European Kazakhstan

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European Kazakhstan
Largest city	Oral
Ethnic groups	Kazakhs Russian Kazakhs German Kazakhs
Demonym(s)	Kazakh
Region of Kazakhstan
Area
• Total	148,000 km2 (57,000 sq mi)
Population
• Census	~1 million
• Density	6.7/km2 (17.4/sq mi)

European Kazakhstan (Kazakh: Europalyq Qazaqstan, Qazaqstannyñ europalyq bölıgı, Russian: Европейская часть Казахстана) is the western part of the territory of Kazakhstan. It is geographically situated in Europe, as opposed to the country's sparsely populated and vastly larger eastern part, which is situated in Central Asia. The Ural River divides Kazakhstan into two parts, bisecting the Eurasian supercontinent. European Kazakhstan geographically lies in Eastern Europe, with its area of over 148,000 square kilometres (57,000 sq mi) (approximately 5.4% of the country’s total land area) which makes Kazakhstan the 14th-largest country in Europe with a population of about 1 million. Two capitals of regions are located in European part of Kazakhstan — Uralsk and Atyrau.