Provinces of Kazakhstan

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Kazakhstan is divided into 14 provinces (Kazakh: облыстар / oblystar; singular: облысы / oblysy; Russian: области / oblasti; singular: область / oblast' ). The provinces are further subdivided into districts (Kazakh: аудандар / audandar; singular: аудан / audan; Russian: районы / raiony; singular: район / raion ).

A clickable map of Kazakhstan exhibiting its 14 provinces.v • d • e

Province	Status	Full Kazakh name	Full Russian name	standard time
Akmola	province	Ақмола облысы	Акмолинская область	UTC+06
Aktobe	province	Ақтөбе облысы	Актюбинская область	UTC+05
Almaty	city⁽¹⁾	Алматы қаласы	город Алматы	UTC+06
Almaty Province	province	Алматы облысы	Алматинская область	UTC+06
Astana	city⁽¹⁾	Астана қаласы	город Астана	UTC+06
Atyrau	province⁽³⁾	Атырау облысы	Атырауская область	UTC+05
Baikonur	city⁽²⁾	Байқоңыр қаласы	город Байконур	UTC+06
East Kazakhstan	province	Шығыс Қазақстан облысы	Восточно-Казахстанская область	UTC+06
Jambyl	province	Жамбыл облысы	Жамбылская область	UTC+06
Karagandy	province	Қарағанды облысы	Карагандинская область	UTC+06
Kostanay	province	Қостанай облысы	Костанайская область	UTC+06
Kyzylorda	province	Қызылорда облысы	Кызылординская область	UTC+06
Mangystau	province	Маңғыстау облысы	Мангыстауская область	UTC+05
North Kazakhstan	province	Солтүстік Қазақстан облысы	Северо-Казахстанская область	UTC+06
Pavlodar	province	Павлодар облысы	Павлодарская область	UTC+06
South Kazakhstan	province	Оңтүстік Қазақстан облысы	Южно-Казахстанская область	UTC+06
West Kazakhstan	province⁽³⁾	Батыс Қазақстан облысы	Западно-Казахстанская область	UTC+05

Notes:

(1) Almaty and Astana cities have the status of State importance and do not relate to any province.
(2) Baikonur city has a special status because it is currently being leased to Russia with Baikonur Cosmodrome through the year 2050.
(3) The West Kazakhstan and Atyrau provinces are both partly located in Eastern Europe as the Ural River run through Atyrau and Oral, their respective capital cities.

Demographic statistics

Province	Capital	Area (km.²)	Population (2009 census)	ISO 3166-2 Code
Akmola	Kokshetau	146,219	0,731,133	KZ-AKM
Aktobe	Aktobe	300,629	0,786,209	KZ-AKT
Almaty⁽¹⁾	Almaty	000,319	1,450,095	KZ-ALA
Almaty Province	Taldykorgan	223,924	0,1,909,189	KZ-ALM
Astana⁽¹⁾	Astana	000,710	0,734,014	KZ-AST
Atyrau	Atyrau	118,631	0,542,937	KZ-ATY
Baikonur⁽²⁾	Baikonur	000,057	0,070,000	KZ-BAY*
East Kazakhstan	Oskemen	283,226	0,1,394,963	KZ-VOS
Karagandy	Karagandy	427,982	1,357,943	KZ-KAR
Kostanay	Kostanay	196,001	0,879,523	KZ-KUS
Kyzylorda	Kyzylorda	226,019	0,712,915	KZ-KZY
Mangystau	Aktau	165,642	0,545,975	KZ-MAN
North Kazakhstan	Petropavl	97,993	0,583,561	KZ-SEV
Pavlodar	Pavlodar	124,800	0,746,829	KZ-PAV
South Kazakhstan	Shymkent	117,249	2,622,125	KZ-YUZ
West Kazakhstan	Oral	151,339	0,612,516	KZ-ZAP
Zhambyl	Taraz	144,264	0,1,055,942	KZ-ZHA

* Baikonur is rented and administerend by Russia until 2050.

Sources

GeoHive

v t e Provinces of Kazakhstan

Provinces	Akmola Aktobe Almaty Atyrau East Kazakhstan Karagandy Kostanay Kyzylorda Jambyl Mangystau North Kazakhstan Pavlodar South Kazakhstan West Kazakhstan

Metropolitan cities	Almaty Astana Baikonur

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