East Kazakhstan Province
| East Kazakhstan Province Шығыс Қазақстан облысы Восточно-Казахстанская область | ||
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| Coordinates: 49°57′N 82°37′E / 49.950°N 82.617°ECoordinates: 49°57′N 82°37′E / 49.950°N 82.617°E | ||
| Country |
 Kazakhstan | |
| Established | 1932 | |
| Capital | Oskemen | |
| Government | ||
| • Akim | Berdibek Saparbayev | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 283,226 km2 (109,354 sq mi) | |
| Population (2013-02-01)[1] | ||
| • Total | 1,393,932 | |
| • Density | 4.9/km2 (13/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | East (UTC+6) | |
| • Summer (DST) | not observed (UTC+6) | |
| Postal codes | 070000 | |
| Area codes | +7 (722), +7 (723) | |
| ISO 3166 code | KZ-VOS | |
| Vehicle registration | 16, F, U | |
| Districts | 15 | |
| Cities | 10 | |
| Townships | 30 | |
| Villages | 870 | |
| Website | akimvko.gov.kz | |
East Kazakhstan Province (Kazakh: Шығыс Қазақстан облысы, Şığıs Qazaqstan oblısı) is a province 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 province borders Russia in the north and northeast and the People's Republic of China (Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region) in the south and southeast. The easternmost point of the Oblast is also very near, within 50 kilometers or so 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 Provinces of Pavlodar Province (to the north west), Karagandy Province (to the west) and Almaty Province (to the south).
Population: 1,396,593 (2009 Census results);[2]1,531,024 (1999 Census results).[2] 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] The area is 283,300 in square kilometers.
The province was created by the merger of two Soviet-era Kazakhstan oblasts: the old Vostochno-Kazakhstanskaya (East Kazakhstan) Oblast and Semipalatinsk Oblast.
Nature
The Province 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 Province.
Demographics
55% of the population is ethnic Kazakh and 41% is ethnic Russian.[3]
Administrative divisions
The province is administratively divided into fifteen districts and the cities of Oskemen (Ust-Kamenogorsk), Ayagoz, Kurchatov, Ridder, Semey (Semipalatinsk), and Zyryanovsk.[4]
- Abay District, with the administrative center in the 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;
- 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;
- Urzhar District, the selo of Urzhar;
- Zaysan District, the town of Zaysan;
- Zharma District, the selo of Kalbatau (Georgiyevka);
- Zyryan District, the town of Zyryanovsk;
The localities of Oskemen (Ust-Kamenogorsk), Ayagoz, Charsk (Shar), Kurchatov, Ridder, Semey (Semipalatinsk), Serebryansk, Shemonaikha, Zaysan, and Zyryanovsk have town status.
See also
References
- ↑ Agency of statistics of the Republic of Kazakhstan: Численность населения Республики Казахстан по областям с началa 2013 года до 1 февраля 2013 года (russisch; Excel-Datei; 55 kB).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Население Республики Казахстан" (in Russian). Департамент социальной и демографической статистики. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
- ↑ ru:Восточно-Казахстанская область
- ↑ "Akimats of cities and districts". East Kazakhstan Region's Akimat. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
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