Provinces of Kazakhstan

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Map of the provinces of Kazakhstan in alphabetical order.

Kazakhstan
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Kazakhstan is divided into 14 provinces oblystar (singular - oblys) and three cities (qalalar, singular - qala), indicated with asterisks:

Almaty
Almaty*
Aqmola
Aqtöbe
Astana*
Atyrau
Baikonur* (Bayqonyr)
East Kazakhstan (Shyghys Qazaqstan)
Mangghystau
North Kazakhstan (Soltustik Qazaqstan)
Pavlodar
Qaraghandy
Qostanay
Qyzylorda
South Kazakhstan (Ongtüstik Qazaqstan)
West Kazakhstan (Batys Qazaqstan)
Zhambyl

Statistics:

Province	Capital	Population	Area (km.²)	ISO 3166-2 Code	Russian Name
Almaty	Taldykorgan	860,000	224,000	KZ-ALM	Алматинская область
Aqmola	Koksetau	829,000	121,400	KZ-AKM	Акмолинская область
Aqtöbe	Aqtöbe	661,000	300,600	KZ-AKT	Актюбинская область
Atyrau	Atyrau	380,000	118,600	KZ-ATY	Атыpауская область
Batys Qazaqstan	Oral	599,000	151,300	KZ-ZAP	Западно-Казахстанская область
Mangghystau	Aqtau	316,847	165,600	KZ-MAN	Мангистауская
Ongtüstik Qazaqstan	Shymkent	1,644,000	118,600	KZ-YUZ	Южно-Казахстанская область
Pavlodar	Pavlodar	851,000	124,800	KZ-PAV	Павлодарская область
Qaraghandy	Karaganda	1,287,000	428,000	KZ-KAR	Карагандинская область
Qostanay	Kostanai	975,000	196,000	KZ-KUS	Кустанайская область
Qyzylorda	Qyzylorda	590,000	226,000	KZ-KZY	Кызылординская область
Shyghys Qazaqstan	Öskemen	897,000	283,300	KZ-VOS	Восточно-Казахстанская область
Soltustik Qazaqstan	Petropavl	586,000	123,200	KZ-SEV	Севеpо-Казахстанская область
Zhambyl	Taraz	962,000	144,000	KZ-ZHA	Жамбылская область

Note: in 1995 the Governments of Kazakhstan and Russia entered into an agreement whereby Russia would lease for a period of 20 years an area of 6,000 sq km enclosing the Bayqongyr (Baykonur) space launch facilities and the city of Bayqongyr (formerly Leninsk).