Regions of Kazakhstan

Template:Infobox subdivision type Kazakhstan is divided into 14 regions (Template:Lang-kz / oblıstar; singular: облыс / oblıs; Template:Lang-ru / oblasti; singular: область / oblast' ). The regions are further subdivided into districts (Template:Lang-kz / awdandar; singular: аудан / awdan; Template:Lang-ru / rayony; singular: район / rayon ). Three cities, Baykonur, the largest city Almaty and the capital Astana are not part of the regions they are surrounded by.

Coat of arms	Full English name	Type	Full Kazakh name	Full Russian name	Standard time
45x45px	Akmola Region	region	Ақмола облысы Aqmola oblısı	Акмолинская область Akmolinskaya Oblast′	UTC+06:00
45x45px	Aktobe Region	region	Ақтөбе облысы Aqtöbe oblısı	Актюбинская область Aktyubinskaya Oblast	UTC+05:00
45x45px	Almaty	cityTemplate:Ref label	Алматы қаласы Almatı qalası	город Алматы gorod Almaty	UTC+06:00
45x45px	Almaty Region	region	Алматы облысы Almatı oblısı	Алматинская область Almatinskaya Oblast	UTC+06:00
45x45px	Astana	cityTemplate:Ref label	Астана қаласы Astana qalası	город Астана gorod Astana	UTC+06:00
45x45px	Atyrau Region	regionTemplate:Ref label	Атырау облысы Atıraw oblısı	Атырауская область Atyrauskaya Oblast	UTC+05:00
45x45px	Baikonur	cityTemplate:Ref label	Байқоңыр қаласы Bayqoñır qalası	город Байконур gorod Baykonur	UTC+06:00
45x45px	East Kazakhstan Region	region	Шығыс Қазақстан облысы Şığıs Qazaqstan oblısı	Восточно-Казахстанская область Vostochno-Kazakhstanskaya Oblast	UTC+06:00
45x45px	Jambyl Region	region	Жамбыл облысы Jambıl oblısı	Жамбылская область Zhambylskaya Oblast	UTC+06:00
45x45px	Karaganda Region	region	Қарағанды облысы Qarağandı oblısı	Карагандинская область Karagandinskaya Oblast	UTC+06:00
45x45px	Kostanay Region	region	Қостанай облысы Qostanay oblısı	Костанайская область Kostanayskaya Oblast	UTC+06:00
45x45px	Kyzylorda Region	region	Қызылорда облысы Qızılorda oblısı	Кызылординская область Kyzylordinskaya Oblast	UTC+06:00
45x45px	Mangystau Region	region	Маңғыстау облысы Mañğıstaw oblısı	Мангыстауская область Mangystauskaya Oblast	UTC+05:00
45x45px	North Kazakhstan Region	region	Солтүстік Қазақстан облысы Soltüstik Qazaqstan oblısı	Северо-Казахстанская область Severo-Kazakhstanskaya Oblast	UTC+06:00
45x45px	Pavlodar Region	region	Павлодар облысы Pavlodar oblısı	Павлодарская область Pavlodarskaya Oblast	UTC+06:00
45x45px	South Kazakhstan Region	region	Оңтүстік Қазақстан облысы Oñtüstik Qazaqstan oblısı	Южно-Казахстанская область Yuzhno-Kazakhstanskaya Oblast	UTC+06:00
45x45px	West Kazakhstan Region	regionTemplate:Ref label	Батыс Қазақстан облысы Batıs Qazaqstan oblısı	Западно-Казахстанская область Zapadno-Kazakhstanskaya Oblast	UTC+05:00

Notes

Template:Note Almaty and Astana cities have the status of State importance and do not relate to any region.

Template:Note 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.

Template:Note Baikonur city has a special status because it is currently being leased to Russia with Baikonur Cosmodrome until the year 2050.

Demographic statistics

Entity	Capital	Area (kmTemplate:Sup)	Population (2009 census)	ISO 3166-2 Code
Akmola Region	Kokshetau	146,219	Template:0731,133	KZ-AKM
Aktobe Region	Aktobe	300,629	Template:0786,209	KZ-AKT
Almaty	Almaty	Template:0319	1,450,095	KZ-ALA
Almaty Region	Taldykorgan	223,924	1,909,189	KZ-ALM
Astana	Astana	Template:0710	Template:0734,014	KZ-AST
Atyrau Region	Atyrau	118,631	Template:0542,937	KZ-ATY
Baikonur	Baikonur	Template:057	Template:070,000	KZ-BAY*
East Kazakhstan Region	Oskemen	283,226	1,394,963	KZ-VOS
Jambyl Region	Taraz	144,264	1,055,942	KZ-ZHA
Karaganda Region	Karaganda	427,982	1,357,943	KZ-KAR
Kostanay Region	Kostanay	196,001	Template:0879,523	KZ-KUS
Kyzylorda Region	Kyzylorda	226,019	Template:0712,915	KZ-KZY
Mangystau Region	Aktau	165,642	Template:0545,975	KZ-MAN
North Kazakhstan Region	Petropavl	Template:097,993	Template:0583,561	KZ-SEV
Pavlodar Region	Pavlodar	124,800	Template:0746,829	KZ-PAV
South Kazakhstan Region	Shymkent	117,249	2,622,125	KZ-YUZ
West Kazakhstan Region	Oral	151,339	Template:0612,516	KZ-ZAP

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 Russian population in the resulting region and to avoid having regions where Russians form majority.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Sources

• GeoHive