Shyrgys Qazaqstan
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East Kazakhstan Region Шығыс Қазақстан облысы Восточно-Казахстанская область |
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Bukhtarma river in East Kazakhstan
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 Map of Kazakhstan, location of East Kazakhstan Region highlighted |
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| Coordinates: 49°57′N 82°37′E / 49.950°N 82.617°ECoordinates: 49°57′N 82°37′E / 49.950°N 82.617°E | ||
| Country |
 Kazakhstan
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| Established | 1932 | |
| Capital | Oskemen | |
| Government | ||
| • Akim | Daniyal Akhmetov | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 283,226 km2 (109,354 sq mi) | |
| Population (2013-02-01) | ||
| • Total | 1,393,932 | |
| • Density | 4.9/km2 (13/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | East (UTC+6) | |
| • Summer (DST) | not observed (UTC+6) | |
| Postal codes | 070000 | |
| Area codes | +7 (722), +7 (723) | |
| ISO 3166 code | KZ-VOS | |
| Vehicle registration | 16, F, U | |
| Districts | 15 | |
| Cities | 10 | |
| Townships | 30 | |
| Villages | 870 | |
| Website | akimvko |
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East Kazakhstan Region (Russian: Восточно-Казахстанская область tr. Vostochno-Kazakhstanskaya oblast) (Kazakh: Шығыс Қазақстан облысы, Şığıs Qazaqstan oblısı) is a region of Kazakhstan. It occupies the easternmost part of Kazakhstan, along both sides of the Irtysh River and Lake Zaysan. Its administrative center is Oskemen (also known as Ust-Kamenogorsk). The region borders Russia in the north and northeast and the People's Republic of China in the south and southeast. The easternmost point of the Oblast is within about 50 kilometres of the westernmost tip of Mongolia; however, Kazakhstan and Mongolia do not share a common border, the two countries being separated by a small part of Russia and China. East Kazakhstan Region borders the Kazakh regions of Pavlodar Region to the north west, Karaganda Region to the west, Almaty Region to the south, Russia's Altai Krai and Altai Republic to the north and China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region to the east. Population: 1,396,593 (2009 Census results); 1,531,024 (1999 Census results). 318,800 (as of 4/1/2011) live in the capital. The area has many Russians and Ukrainians; the capital itself has more of those two groups than Kazakhs themselves. The area is 283,300 square kilometers.
The region was created by the merger of two Soviet-era Kazakhstan oblasts: the old Vostochno-Kazakhstanskaya (East Kazakhstan) Oblast and Semipalatinsk Oblast.
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