Kostanai Province
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Kostanay Region Qostanai' oblysy Костанайская область |
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The old building of the region library, Kostanay
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 Map of Kazakhstan, location of Kostanay Province highlighted |
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| Coordinates: 53°12′N 63°38′E / 53.200°N 63.633°ECoordinates: 53°12′N 63°38′E / 53.200°N 63.633°E | ||
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 Kazakhstan
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| Established | 1936 | |
| Capital | Kostanay | |
| Government | ||
| • Akim | Archimedes Mukhambetov | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 196,001 km2 (75,676 sq mi) | |
| Population (2015-10-01) | ||
| • Total | 882,961 | |
| • Density | 4.5/km2 (12/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | East (UTC+6) | |
| • Summer (DST) | not observed (UTC+6) | |
| Postal codes | 110000 | |
| Area codes | +7 (714) | |
| ISO 3166 code | KZ-KUS | |
| Vehicle registration | 10, P | |
| Districts | 16 | |
| Cities | 5 | |
| Townships | 8 | |
| Villages | 255 | |
| Website | www |
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Kostanay Region (Kazakh: Qostanai' oblysy, Қостанай облысы, قوستاناي وبلىسى) (Russian: Кустанайская Область, Kustanayskaya Oblast) is a region of Kazakhstan. Its administrative center is the city of Kostanay. The population of the region is 900,300. The population living in Kostanay is 207,000 which is equivalent to 23% of the region.
Kostanay Region is adjacent to the Russian federal subjects Orenburg Oblast, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Kurgan Oblast, and is near the Ural Mountains. It also touches four other Kazakh regions: Aktobe Region to the southwest, Karaganda Region to the south, Akmola Region to the southeast, and North Kazakhstan Region to the northeast. The Tobol (Tobyl) River, a tributary of the Irtysh River, starts in and flows through the region on its way to Russia. Kostanay Region's area is 197,000 square kilometers, making it the sixth largest of the Kazakh regions.
Resources of an animal and flora of Kostanay Region are suitable for the organization and development of zones and objects of civilized fishery and a hunt, lake-commodity fish culture, hunt facilities development. The fauna of ground animal includes 52 kinds of mammal, 267 is constant or temporarily living birds, 10 kinds of amphibious and kowtowing, in reservoirs 24 kinds of fishes live.
Naurzum reserve (877 km²), 3 natural sanctuaries (1630 km²) and 12 state nature sanctuaries (0.47 km²) with a rich vegetative cover are pride of region.
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