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Political Map of Kazakhstan

by Vishal Kumar

  In the political map of Kazakhstan, the international boundaries, important cities and the national capital have been marked by using specific symbols. The terrain of the country is diverse.…


Political Map of Kazakhstan

 

In the political map of Kazakhstan, the international boundaries, important cities and the national capital have been marked by using specific symbols. The terrain of the country is diverse. The country has abundant supply of fossil fuel and mineral resources.

The country maintains stable relationship with all the neighboring countries.

Kazakhstan Features

Kazakhstan is a country located in Central Asia. A small part of the country lies in the eastern region of Europe. The geographical coordinates of Kazakhstan are 48° North latitude and 68° East longitude. The total area that the country covers is 2,717,300 square kilometers. In the political map of Kazakhstan, the boundaries of oblys, capitals of the oblys, international boundaries, neighboring countries are highlighted in a clear manner.

Kazakhstan oblys Capitals

There are 14 provinces or oblys in the country Kazakhstan. The capitals of the oblys have been marked in the political map of Kazakhstan by green boxes. The marked capitals of Kazakhstan oblys are:

  • oral
  • Aqtobe
  • Rudnyy
  • Petropavlovsk
  • Pavlodar
  • oskemen
  • Qaraghandy
  • Atyrau
  • Aqtau
  • Qyzylorda
  • Shymkent
  • Taraz
  • Almaty

Kazakhstan Capital

Astana is the capital of Kazakhstan. Astana ranks second in terms of size in Kazakhstan. The meaning of Astana is “capital city”. The city is positioned at the middle of the country. The city also happens to be the second coldest city of the world. The geographical coordinates of Astana are 51° 10′ 52″North latitude and 71° 25′ 40″ East longitude. Astana lies 1112 feet above sea level. The capital city of Kazakhstan has been highlighted in the political map by a red star. The city is served by Astana International Airport. Some of the cities located in close proximity to Astana are:

  • Gerasimovskoye
  • Kirovo
  • Taldykol
  • Zaozernyy
  • Prigorodnyy

Kazakhstan Boundaries

Aral Sea is located to the southern side and Caspian Sea is positioned at southwestern border of the country. The neighboring countries of Kazakhstan that have been pointed in the printable map of Kazakhstan are:

  • Iran
  • Turkmenistan
  • Uzbekistan
  • China
  • Azer
  • Russia

Kazakhstan Cities

In the country, Kazakhstan the major cities have been highlighted by using black dots. Some of the indicated cities of Kazakhstan in the political printable map of Kazakhstan are:

  • Turkistan
  • Zhangatas
  • Shu
  • Zharkent
  • Taldyqorghan
  • Lepsi
  • Aral
  • Beyneu
  • Embi
  • Maqat
  • Aqsay
  • Rudnyy
  • Ekibastuz
  • Lepsi
  • Zaysan

 

Regions Pop-2009 Pop-1999 Area(km.²) Area(mi.²) Capital
Almaty 1,807,894 1,559,522 224,000 86,500 Taldykorgan
Almaty [City] 1,365,632 1,130,068 300 100 Almaty
Aqmola 737,495 835,661 146,200 56,400 Kokshetau
Aqtobe 757,768 682,793 300,600 116,100 Aqtobe
Astana 613,006 319,318 700 300 Astana
Atyrau 510,377 439,900 118,600 45,800 Atyrau
Bayqonyr (1) Bayqonyr
East Kazakhstan 1,396,593 1,530,792 283,200 109,300 oskemen
Mangghystau 485,392 316,847 165,600 63,900 Aqtau
North Kazakhstan 596,535 725,932 98,000 37,800 Petropavlovsk
Pavlodar 742,475 806,034 124,800 48,200 Pavlodar
Qaraghandy 1,341,700 1,411,401 428,000 165,300 Qaraghandy
Qostanay 885,570 1,019,560 196,000 75,700 Qostanay
Qyzylorda 678,794 596,344 226,000 87,300 Qyzylorda
South Kazakhstan 2,469,357 1,976,689 117,300 45,300 Shymkent
West Kazakhstan 598,880 617,624 151,300 58,400 oral
Zhambyl 1,022,129 983,935 144,300 55,700 Taraz
17 divisions 16,009,597 14,952,420 2,724,900 1,052,100

 

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