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{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = North Kazakhstan Region
| native_name             = Солтүстік Қазақстан облысы<br />Северо-Казахстанская область 
| settlement_type         = [[Region]]
| image_skyline           = Reka Ishim Petropavlovskij gidrouzel.jpg
| imagesize               = 
| image_alt               = 
| image_caption           = 
| image_shield            = North Kazakhstan province seal.svg
| shield_alt              = 
| image_map               = North Kazakhstan in Kazakhstan.svg
| map_alt                 = 
| map_caption             = Map of Kazakhstan, location of North Kazakhstan Region highlighted
| coordinates             = {{coord|54|53|N|69|10|E|region:KZ|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type        = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name        = {{flag|Kazakhstan}}
| subdivision_type1       = 
| subdivision_name1       = 
| blank_name_sec1         = [[Districts of Kazakhstan|Districts]]
| blank_info_sec1         = 13
| blank1_name_sec1        = [[List of cities in Kazakhstan|Cities]]
| blank1_info_sec1        = 5
| blank2_name_sec1        = [[Township]]s
| blank2_info_sec1        = 
| blank3_name_sec1        = [[Village]]s
| blank3_info_sec1        = 208
| seat                    = [[Petropavl]]
| seat_type               = [[Capital (political)|Capital]]
| leader_party            =
| leader_title            = [[Akim]]
| leader_name             = Samat Yeskendirov
| area_footnotes          = <ref name="Official site - General Information">[http://www.sko.kz/?p1=document&p2=90& Official site - General Information]</ref>
| area_total_km2          = 97993
| timezone1               = East
| utc_offset1             = +6
| timezone1_DST           = not observed
| utc_offset1_DST         = +6
| postal_code_type        = [[Postal codes]] 
| postal_code             = 150000
| area_code_type          = [[Area codes]]
| area_code               = +7 (715)
| population_footnotes    = <ref>Agency of statistics of the Republic of Kazakhstan: [http://www.stat.kz/digital/naselsenie/2012/2013/%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82/01_2012_%D0%AD-14-05-%D0%9C.xls Численность населения Республики Казахстан по областям с началa 2013 года до 1 февраля 2013 года] (russisch; Excel-Datei; 55&nbsp;kB).</ref>
| population_total        = 579403
| population_as_of        = 2013-02-01
| population_density_km2  = auto
| iso_code                = KZ-SEV
| registration_plate      = 15, T 
| website                 = {{URL|http://www.sko.kz}}
| Go to North-Kazakhstan  = http://www.northkazakhstan.com
| footnotes               = 
}}
'''North Kazakhstan Region''' ({{lang-kk|Солтүстік Қазақстан облысы, ''Soltüstik Qazaqstan oblısı''}}) is a [[Regions of Kazakhstan|region]] of [[Kazakhstan]], with a population of 665,800. Its capital is [[Petropavl]], with a population of 193,300 people. The region borders [[Russia]] to the north, and also borders three other Kazakhstan regions: [[Akmola Region]] to the south, [[Pavlodar Region]] to the east and [[Kostanay Region]] to the west. The area of the region is {{convert|98,040|km2|abbr=on}}, making it the fourth smallest of all the regions of Kazakhstan. The [[Ishim River|Ishim (Esil) River]], a tributary of the [[Irtysh|Irtysh River]], flows from [[Karagandy Region]] to Russia through North Kazakhstan Region.

==Demographics==
The major ethnic groups are as follows:
{| class="wikitable"
! Year || 1989 || 1999 || 2006 || 2009
|-
! [[Russian people|Russians]]
| 51.49% || {{decrease}} 49.79% || {{decrease}} 48.5% || {{decrease}} 48.25%
|-
! [[Kazakh people|Kazakhs]]
| 22.59% || {{increase}} 29.57% || {{increase}} 32.3% || {{increase}} 35.89%
|-
! [[Ukrainian people|Ukrainians]]
| 7.73% || {{decrease}} 6.47% || {{decrease}} 6.3% || {{decrease}} 4.55%
|-
! [[German people|Germans]]
| 9.51% || {{decrease}} 5.67% || {{decrease}} 3.9% || {{decrease}} 2.7%
|-
! [[Polish people|Poles]]
| 2.51% || {{increase}} 2.58% || {{increase}} 2.7% || {{nochange}} 2.7%
|-
! [[Tatar people|Tatars]]
| 1.80% || {{decrease}} 1.54% || {{increase}} 2.2% || {{increase}} 2.3%
|-
! [[Belarusian people|Belarusians]]
| 2.89% || {{decrease}} 2.46% || {{decrease}} 1.2% || {{nochange}} 1.2%
|-
! Other (Mostly [[Greek people|Greeks]], [[Mordvins]], & [[Uzbek people|Uzbeks]])
| 2.18% || {{decrease}} 2.11% || {{increase}} 2.9% || {{decrease}} 2.11%
|-
! '''Total''' || 100.00 || 100.00 || 100.00 || 100.00
|-
! colspan=4 align=left| Sources: Russian Wikipedia<ref>[[:ru:Северо-Казахстанская область]]</ref>
|}

The population — about 725 thousand inhabitants.

The national structure also considerably varies on areas and area cities. So, in Petropavlovsk Russian make — 71,12% of the population, in Ualihanovsky area Kazakhs — 86,04% of the population prevail. In more details about national structure of areas according to 2004 under the reference [1]. The Polish diaspora largest in Kazakhstan (Poles in Kazakhstan See) lives In area.

Besides, North Kazakhstan region was unique area in Kazakhstan with natural decline in population, however since 2008 in area the natural increase of the population [4] is observed.

==Administrative divisions==
The region is administratively divided into thirteen districts and the city of [[Petropavl]].<ref name="akimat-reg">{{cite web|url=http://www.sko.kz/page.php?cat=3&page=akimaty_raionov_g_petropavlovska|script-title=ru:Акиматы районов, г. Петропавловска|publisher=Официальный интернет-ресурс Северо-Казахстанской области|language=Russian|accessdate=13 June 2012}}</ref> 
# [[Akkayin District]], with the administrative center in the [[Village#Central and Eastern Europe|selo]] of [[Smirnovo]];
# [[Akzhar District]], the selo of [[Talshik]];
# [[Aiyrtau District]], the selo of [[Saumalkol]];
# [[Esil District, North Kazakhstan Region|Esil District]], the selo of [[Yavlenka]];
# [[Gabit Musirepov District]], the selo of [[Novoishimskoye]];
# [[Kyzylzhar District]], the selo of [[Beskol, North Kazakhstan Region|Beskol]];
# [[Magzhan Zhumabaev District]], the town of [[Bulayevo]];
# [[Mamlyut District]], the town of [[Mamlyutka]];
# [[Shal akyn District]], the town of [[Sergeyevka]];
# [[Taiynsha District]], the town of [[Taiynsha]];
# [[Timiryazev District]], the selo of [[Timiryazevo]];
# [[Ualikhanov District]], the selo of [[Kishkenekol]];
# [[Zhambyl District, North Kazakhstan Region|Zhambyl District]], the selo of [[Presnovka]].

The following five localities in North Kazakhstan Region have town status:<ref name="akimat-reg"/> [[Petropavl]], [[Bulayevo]], [[Mamlyutka]], [[Sergeyevka]], and [[Taiynsha]].

==Sport==
The regional [[bandy]] team took part in the national championship in 2016.[https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&u=http://www.sports.kz/news/sbornaya-zko-stala-chempionom-kazahstana-po-hokkeyu-s-myachom&prev=search]

==External links==
*[http://www.sko.kz/ Official website]
* [http://northkazakhstan.com Official website of the tour operator of North-Kazakhstan region KAZAKHSTAN-REISEN]

===References===
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{{Geographic location
|Centre    = North Kazakhstan Region
|North     = {{flag|Tyumen Oblast}}, {{flag|Russia}}
|Northeast = {{flag|Omsk Oblast}}, {{flag|Russia}}
|East      = [[Pavlodar Region]]
|Southeast = 
|South     = [[Akmola Region]]
|Southwest = 
|West      = [[Kostanay Region]]
|Northwest = {{flag|Kurgan Oblast}}, {{flag|Russia}}
}}

{{North Kazakhstan Region}}
{{Regions of Kazakhstan}}

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