West Kazakhstan Region

West Kazakhstan Region Батыс Қазақстан облысы (Kazakh) Западно-Казахстанская область (Russian)
Region
From the top, Oral, Kirsanov Sanctuary, Zhangir Khan Mausoleum
Coat of arms
Map of Kazakhstan, location of West Kazakhstan Region highlighted
Coordinates: 51°14′N 51°22′E / 51.233°N 51.367°E / 51.233; 51.367
Country	Kazakhstan
Capital	Oral
Government
• Akim	Nariman Turegaliev[1]
Area [2]
• Total	151,339 km2 (58,432 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[3]
• Total	683,327
• Density	4.5/km2 (12/sq mi)
GDP [4]
• Total	KZT 4,435.1 billion US$ 9.606 billion (2022)
• Per capita	KZT 6,467,800 US$ 14,008 (2022)
Time zone	UTC+5 (West)
• 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
Website	bko.gov.kz/en/

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 683,327 as of 2022.^[3] Its administrative centre is Oral (also known as Uralsk and Ural'sk), a city of about 200,000 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.