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{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Akmola Region
| native_name             = Ақмола облысы<br />Акмолинская область 
| settlement_type         = Region
| image_skyline           = Кокшетау.jpg
| imagesize               = 
| image_alt               = 
| image_caption           = The center of Kokshetau
| image_shield            = Coat of Arms of Aqmola Province Kz.png
| shield_size             = 
| shield_alt              = 
| image_map               = Akmola in Kazakhstan.svg
| mapsize                 =  
| map_alt                 = 
| map_caption             = Map of Kazakhstan, location of Akmola Region highlighted
| coordinates             = {{coord|52|0|N|69|0|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         = 17
| blank1_name_sec1        = [[List of cities in Kazakhstan|Cities]]
| blank1_info_sec1        = 8
| blank2_name_sec1        = [[Township]]s
| blank2_info_sec1        = 14
| blank3_name_sec1        = [[Village]]s
| blank3_info_sec1        = 671
| seat                    = [[Kokshetau]]
| seat_type               = [[Capital city|Capital]]
| leader_party            =
| leader_title            = [[Akim]]
| leader_name             = Sergey Kulagin
| area_footnotes          = <ref name="akmo.kz">[http://www.akmo.kz/content/territoria_oblasti Official site - General Information]</ref>
| area_total_km2          = 146219
| timezone1               = 
| utc_offset1             = +6
| timezone1_DST           = not observed
| utc_offset1_DST         = +6
| postal_code_type        = [[Postal code]]s 
| postal_code             = 020000
| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbering plan|Area codes]]
| area_code               = +7 (717)
| 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        = 733113
| population_as_of        = 2013-02-01
| population_density_km2  = auto
| population_urban        = 
| population_metro        = 
| iso_code                = KZ-AKM
| registration_plate      = 03, C
| website                 = {{URL|http://akmo.gov.kz/}}
| footnotes               = 
}}
[[File:Astana-steppe-7748.jpg|right|thumb|In the [[steppe]]s north of Astana]]
'''Akmola Region''' ({{lang-kz|'''Ақмола облысы''', ''Aqmola oblısı'', ''اقمولا وبلىسى''}} {{lang-ru|'''Акмолинская область''', ''Akmolinskaya oblast''}}) is a centrally located [[Regions of Kazakhstan|region]] of [[Kazakhstan]]. Its capital is [[Kokshetau]]. The national capital, [[Astana]], is enclosed by the region, but is politically separate from Akmola Region. The region's population is 748,300; Kokshetau's is 124,000. The area is 146,200 square kilometers.  It and [[Karaganda Region]] are Kazakhstan's only two regions which don't touch the country's outer borders. Akmola Region borders [[North Kazakhstan Region]] in the north, [[Pavlodar Region]] in the east, Karagandy Region in the south, and [[Kostanay Region]] in the west. Some [[gold mining|gold]] and [[coal mining]] occur in the area.

==Etymology==
Aqmola or Akmola in Kazakh language means the white burial.

==Demographics==
Ethnic Kazakhs account for 43.5% of the population in the 2009 census, compared to 36.5% for Russians.<ref>[[:ru:Акмолинская область]]</ref>

==Administrative divisions==
The region is administratively divided into seventeen districts and the cities of [[Kokshetau]] and [[Stepnogorsk]].<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=23 June 2012}}</ref> 
# [[Akkol District]], with the administrative center in the town of [[Akkol]];
# [[Arshaly District]], the settlement of [[Arshaly]];
# [[Astrakhan District]],  [[Village#Central and Eastern Europe|selo]] of [[Astrakhanka, Kazakhstan|Astrakhanka]];
# [[Atbasar District]], the town of [[Atbasar]];
# [[Bulandy District]], the town of [[Makinsk]];
# [[Burabay District]], the town of [[Shchuchinsk]];
# [[Egindikol District]], the selo of [[Egindikol]];
# [[Enbekshilder District]], the town of [[Stepnyak, Kazakhstan|Stepnyak]];
# [[Ereymentau District]], the town of [[Ereymentau]];
# [[Esil District, Akmola Region|Esil District]], the town of [[Esil]];
# [[Korgalzhyn District]], the selo of [[Korgalzhyn]];
# [[Sandyktau District]], the selo of [[Balkashino]];
# [[Shortandy District]], the settlement of [[Shortandy]];
# [[Tselinograd District]], the selo of [[Akmol]];
# [[Zerendi District]], the selo of [[Zerendi]];
# [[Zhaksy District]], the settlement of [[Zhaksy]];
# [[Zharkain District]], the town of [[Derzhavinsk]].

<sup>*</sup> The following ten localities in Akmola Region have town status:<ref name="akimat-reg"/> [[Akkol]], [[Atbasar]], [[Derzhavinsk]], [[Ereymentau]], [[Esil]], [[Kokshetau]], [[Makinsk]], [[Shchuchinsk]], [[Stepnogorsk]], and [[Stepnyak, Kazakhstan|Stepnyak]].

==Notable residents==
*[[David Rigert]], weightlifter, Olympic champion, 5x world champion (light-heavyweight and heavyweight), 68 world records.

==External links==
{{commons category|Aqmola Region}}
*[http://akmo.gov.kz Official website]

===References===
{{reflist}}

{{Geographic location
|Centre    = Akmola Region
|North     = [[North Kazakhstan Region]]
|Northeast = 
|East      = [[Pavlodar Region]]
|Southeast = 
|South     = [[Karaganda Region]]
|Southwest = 
|West      = [[Kostanay Region]]
|Northwest = 
}}

{{Akmola Region}}
{{Regions of Kazakhstan}}

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