kazakh)
Области Казахстана (Russian)
  • Also known as:
  • Province
    Oblast
Kazakhstan provinces and their capitals since 8th June of 2022
CategoryUnitary state
LocationRepublic of Kazakhstan
Number17 regions and 3 cities (Almaty, Astana, and Shymkent)
Populations36,175 (Baikonur) – 2,685,009 (Turkistan)
Areas680 km2 (263 sq mi) (Almaty) – 427,980 km2 (165,245 sq mi) (Karaganda)
Government
Subdivisions

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

Coat of armsFull English nameType CapitalFull Kazakh nameFull Russian nameStandard time
Abai Regionregion SemeyАбай облысы
Abai oblysy
Абайская область
Abaiskaya Oblast′
UTC+06:00
Akmola Regionregion KokshetauАқмола облысы
Aqmola oblysy
Акмолинская область
Akmolinskaya Oblast′
UTC+06:00
Aktobe Regionregion AktobeАқтөбе облысы
Aqtöbe oblysy
Актюбинская область
Aktyubinskaya Oblast′
UTC+05:00
Almatycity[nb 1]Алматы қаласы
Almaty qalasy
город Алматы
gorod Almaty
UTC+06:00
Almaty Regionregion QonaevАлматы 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] AtyrauАтырау облысы
Atyrau oblysy
Атырауская область
Atyrauskaya Oblast′
UTC+05:00
Baikonurcity[nb 3]Байқоңыр қаласы
Baiqoñyr qalasy
город Байконур
gorod Baykonur
UTC+05:00[3]
East Kazakhstan Regionregion OskemenШығыс Қазақстан облысы
Şyğys Qazaqstan oblysy
Восточно-Казахстанская область
Vostochno-Kazakhstanskaya Oblast′
UTC+06:00
Jambyl Regionregion TarazЖамбыл облысы
Jambyl oblysy
Жамбылская область
Zhambylskaya Oblast′
UTC+06:00
Jetisu Regionregion TaldykorganЖетісу облысы
Jetısu oblysy
Жетысуская область
Zhetysuskaya Oblast′
UTC+06:00
Karaganda Regionregion KaragandaҚарағанды облысы
Qarağandy oblysy
Карагандинская область
Karagandinskaya Oblast′
UTC+06:00
Kostanay Regionregion KostanayҚостанай облысы
Qostanai oblysy
Костанайская область
Kostanayskaya Oblast′
UTC+06:00
Kyzylorda Regionregion KyzylordaҚызылорда облысы
Qyzylorda oblysy
Кызылординская область
Kyzylordinskaya Oblast′
UTC+05:00
Mangystau Regionregion AktauМаңғыстау облысы
Mañğystau oblysy
Мангыстауская область
Mangystauskaya Oblast′
UTC+05:00
North Kazakhstan Regionregion PetropavlСолтүстік Қазақстан облысы
Soltüstık Qazaqstan oblysy
Северо-Казахстанская область
Severo-Kazakhstanskaya Oblast′
UTC+06:00
Pavlodar Regionregion PavlodarПавлодар облысы
Pavlodar oblysy
Павлодарская область
Pavlodarskaya Oblast′
UTC+06:00
Shymkentcity[nb 1]Шымкент қаласы
Şymkent qalasy
город Шымкент
gorod Shymkent
UTC+06:00
Turkistan Region
(formerly South Kazakhstan)
region TurkistanТүркістан облысы
Türkıstan oblysy
Туркестанская область
Turkestanskaya Oblast′
UTC+06:00
Ulytau Regionregion JezkazganҰлытау облысы
Ūlytau oblysy
Улытауская область
Ulytauskaya Oblast′
UTC+06:00
West Kazakhstan Regionregion[nb 2] OralБатыс Қазақстан облысы
Batys Qazaqstan oblysy
Западно-Казахстанская область
Zapadno-Kazakhstanskaya Oblast′
UTC+05:00
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

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.

EntityCapital Area
(km2)
Population
(2009)[4]
Population
(2022)[5]
Density
(2022)
ISO 3166-2
Abai RegionSemey 185,500654,423610,183 3.29 KZ-
Aqmola RegionKokshetay 146,219737,495786,012 5.38 KZ-AKM
Aqtobe RegionAqtobe 300,629757,768924,845 3.08 KZ-AKT
AlmatyAlmaty 6821,449,6962,147,113 3,148.26 KZ-ALA
Almaty RegionQonaev 105,1001,103,2371,497,025 14.24 KZ-ALM
AstanaAstana 797613,0061,340,782 1,682.29 KZ-AST
Atyrau RegionAtyrau 118,631510,377689,674 5.81 KZ-ATY
BaikonurBaikonur 5736,17534,544 606.04 KZ-BAY*
East Kazakhstan RegionOskemen 97,700742,170730,818 7.48 KZ-VOS
Jambyl RegionTaraz 144,2641,022,1291,215,482 8.43 KZ-ZHA
Jetisu RegionTaldyqorgan 118,500620,593698,952 5.90 KZ-
Karaganda RegionKaraganda 239,1001,118,0361,134,146 4.74 KZ-KAR
Kostanay RegionKostanay 196,001885,570832,445 4.25 KZ-KUS
Kyzylorda RegionKyzylorda 226,019678,794830,901 3.68 KZ-KZY
Mangystau RegionAktau 165,642485,392761,401 4.60 KZ-MAN
North Kazakhstan RegionPetropavl 97,993596,535534,966 5.46 KZ-SEV
Pavlodar RegionPavlodar 124,800742,475754,829 6.05 KZ-PAV
ShymkentShymkent 1,163730,8731,184,113 1,018.15 KZ-
Turkistan RegionTurkistan 116,1001,738,4842,110,502 18.18 KZ-TUR
West Kazakhstan RegionOral 151,339598,880686,655 4.54 KZ-ZAP
Ulytau RegionJezqazgan 188,900223,664221,014 1.17 KZ-

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

Notes

Notes
^1 Almaty, Astana and Shymkent have the status of City of State 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

  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.

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