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East Kazakhstan Province

East Kazakhstan Region
Шығыс Қазақстан облысы
Восточно-Казахстанская область
Region
Bukhtarma river in East Kazakhstan
Bukhtarma river in East Kazakhstan
Coat of arms of East Kazakhstan Region
Coat of arms
Map of Kazakhstan, location of East Kazakhstan Region highlighted
Map of Kazakhstan, location of East Kazakhstan Region highlighted
Coordinates: 49°57′N 82°37′E / 49.950°N 82.617°E / 49.950; 82.617Coordinates: 49°57′N 82°37′E / 49.950°N 82.617°E / 49.950; 82.617
Country  Kazakhstan
Established 1932
Capital Oskemen
Government
 • Akim Daniyal Akhmetov
Area
 • Total 283,226 km2 (109,354 sq mi)
Population (2013-02-01)
 • Total 1,393,932
 • Density 4.9/km2 (13/sq mi)
Time zone East (UTC+6)
 • Summer (DST) not observed (UTC+6)
Postal codes 070000
Area codes +7 (722), +7 (723)
ISO 3166 code KZ-VOS
Vehicle registration 16, F, U
Districts 15
Cities 10
Townships 30
Villages 870
Website akimvko.gov.kz

East Kazakhstan Region (Russian: Восточно-Казахстанская область, Kazakh: Шығыс Қазақстан облысы, Şığıs Qazaqstan oblısı, شىعىس قازاقستان وبلىسى) is a region of Kazakhstan. It occupies the easternmost part of Kazakhstan, along both sides of the Irtysh River and Lake Zaysan. Its administrative center is Oskemen (also known as Ust-Kamenogorsk). The region borders Russia in the north and northeast and the People's Republic of China (Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region) in the south and southeast. The easternmost point of the Oblast is also very near, within 50 kilometers or so of the westernmost tip of Mongolia; however, Kazakhstan and Mongolia do not share a common border, the two countries being separated by a small part of Russia and China.It also borders the Kazakh Regions of Pavlodar Region (to the north west), Karaganda Region (to the west), and Almaty Region (to the south).

Population: 1,396,593 (2009 Census results);1,531,024 (1999 Census results). 318,800 (as of 4/1/2011) live in the capital. The area has many Russians and Ukrainians; the capital itself has more of those two groups than Kazakhs themselves. The area is 283,300 in square kilometers.

The region was created by the merger of two Soviet-era Kazakhstan oblasts: the old Vostochno-Kazakhstanskaya (East Kazakhstan) Oblast and Semipalatinsk Oblast.

The region occupies very diverse range of geographic and climatic regions with Altai Mountains in the east and the eastern margins of Kazakh steppes in the west of the region.


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