Torgay Region

Torgay Region Торғай облысы
Region of the Soviet Union, Kazakhstan
1970–1997
Capital		Arkalyk
History
•	Established	23 November 1970
•	Disestablished	1997
Political subdivisions		districts

Coordinates: 50°16′N 67°22′E / 50.267°N 67.367°E / 50.267; 67.367

Torgay Region, sometimes Turgay Region, Turgay Obast (Kazakh: Торғай облысы, Russian: Тургайская область, Turgayskaya Oblast) was an oblast (a first-level administrative and municipal unit) of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic and of independent Kazakhstan from 1970 to 1988 and from 1990 to 1997. Its seat was in the city of Arkalyk. The region was located in the center of Kazakhstan, and its territory is currently divided between Kostanay and Akmola Regions.

Turgay Region was established on 23 November 1970 on the lands which previously belonged to Kostanay and Tselinograd Regions.

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