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{{Infobox settlement
| name = West Kazakhstan Region
| native_name = Батыс Қазақстан облысы<br />Западно-Казахстанская область
| settlement_type = [[Region]]
| image_skyline = Steppe of western Kazakhstan in the early spring.jpg
| imagesize =
| image_alt =
| image_caption =
| image_shield = Coat of Arms Batys Oblysy.png
| shield_alt =
| image_map = West Kazakhstan in Kazakhstan.svg
| map_alt =
| map_caption = Map of Kazakhstan, location of West Kazakhstan Region highlighted
| coordinates = {{coord|51|14|N|51|22|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 = 12
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[List of cities in Kazakhstan|Cities]]
| blank1_info_sec1 = 2
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Township]]s
| blank2_info_sec1 =
| blank3_name_sec1 = [[Village]]s
| blank3_info_sec1 = 512
| seat = [[Oral, Kazakhstan|Oral]]
| seat_type = [[Capital (political)|Capital]]
| leader_party =
| leader_title = [[Akim]]
| leader_name = [[Altay Kul'ginov]]
| area_footnotes = <ref name="Official site - General Information">[http://www.sko.kz/?p1=document&p2=90& Official site - General Information]</ref>
| area_total_km2 = 151339
| timezone1 = West
| utc_offset1 = +5
| timezone1_DST = not observed
| utc_offset1_DST = +5
| postal_code_type = [[Postal codes]]
| postal_code = 090000
| area_code_type = [[Area codes]]
| area_code = +7 (711)
| 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 kB).</ref>
| population_total = 618261
| population_as_of = 2013-02-01
| population_density_km2 = auto
| iso_code = KZ-ZAP
| registration_plate = 07, L
| website = {{URL|http://bko.gov.kz}}
| footnotes =
}}
'''West Kazakhstan Region''' ({{lang-kk|Батыс Қазақстан облысы, ''Batıs Qazaqstan oblısı''}}) is a [[Regions of Kazakhstan|region]] of [[Kazakhstan]]. Its capital is [[Oral, Kazakhstan|Oral]] (also known as Uralsk and Ural'sk), a city of about 200,000 inhabitants.

==Geography==
The region borders [[Russia]] and is near the [[Ural Mountains]]. The [[Ural River]] is the border between [[Asia]] and [[Europe]] and flows from Russia to the [[Caspian Sea]] through the region, meaning western West Kazakhstan is in Eastern Europe. It also borders the regions of [[Atyrau Region|Atyrau]] (to the south) and [[Aktobe Region|Aktobe]] (to the east).

It is traversed by the northeasterly line of equal latitude and longitude.

==Demographics==
West Kazakhstan has an ethnic Kazakh population of 69.8% and a significant Russian minority of 27.4% of the population. The number of Ukrainians, Poles and Germans are very low due to the geography.

==Administrative divisions==
The region is divided into twelve districts and the city of [[Oral, Kazakhstan|Oral]].<ref name="akimat">{{cite web|url=http://www.bko.gov.kz/?id=186&menuid=62&module=text&action=&section=14&lang=ru|script-title=ru:История|publisher=Западно-Казахстанская область|language=Russian|accessdate=4 June 2012}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right;"
|-class="hintergrundfarbe5"
! Name
! Area (km²)
! Population
! Population dens.
! Capital
|-
| align="left" | [[Akzhaik District|Akzhaik]] || 45,500 || 25,200 || 1,8 || align="left" | [[Chapaev, Kazakhstan|Chapaev]]
|-
| align="left" | [[Bokey Orda District|Bokey Orda]] || 18,400 || 19,200 || 1,0 || align="left" | [[Saykyn]]
|-
| align="left" | [[Borili District|Borili]] || 55,100 || 5,600 || 9,8 || align="left" | [[Aksay, West Kazakhstan Region|Aksay]]
|-
| align="left" | [[Kaztal District|Kaztal]] || 39,200 || 18,600 || 2,1 || align="left" | [[Kaztal]]
|-
| align="left" | [[Karatobe District|Karatobe]] || 19,700 || 10,000 || 2,0 || align="left" | [[Karatobe]]
|-
| align="left" | [[Zhanakala District|Zhanakala]] || 23,700 || 20,800 || 1,1 || align="left" | [[Zhanakala]]
|-
| align="left" | [[Zhanybek District|Zhanybek]] || 18,400 || 8,200 || 2,2 || align="left" | [[Zhanybek]]
|-
| align="left" | [[Shyngyrlau District|Shyngyrlau]] || 19,400 || 7,200 || 2,7 || align="left" | [[Shyngyrlau]]
|-
| align="left" | [[Zelenov District|Zelenov]] || 53,700 || 7,400 || 7,3 || align="left" | [[Peremyotnoye]]
|-
| align="left" | [[Syrym District|Syrym]] || 26,500 || 11,900 || 2,2 || align="left" | [[Zhympity]]
|-
| align="left" | [[Taskala District|Taskala]] || 19,100 || 8,100 || 2,4 || align="left" | [[Taskala]]
|-
| align="left" | [[Terekti District|Terekti]] || 43,200 || 8,400 || 5,1 || align="left" | [[Fyodorovka, West Kazakhstan Region|Fyodorovka]]
|}
Two localities in the region have town status. These are Oral and Aksay.<ref name="akimat"/>

==Sport==
The capital Oral is home to Kazakhstan's only professional [[bandy]] club, [[Akzhaiyk]]. In 2016 the [[List of Kazakhstani bandy champions|national championship]] was won by the regional team.<ref>http://www.sports.kz/news/sbornaya-zko-stala-chempionom-kazahstana-po-hokkeyu-s-myachom (in Russian)</ref>

==External links==
===References===
{{reflist}}

{{Geographic location
|Centre = West Kazakhstan Region
|North =
|Northeast =
|East =
|Southeast = [[Aktobe Region]]
|South = [[Atyrau Region]]
|Southwest =
|West =
|Northwest = {{flag|Astrakhan Oblast}}, {{flag|Orenburg Oblast}}, {{flag|Samara Oblast}}, {{flag|Saratov Oblast}} and {{flag|Volgograd Oblast}}, {{flag|Russia}}
}}

{{West Kazakhstan Region}}
{{Regions of Kazakhstan}}

[[Category:West Kazakhstan Region| ]]
[[Category:Regions of Kazakhstan]]

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