West Kazakhstan Region
West Kazakhstan Region
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Map of Kazakhstan, location of West Kazakhstan Region highlighted | |
| Coordinates: 51°14′N 51°22′E / 51.233°N 51.367°E | |
| Country | Kazakhstan |
| Capital | Oral |
| Government | |
| • Akim | Nariman Turegaliev |
| Area | |
• Total | 151,339 km2 (58,432 sq mi) |
| Population (2024) | |
• Total | 695,000 |
| • Density | 4.6/km2 (12/sq mi) |
| GDP (Nominal, 2024) | |
| • Total | KZT 4,748 billion (US$ 9.971 billion) · 11th |
| • Per capita | KZT 6,835,300 (US$ 14,354) |
| Time zone | UTC+5 |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+5 (not observed) |
| Postal codes | 090000 |
| Area codes | +7 (711) |
| ISO 3166 code | KZ-ZAP |
| Vehicle registration | 07, L |
| Districts | 12 |
| Cities | 2 |
| Villages | 512 |
| HDI (2022) | 0.794 high · 4th |
| Website | bko |
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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. 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.