Kazakhstan

Administrative units

administrative units	capital	area (sq.km.)	population 1989-01-12 census	population 1999-02-26 census	population 2009-01-01 estimate
source: National Statistical Agency of Kazakhstan. note: Soltüstik = North; Shyghys = East; Ongtüstik = South; Batys = West. note: transliteration of Cyrillic can vary.
Akmolinskaya oblast (Aqmola)	Kokshetau	146,200	1,064,400	836,300	741,897
Aktobenskaya oblast (Aqtobe)	Aktobe	300,600	732,700	682,600	712,130
Almatinskaya oblast (Almaty)	Taldykorgan	224,000	1,642,900	1,558,500	1,667,143
Gorod Almaty	Almaty	300	1,070,900	1,129,400	1,365,105
Gorod Astana	Astana	700	281,300	319,300	639,311
Atyrauskaya oblast (Atyrau)	Atyrau	118,600	424,700	440,300	501,623
Karagandinskaya oblast (Qaraghandy)	Qaraghandy	428,000	1,745,400	1,410,200	1,346,373
Kostanayskaya oblast (Qostanay)	Qostanay	196,000	1,223,800	1,017,700	889,368
Kyzylordinskaya oblast (Qyzylorda)	Qyzylorda	226,000	574,500	596,200	641,563
Mangistauskaya oblast (Manghystau)	Aqtau	165,600	324,200	314,700	425,684
Pavlodarskaya oblast	Pavlodar	124,800	942,300	807,000	748,823
Severo-Kazachstanskaya oblast (Soltustik Qazaqstan)	Petropavlovsk	98,000	912,100	726,000	648,236
Vostochno-Kazachstanskaya oblast (Shyghys Qazaqstan)	Oskemen	283,200	1,767,200	1,531,000	1,417,764
Yuzhno-Kazachstanskaya oblast (Ongtustik Qazaqstan)	Shymkent	117,300	1,823,500	1,978,300	2,381,543
Zapadno-Kazachstanskaya oblast (Batys Qazaqstan)	Ural'sk (Oral)	151,300	629,500	616,800	618,785
Zhambylskaya oblast	Taraz	144,300	1,038,700	988,800	1,031,144
total		2,724,900	16,199,100	14,953,100	15,776,492

name	population 1989	population 1999
Almaty	1,071,900	1,129,400
Karaganda	507,300	449,100
Shymkent	380,100	390,200
Taraz	304,000	325,500
Astana	276,000	319,300
Oskemen (Ust-Kamenogorsk)	322,200	305,800
Pavlodar	329,700	320,400
Semipalatinsk	317,100	292,500
Aqtobe	253,000	250,200
Kustanay (Qostanay)	223,600	222,500
Petropavlovsk	239,600	216,300
Oral (Uralsk)	199,500	212,900
Temirtau	213,600	181,800
Kyzylorda	150,400	157,900
Aktau	160,700	157,400
Atyrau	147,200	142,100
Ekibastuz	135,000	137,200
Koksetau	135,400	123,300
Rudniy	125,200	117,300
Taldy-kurgan	118,600	107,100
Zhezkazgan	107,100	103,400
Turkestan	77,700	87,600
Balkhash	86,700	81,100
Satpayev	59,300	62,900
Leninogorsk	68,700	60,200
Kentau	63,800	58,100
Stepnogorsk	63,300	50,900
Zhanaozen	48,500	51,100
Arkalyk	64,400	55,700
Zyryanovsk	52,900	45,800
Shakhtinsk	65,600	54,800
source: National Statistical Agency of Kazakhstan. note: Almaty is ex Alma Ata; Taraz is ex Dzhambul.