West Kazakhstan Region

West Kazakhstan Region

Батыс Қазақстан облысы (Kazakh)
Западно-Казахстанская область (Russian)
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
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
• Total	KZT 4,811.1 billion; US$ 10.535 billion (2023)
• Per capita	KZT 6,965,600; US$ 15,232 (2023)
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
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 695,000 as of July 1st, 2024.^[3] 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.

^ "Нариман Турегалиев стал акимом Западно-Казахстанской области". tengrinews.kz (in Russian). 2022-12-02.
^ "Солтүстiк Қазақстан облысының ресми интернет-ресурсы | БАСТЫСЫ". Sko.kz. 2018-08-13. Retrieved 2018-08-18.
^ ^a ^b Западно-Казахстанская область - Статистика регионов РК (in Russian and Kazakh). Committee on Statistics of the Ministry of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Retrieved 2023-07-18. Cite error: The named reference ":0" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
^ DOSM. "Department of Statistics Kazakhstan". stat.gov.kz. Archived from the original on 2 January 2024. Retrieved 2023-03-01.

[1] "Нариман Турегалиев стал акимом Западно-Казахстанской области". tengrinews.kz (in Russian). 2022-12-02.

[Official_site_-_General_Information-2] "Солтүстiк Қазақстан облысының ресми интернет-ресурсы | БАСТЫСЫ". Sko.kz. 2018-08-13. Retrieved 2018-08-18.

[:0-3] Западно-Казахстанская область - Статистика регионов РК (in Russian and Kazakh). Committee on Statistics of the Ministry of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Retrieved 2023-07-18. Cite error: The named reference ":0" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).

[:dosm-4] DOSM. "Department of Statistics Kazakhstan". stat.gov.kz. Archived from the original on 2 January 2024. Retrieved 2023-03-01.

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