West Kazakhstan Region

West Kazakhstan Region
Батыс Қазақстан облысы (Kazakh)
Западно-Казахстанская область (Russian)
Region
From the top, Oral, Kirsanov Sanctuary, Zhangir Khan Mausoleum
Coat of arms of West Kazakhstan Region
Coat of arms
Map of Kazakhstan, location of West Kazakhstan Region highlighted
Map of Kazakhstan, location of West Kazakhstan Region highlighted
Coordinates: 51°14′N 51°22′E / 51.233°N 51.367°E / 51.233; 51.367
Country Kazakhstan
CapitalOral
Government
 • AkimNariman Turegaliev[1]
Area
[2]
 • Total151,339 km2 (58,432 sq mi)
Population
 (2024)[3]
 • Total695,000
 • Density4.6/km2 (12/sq mi)
GDP
[4]
 • TotalKZT 4,811.1 billion
US$ 10.535 billion (2023)
 • Per capitaKZT 6,965,600
US$ 15,232 (2023)
Time zoneUTC+5
 • Summer (DST)UTC+5 (not observed)
Postal codes
090000
Area codes+7 (711)
ISO 3166 codeKZ-ZAP
Vehicle registration07, L
Districts12
Cities2
Villages512
HDI (2022)0.794[5]
high · 4th
Websitebko.gov.kz/en/

West Kazakhstan Region (Kazakh: Батыс Қазақстан облысы, romanized: Batys Qazaqstan oblysy; Russian: Западно-Казахстанская область, romanized: Zapadno-Kazakhstanskaya oblast) is a region of Kazakhstan. The region has a population of 695,000 as of July 1st, 2024.[6] Its administrative centre is Oral (also known as Uralsk or Ural'sk), a city of about 250,000 inhabitants.

The Region was created as West Kazakhstan Oblast in Kazakh SSR of Soviet Union. Between 1962 and 1992 it was named Ural’sk Oblast and was renamed in 1993 to the old name following the independence of Kazakhstan from the Soviet Union.

  1. ^ "Нариман Турегалиев стал акимом Западно-Казахстанской области". tengrinews.kz (in Russian). 2022-12-02.
  2. ^ "Солтүстiк Қазақстан облысының ресми интернет-ресурсы | БАСТЫСЫ". Sko.kz. 2018-08-13. Retrieved 2018-08-18.
  3. ^ Западно-Казахстанская область - Статистика регионов РК (in Russian and Kazakh). Committee on Statistics of the Ministry of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Retrieved 2023-07-18.
  4. ^ DOSM. "Department of Statistics Kazakhstan". stat.gov.kz. Archived from the original on 2 January 2024. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
  5. ^ "Sub-national HDI – Area Database – Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org.
  6. ^ Западно-Казахстанская область - Статистика регионов РК (in Russian and Kazakh). Committee on Statistics of the Ministry of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Retrieved 2023-07-18.