Provinces of Kazakhstan Totally Explained

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Kazakhstan is divided into 14 provinces (/ oblystar; singular: облысы / oblysy). The provinces are further subdivided into districts (аудандар).

Province	Status	Full Kazakh name	Timezone
Akmola	province	Ақмола облысы	UTC+6
Aktobe	province	Ақтөбе облысы	UTC+5
Almaty	city⁽¹⁾	Алматы қаласы	UTC+6
Almaty Province	province	Алматы облысы	UTC+6
Astana	city⁽¹⁾	Астана қаласы	UTC+6
Atyrau	province	Атырау облысы	UTC+5
Baikonur	city⁽²⁾	Байқоңыр қаласы	UTC+6
East Kazakhstan	province	Шығыс Қазақстан облысы	UTC+6
Karagandy	province	Қарағанды облысы	UTC+6
Kostanay	province	Қостанай облысы	UTC+6
Kyzylorda	province	Қызылорда облысы	UTC+6
Mangystau	province	Маңғыстау облысы	UTC+5
North Kazakhstan	province	Солтүстік Қазақстан облысы	UTC+6
Pavlodar	province	Павлодар облысы	UTC+6
South Kazakhstan	province	Оңтүстік Қазақстан облысы	UTC+6
West Kazakhstan	province	Батыс Қазақстан облысы	UTC+5
Zhambyl	province	Жамбыл облысы	UTC+6

Notes:

(1) Almaty and Astana cities have the status of State importance and don't relate to any province.

(2) Baikonur city has a special status because it's 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	829,000	KZ-AKM
Aktobe	Aktobe	300,600	661,000	KZ-AKT
Almaty⁽¹⁾	Almaty	324.8	1,226,300	KZ-ALA
Almaty Province	Taldykorgan	224,000	860,000	KZ-ALM
Astana⁽¹⁾	Astana	710.2	600,200	KZ-AST
Atyrau	Atyrau	118,600	380,000	KZ-ATY
Baikonur⁽²⁾	Baikonur	57	70,000	KZ-BAY
East Kazakhstan	Oskemen	283,300	897,000	KZ-VOS
Karagandy	Karagandy	428,000	1,287,000	KZ-KAR
Kostanay	Kostanay	196,000	975,000	KZ-KUS
Kyzylorda	Kyzylorda	226,000	590,000	KZ-KZY
Mangystau	Aktau	165,600	316,847	KZ-MAN
North Kazakhstan	Petropavl	123,200	586,000	KZ-SEV
Pavlodar	Pavlodar	124,800	851,000	KZ-PAV
South Kazakhstan	Shymkent	118,600	1,644,000	KZ-YUZ
West Kazakhstan	Oral	151,300	599,000	KZ-ZAP
Zhambyl	Taraz	144,000	962,000	KZ-ZHA

Sources

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