Aktobe Region

Aktobe Region
Aqtöbe oblysy (Kazakh)
Актюбинская область (Russian)
Region
Ақтөбе облысы
From the top, Aktolagai Plateau, Aktobe, Oiyl District
Coat of arms of Aktobe Region
Coat of arms
Map of Kazakhstan, location of Aktobe Province highlighted
Map of Kazakhstan, location of Aktobe Province highlighted
Coordinates: 50°17′N 57°10′E / 50.283°N 57.167°E / 50.283; 57.167
CountryKazakhstan
CapitalAktobe
Government
 • BodyRegional Mäslihat
 • ÄkimAskhat Shakharov[1]
Area
 • Total300,629 km2 (116,074 sq mi)
Population
 (2022-06-01)[2]
 • Total909,673
 • Density3.0/km2 (7.8/sq mi)
GDP
[3]
 • TotalKZT 4,416.9 billion
US$ 9.566 billion (2022)
 • Per capitaKZT 4,788,200
US$ 10,370 (2022)
Time zoneUTC+5
 • Summer (DST)UTC+5 (not observed)
Postal codes
030000
Area codes+7 (713)
ISO 3166 codeKZ-AKT
Vehicle registration04, D
Districts12
Cities8
Villages441 [4]
HDI (2022)0.794[5]
high · 4th
Websitehttp://aktobe.gov.kz

Aktobe Region (Kazakh: Ақтөбе облысы, romanized: Aqtöbe oblysy; Russian: Актюбинская область, romanized: Aktyubinskaya oblast) is a region of Kazakhstan. The name Aktobe comes from Kazakh aq 'white' and töbe 'hill' or 'top (of something)'; supposedly, Aktobe's initial settlers were able to see white mountains far to the north. The Aktobe regional capital is the city of Aktobe. The region is located in the western part of Kazakhstan. Its area is 300,629 km2 (second-largest in Kazakhstan), which is 11 per cent of the territory of Kazakhstan. The population is 909 673 as of June 1, 2022.[6]

It was formed as a result of the administrative-territorial reform on March 10, 1932 as part of the Kazakh Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. Historically, it was preceded by the Aktobe gubernia (province), which existed in 1921-1928 and the Aktobe Okrug (district) that existed from 1928-1929. In 1936, the region became part of the Kazakh SSR separated from the RSFSR and since 1991, after the collapse of the USSR, as part of the independent Republic of Kazakhstan.

The region is bordered to the North by the Orenburg Oblast of Russia, to the northeast by the Kostanay Region, to the Southeast by the Karaganda and Kyzylorda regions of Kazakhstan, to the South by the Republic of Karakalpakstan of Uzbekistan, to the southwest by the Mangystau Region, to the West by the Atyrau Region and to the Northwest by the West Kazakhstan Region of Kazakhstan.

Aktolagai, Aktobe Region

The administrative center is the largest city of Western Kazakhstan, Aktobe (from 1891 to 1999 — Aktyubinsk hence the name of the region).[7]

  1. ^ "New Governor of Aktobe region named". www.inform.kz. 2023-09-06.
  2. ^ Agency of statistics of the Republic of Kazakhstan: Численность населения Республики Казахстан по областям с начала 2013 года до 1 февраля 2013 года (russisch; Excel-Datei; 55 kB).
  3. ^ DOSM. "Department of Statistics Kazakhstan". stat.gov.kz. Archived from the original on 2 January 2024. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
  4. ^ Official site - General Information Archived 2007-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Sub-national HDI – Area Database – Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org.
  6. ^ "stat.gov.kz". stat.gov.kz. Archived from the original on 2023-02-19. Retrieved 2021-03-31.
  7. ^ "Information about the region". sub.invest.gov.kz. Retrieved 2020-10-02.