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{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = East Kazakhstan Region
| native_name             = Шығыс Қазақстан облысы<br />Восточно-Казахстанская область 
| settlement_type         = [[Regions of Kazakhstan|Region]]
| image_skyline           = Bukhtarma.jpg
| imagesize               = 
| image_alt               = 
| image_caption           = Bukhtarma river in East Kazakhstan
| image_shield            = Coats of arms of East Kazakhstan Province.svg
| shield_alt              = 
| image_map               = East Kazakhstan in Kazakhstan.svg
| map_alt                 = 
| map_caption             = Map of Kazakhstan, location of East Kazakhstan Region highlighted
| coordinates             = {{coord|49|57|N|82|37|E|region:KZ|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type        = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name        = {{flag|Kazakhstan}}
| subdivision_type1       = 
| subdivision_name1       = 
| established_title       = Established
| established_date        = 1932
| blank_name_sec1         = [[Districts of Kazakhstan|Districts]]
| blank_info_sec1         = 15
| blank1_name_sec1        = [[List of cities in Kazakhstan|Cities]]
| blank1_info_sec1        = 10
| blank2_name_sec1        = [[Township]]s
| blank2_info_sec1        = 30
| blank3_name_sec1        = [[Village]]s
| blank3_info_sec1        = 870
| seat                    = [[Oskemen]]
| seat_type               = [[Capital (political)|Capital]]
| leader_party            =
| leader_title            = [[Akim]]
| leader_name             = [[Daniyal Akhmetov]]
| area_footnotes          = 
| area_total_km2          = 283226
| timezone1               = East
| utc_offset1             = +6
| timezone1_DST           = not observed
| utc_offset1_DST         = +6
| postal_code_type        = [[Postal codes]]
| postal_code             = 070000
| area_code_type          = [[Area codes]]
| area_code               = +7 (722), +7 (723)
| 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]{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} (russisch; Excel-Datei; 55&nbsp;kB).</ref>
| population_total        = 1393932
| population_as_of        = 2013-02-01
| population_density_km2  = auto
| iso_code                = KZ-VOS
| registration_plate      = 16, F, U
| website                 = {{URL|http://akimvko.gov.kz/}}
| footnotes               = 
}}
'''East Kazakhstan Region''' ({{lang-ru|Восточно-Казахстанская область}}, {{lang-kk|Шығыс Қазақстан облысы}}, ''Şığıs Qazaqstan oblısı'', شىعىس قازاقستان وبلىسى) is a [[Regions of Kazakhstan|region]] of [[Kazakhstan]]. It occupies the easternmost part of Kazakhstan, along both sides of the [[Irtysh River]] and [[Lake Zaysan]].  Its administrative center is [[Oskemen]] (also known as Ust-Kamenogorsk). The region borders [[Russia]] in the north and northeast and the [[People's Republic of China]] ([[Xinjiang|Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region]]) in the south and southeast. The easternmost point of the Oblast is within about 50 kilometres of the westernmost tip of [[Mongolia]]; however, Kazakhstan and Mongolia do not share a common border, the two countries being separated by a small part of Russia and China.It also borders the Kazakh regions of [[Pavlodar Region]] (to the north west), [[Karaganda Region]] (to the west), and [[Almaty Region]] (to the south).

Population: {{Kz-census2009|1,396,593|punct=;}}{{Kz-census1999|1,531,024|punct=.}} 318,800 (as of 4/1/2011) live in the capital. The area has many [[Russians]] and [[Ukrainians]]; the capital itself has more of those two groups than [[Kazakhs]] themselves.{{Citation needed|date=January 2009}} The area is 283,300 in square kilometers.

The region was created by the merger of two Soviet-era Kazakhstan [[oblast]]s: the old Vostochno-Kazakhstanskaya (East Kazakhstan) Oblast and [[Semipalatinsk Oblast, Kazakhstan|Semipalatinsk Oblast]].

==Nature==
The region occupies very diverse range of geographic and climatic regions with [[Altai Mountains]] in the east and the eastern margins of Kazakh steppes in the west of the region.

==Demographics==
[[File:Mosque oskemen.jpg|right|Mosque in Oskemen|thumb|200px]]
55% of the population is ethnic Kazakh and 41% is ethnic Russian.<ref>[[:ru:Восточно-Казахстанская область]]</ref>

==Administrative divisions==
The region is administratively divided into fifteen districts and the cities of [[Oskemen]] (Ust-Kamenogorsk), [[Ayagoz]], [[Kurchatov, Kazakhstan|Kurchatov]], [[Ridder, Kazakhstan|Ridder]], [[Semey]] (Semipalatinsk), and [[Zyryanovsk]].<ref name="akimat-reg">{{cite web|url=http://www.akimvko.gov.kz/en/rule/akimat-vostochno-kazaxstanskoj-oblasti/akimatyi-gorodov-i-rajonov/|title=Akimats of cities and districts|publisher=East Kazakhstan Region's Akimat|accessdate=12 December 2012}}</ref> 
# [[Abay District, East Kazakhstan|Abay District]], with the administrative center in the [[Village#Central and Eastern Europe|selo]] of [[Karauyl]];
# [[Ayagoz District]], the town of [[Ayagoz]];
# [[Beskaragay District]], the selo of [[Beskaragay]];
# [[Borodulikha District]], the selo of [[Borodulikha]];
# [[Glubokoye District]], the settlement of [[Glubokoye, East Kazakhstan Oblast|Glubokoye]];
# [[Katonkaragay District]], the selo of [[Ulken Narym]];
# [[Kokpekti District]], the selo of [[Kokpekti]];
# [[Kurshim District]], the selo of [[Kurshim]];
# [[Shemonaikha District]], the town of [[Shemonaikha]];
# [[Tarbagatay District]], the selo of [[Aksuat]];
# [[Ulan District]], the settlement of [[Molodyozhny, Kazakhstan|Molodyozhny]];
# [[Urzhar District]], the selo of [[Urzhar]];
# [[Zaysan District]], the town of [[Zaysan (town)|Zaysan]];
# [[Zharma District]], the selo of [[Kalbatau]] (Georgiyevka);
# [[Zyryan District]], the town of [[Zyryanovsk]].

<sup>*</sup> The following ten localities in East Kazakhstan Region have town status: [[Oskemen]] (Ust-Kamenogorsk), [[Ayagoz]], [[Charsk]] (Shar), [[Kurchatov, Kazakhstan|Kurchatov]], [[Ridder, Kazakhstan|Ridder]], [[Semey]] (Semipalatinsk), [[Serebryansk]], [[Shemonaikha]], [[Zaysan (town)|Zaysan]], and [[Zyryanovsk]].

==Sport==
The region sent a [[bandy]] team to the [[Spartakiade]] 2009 and finished third.<ref>[http://akghaik.ru/photo/9-2-0-0-2?photo=170 Команда Восточно-Казахстанской области.]</ref>

==See also==
*[[Semipalatinsk Test Site]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commonscat|East Kazakhstan Region}}

*[http://akimvko.gov.kz/ Official regional administration website]

{{Geographic location
|Centre    = East Kazakhstan Region
|North     = {{flag|Altai Krai}} and {{flag|Altai Republic}}, {{flag|Russia}}
|Northeast = 
|East      = [[Xinjiang]], {{flag|China}}
|Southeast = 
|South     = [[Almaty Region]]
|Southwest = 
|West      = [[Karaganda Region]]
|Northwest = [[Pavlodar Region]]
}}

{{East Kazakhstan Region}}
{{Regions of Kazakhstan}}

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