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.

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	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	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.

Demographic statistics

Province	Capital	Area (km.²)	Population	ISO 3166-2 Code
Akmola	Kokshetau	121,400	0,829,000	KZ-AKM
Aktobe	Aktobe	300,600	0,661,000	KZ-AKT
Almaty⁽¹⁾	Almaty	000,324.8	1,226,300	KZ-ALA
Almaty Province	Taldykorgan	224,000	0,860,000	KZ-ALM
Astana⁽¹⁾	Astana	000,710.2	0,600,200	KZ-AST
Atyrau	Atyrau	118,600	0,380,000	KZ-ATY
Baikonur⁽²⁾	Baikonur	000,057	0,070,000	KZ-BAY*
East Kazakhstan	Oskemen	283,300	0,897,000	KZ-VOS
Karagandy	Karagandy	428,000	1,287,000	KZ-KAR
Kostanay	Kostanay	196,000	0,975,000	KZ-KUS
Kyzylorda	Kyzylorda	226,000	0,590,000	KZ-KZY
Mangystau	Aktau	165,600	0,316,847	KZ-MAN
North Kazakhstan	Petropavl	123,200	0,586,000	KZ-SEV
Pavlodar	Pavlodar	124,800	0,851,000	KZ-PAV
South Kazakhstan	Shymkent	118,600	1,644,000	KZ-YUZ
West Kazakhstan	Oral	151,300	0,599,000	KZ-ZAP
Zhambyl	Taraz	144,000	0,962,000	KZ-ZHA

* This code has been deleted from ISO 3166-2.

Sources

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

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