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Region of Kazakhstan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Akmola Region (Kazakh: Ақмола облысы / Aqmola oblysy [ɑqmoˈɫɑ wobɫɤˈsɤ]; Russian: Акмолинская область) is a centrally located region of Kazakhstan. It was known as Tselinograd Oblast during Soviet rule. Its capital is Kökşetau. The national capital, Astana, is enclosed by the region, but is politically separate from Aqmola Region. The region's population is 715,000; Kökşetau's is 157,000.
Aqmola Region
Tselinograd Oblast | |
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![]() Map of Kazakhstan, location of Akmola Region highlighted | |
Coordinates: 52°0′N 69°0′E | |
Country | ![]() |
Capital | Kökşetau |
Government | |
• Akim | Marat Akhmetzhanov[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 146,219 km2 (56,455 sq mi) |
Population (2022-01-01)[3] | |
• Total | 785,708 |
• Density | 5.4/km2 (14/sq mi) |
GDP | |
• Total | KZT 3,484.6 billion US$ 7.547 billion (2022) |
• Per capita | KZT 4,428,500 US$ 9,591 (2022) |
Time zone | UTC+5 |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+5 (not observed) |
Postal codes | 020000 |
Area codes | +7 (717) |
ISO 3166 code | KZ-AKM |
Vehicle registration | 03, C |
Districts | 17 |
Cities | 8 |
Townships | 14 |
Villages | 671 |
Website | akmo |
Some gold and coal mining occur in the area.
The area of the region is 146,200 square kilometers. Aqmola, along with Ulytau Region and Karaganda Region are Kazakhstan's only regions which don't touch the country's outer borders. The region borders North Kazakhstan Region in the north, Pavlodar Region in the east, Karagandy Region in the south, and Kostanay Region in the west. The Sileti river flows through the region.
Aqmola means "the white burial" in Kazakh.
Ethnic Group | 2021[5] | |
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Population | % | |
Kazakhs | 436,984 | 55.81 |
Russians | 210,769 | 26.92 |
Ukrainians | 40,563 | 5.18 |
Germans | 30,121 | 3.85 |
Tatars | 13,707 | 1.75 |
Belarusians | 13,054 | 1.67 |
Poles | 8,610 | 1.10 |
Chechens | 3,167 | 0.28 |
Azeris | 2,156 | 0.28 |
Koreans | 1,564 | 0.20 |
Uzbeks | 1,457 | 0.19 |
Other Ethnicity or Not Stated | 21,843 | 0.2 |
Total | 782,995 | 100% |
Religion | 2021[5] | |
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Population | % | |
Islam | 362,070 | 46.24 |
Christianity | 287,619 | 36.73 |
No Religion | 14,578 | 1.86 |
Judaism | 295 | 0.04 |
Buddhism | 152 | 0.02 |
Other Religion | 1,034 | 0.13 |
Not Stated | 117,247 | 14.97 |
Total | 782,995 | 100% |
The region is administratively divided into seventeen districts and the cities of Kökşetau and Stepnogorsk.[6]
* The following ten localities in Aqmola Region have town status:[6] Akkol, Atbasar, Derzhavinsk, Ereymentau, Esil, Kökşetau, Qosşy, Makinsk, Shchuchinsk, Stepnogorsk, and Stepnyak.
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