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{{Infobox subdivision type
| name               = Regions of Kazakhstan<br>Қазақстан аймақтары ([[Kazakh language|Kazakh]])<br>Регионы Казахстана ([[Russian language|Russian]])
| alt_name           = Province<br>Oblast
| map                = {{Provinces of Kazakhstan Image Map|width=100}}
| category           = [[Unitary state]]
| territory          = [[Republic of Kazakhstan]]
| start_date         =
| current_number     = 14 regions & 3 cities ([[Almaty]], [[Astana]], [[Baikonur]])
| number_date        =
| population_range   = 36,175 ([[Baikonur]]) – 2,685,009 ([[South Kazakhstan Region|South Kazakhstan]])
| area_range         = {{Convert|263|sqmi|km2|abbr=on|order=flip}} ([[Almaty]]) - {{Convert|165245|sqmi|km2|abbr=on|order=flip}} ([[Karaganda Region|Karaganda]]) 
| government         = Region government, [[Government of Kazakhstan|National government]]
| subdivision        = [[Districts of Kazakhstan|District]]
}}
[[Kazakhstan]] is divided into 14 [[region]]s ({{lang-kz| облыстар}} / ''oblıstar''; singular: облыс / ''oblıs''; {{lang-ru| области}} / ''oblasti''; singular: область / ''oblast' ''). The regions are further subdivided into [[Districts of Kazakhstan|districts]] ({{lang-kz| аудандар}} / ''awdandar''; singular: аудан / ''awdan''; {{lang-ru| районы}} / ''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.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Coat of arms !! [[English language|Full English name]] !! Type !! [[Kazakh language|Full Kazakh name]] !![[Russian language|Full Russian name]]!! [[Standard time]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:Coat of Arms of Aqmola Province Kz.png|45x45px]] || [[Akmola Region]] || region || Ақмола облысы<br>''Aqmola oblısı'' || Акмолинская область<br>''Akmolinskaya Oblast′'' || [[UTC+06:00]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:Aktyubinsk-obl-coat-of-arms.png|45x45px]]|| [[Aktobe Region]] || region || Ақтөбе облысы<br>''Aqtöbe oblısı'' || Актюбинская область<br>''Aktyubinskaya Oblast'' || [[UTC+05:00]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:Coat of arms of Almaty.svg|45x45px]]|| [[Almaty]] || city{{ref label|1|nb 1}} || Алматы қаласы<br>''Almatı qalası'' || город Алматы<br>''gorod Almaty'' || [[UTC+06:00]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:Алматы облысы герб.png|45x45px]]|| [[Almaty Region]] || region || Алматы облысы<br>''Almatı oblısı'' || Алматинская область<br>''Almatinskaya Oblast'' || [[UTC+06:00]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:New coat of arms of Astana.svg|45x45px]]|| [[Astana]] || city{{ref label|1|nb 1}} || Астана қаласы<br>''Astana qalası'' || город Астана<br>''gorod Astana'' || [[UTC+06:00]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:Coat of arms of Atyrau.svg|45x45px]]|| [[Atyrau Region]] || region{{ref label|2|nb 2}} || Атырау облысы<br>''Atıraw oblısı'' || Атырауская область<br>''Atyrauskaya Oblast'' || [[UTC+05:00]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:Baikonur seal.png|45x45px]]|| [[Baikonur]] || city{{ref label|3|nb 3}} || Байқоңыр қаласы<br>''Bayqoñır qalası'' || город Байконур<br>''gorod Baykonur'' || [[UTC+06:00]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:Coats of arms of East Kazakhstan Province.svg|45x45px]]|| [[East Kazakhstan Region]] || region || Шығыс Қазақстан облысы<br>''Şığıs Qazaqstan oblısı'' || Восточно-Казахстанская область<br>''Vostochno-Kazakhstanskaya Oblast'' || [[UTC+06:00]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:Zhambyl province seal.png|45x45px]]|| [[Jambyl Region]] || region || Жамбыл облысы<br>''Jambıl oblısı'' || Жамбылская область<br>''Zhambylskaya Oblast'' || [[UTC+06:00]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:Coat of Arms of Karagandy Province.svg|45x45px]]|| [[Karaganda Region]] || region || Қарағанды облысы<br>''Qarağandı oblısı'' || Карагандинская область<br>''Karagandinskaya Oblast'' || [[UTC+06:00]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:Logo Kostanay Province.png|45x45px]]|| [[Kostanay Region]] || region || Қостанай облысы<br>''Qostanay oblısı'' || Костанайская область<br>''Kostanayskaya Oblast'' || [[UTC+06:00]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:Kyzylorda province seal.png|45x45px]]|| [[Kyzylorda Region]] || region || Қызылорда облысы<br>''Qızılorda oblısı'' || Кызылординская область<br>''Kyzylordinskaya Oblast'' || [[UTC+06:00]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:Маңғыстау логотибі.jpg|45x45px]]|| [[Mangystau Region]] || region || Маңғыстау облысы<br>''Mañğıstaw oblısı'' || Мангыстауская область<br>''Mangystauskaya Oblast'' || [[UTC+05:00]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:North Kazakhstan province seal.svg|45x45px]]|| [[North Kazakhstan Region]] || region || Солтүстік Қазақстан облысы<br>''Soltüstik Qazaqstan oblısı'' || Северо-Казахстанская область<br>''Severo-Kazakhstanskaya Oblast'' || [[UTC+06:00]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:Logo Pavlodar region.png|45x45px]]|| [[Pavlodar Region]] || region || Павлодар облысы<br>''Pavlodar oblısı'' || Павлодарская область<br>''Pavlodarskaya Oblast'' || [[UTC+06:00]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:South Kazakhstan province seal.png|45x45px]]|| [[South Kazakhstan Region]] || region || Оңтүстік Қазақстан облысы<br>''Oñtüstik Qazaqstan oblısı'' || Южно-Казахстанская область<br>''Yuzhno-Kazakhstanskaya Oblast'' || [[UTC+06:00]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;"|[[File:Coat of Arms Batys Oblysy.png|45x45px]]|| [[West Kazakhstan Region]] || region{{ref label|2|nb 2}} || Батыс Қазақстан облысы<br>''Batıs Qazaqstan oblısı'' || Западно-Казахстанская область<br>''Zapadno-Kazakhstanskaya Oblast'' || [[UTC+05:00]]
|}

== Notes ==
:{{note|1|1}} [[Almaty]] and [[Astana]] cities have the status of State importance and do not relate to any region.
:{{note|2|2}} The [[West Kazakhstan Region|West Kazakhstan]] and [[Atyrau Region|Atyrau]] regions are both partly located in Eastern Europe as the [[Ural River]] run through [[Atyrau]] and [[Oral, Kazakhstan|Oral]], their respective capital cities.
:{{note|3|3}} [[Baikonur]] city has a special status because it is currently being leased to [[Russia]] with [[Baikonur Cosmodrome]] until the year 2050.

== Demographic statistics ==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Entity !! [[Capital (political)|Capital]]
! [[Area]] (km{{sup|2}}) !! [[Population]] <br> (2009 census)
! [[ISO 3166-2:KZ|ISO 3166-2 Code]]
|-
| [[Akmola Region]] || [[Kokshetau]]
| 146,219 || {{0|0,}}731,133
| KZ-AKM
|-
| [[Aktobe Region]] || [[Aktobe]]
| 300,629 || {{0|0,}}786,209
| KZ-AKT
|-
| ''[[Almaty]]'' || [[Almaty]]
| {{0|000,}}319 || 1,450,095
| KZ-ALA
|-
| [[Almaty Region]] || [[Taldykorgan]]
| 223,924|| 1,909,189
| KZ-ALM
|-
| ''[[Astana]]'' || [[Astana]]
| {{0|000,}}710|| {{0|0,}}734,014
| KZ-AST
|-
| [[Atyrau Region]] || [[Atyrau]]
| 118,631 || {{0|0,}}542,937
| KZ-ATY
|-
| ''[[Baikonur]]'' || [[Baikonur]]
| {{0|000,0}}57 || {{0|0,0}}70,000
| 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 || {{0|0,}}879,523
| KZ-KUS
|-
| [[Kyzylorda Region]] || [[Kyzylorda]]
| 226,019 || {{0|0,}}712,915
| KZ-KZY
|-
| [[Mangystau Region]] || [[Aktau]]
| 165,642 || {{0|0,}}545,975
| KZ-MAN
|-
| [[North Kazakhstan Region]] || [[Petropavl]]
| {{0|0}}97,993 || {{0|0,}}583,561
| KZ-SEV
|-
| [[Pavlodar Region]] || [[Pavlodar]]
| 124,800 || {{0|0,}}746,829
| KZ-PAV
|-
| [[South Kazakhstan Region]] || [[Shymkent]]
| 117,249 || 2,622,125
| KZ-YUZ
|-
| [[West Kazakhstan Region]] || [[Oral, Kazakhstan|Oral]]
| 151,339 || {{0|0,}}612,516
| KZ-ZAP
|}

== Former Administrative Boundaries ==
[[File:Oblast changes overview2.jpg|thumb|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>{{cite news|url=http://carnegie.ru/commentary/2016/08/25/ru-64345/j3vs|title=Три угрозы для Назарбаева: насколько стабилен Казахстан|last=Bologov|first=Pyotr|date=25 August 2016|publisher=carnegie.ru|language=Russian|accessdate=29 August 2016}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Sources==
*[http://www.geohive.com/cd/link.php?xml=kz&xsl=neo1 GeoHive]

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