Regions of Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan is divided into 17 regions (Kazakh: облыстар, romanized: oblystar; sg.The regions are further subdivided into districts (Kazakh: аудандар, romanized: audandar; sg.аудан, audan; Russian: районы, romanized: rayony; sg.On 16 March 2022, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev announced that three new regions would be created.Major changes were several fusions and splits between Guryev and Mangystau, Karaganda and Dzhezkazgan, Almaty and Taldy-Kurgan, East Kazakhstan and Semipalatinsk and Kostanay, Turgay and Tselinograd, respectively.
The share of the European population by districts and cities of regional and republican subordination Kazakhstan in 2022
≥70%
60.0 – 69.9%
50.0 – 59.9%
40.0 – 49.9%
30.0 – 39.9%
20.0 – 29.9%
10.0 – 19.9%
0.0 – 9.9%
Change of oblast names and boundaries from 1954 to today
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