Almaty (area)

Almaty region Алматы облысы Алматинская область
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Basic data
State :	Kazakhstan
Administrative headquarters :	Taldyqorghan
Founded:	March 10, 1932
Area :	223,911  km²
Residents :	2,055,724 (Jan 1, 2020)
Population density :	9 inhabitants per km²
Time zone :	EKST ( UTC + 6 )
Postal code :	04xxxx
Telephone code :	+7 (727), (728)
License plate :	05 (old: B, V)
KATO code:	190000000
ISO 3166-2 :	KZ-ALM
Äkim ( governor ) :	Amandyq Batalow
Website :	zhetysu.gov.kz
Location in Kazakhstan

The Almaty region ( Kazakh. Алматы облысы / Almatı oblısı ; Russian Алматинская область / Almatinskaja Oblast ) is a province in Kazakhstan . This is the region bordering the city of Almaty (until 1994 Alma-Ata ), from which the name is derived. Although the province completely surrounds the city, it is not part of the administrative unit, but an independent district.

geography

Geographical location

Almaty , Kazakhstan's largest city and former capital (in the times of the Soviet Union and in the early period of independence) is enclosed, but politically and administratively separated from the province (Almaty Oblast ).

Almaty Province borders on Kyrgyzstan and the Chinese Xinjiang (Sinkiang), the Uyghur Autonomous Region. It also borders three other Kazakh provinces: Shambyl in the west , Qaraghandy in the northeast and East Kazakhstan (Shyghys Qazaqstan) in the north.

The Lake Balkhash (on Kazakh Balkhash Koli) occupies a part of the province in the northwest. The south-eastern border with China and Kyrgyzstan (about 500 km as the crow flies) is occupied by the western part of the almost 2,000 km long Tian Shan Mountains, on whose northern flank Almaty lies.

Flora and fauna

The nature of the area of ​​Almaty ( Seven Rivers Land ) is special due to its different geographical zones from the desert to eternal ice. A variety of plants, herbs and trees grow in the foothills and on the mountain slopes, hundreds of animal species live there, including the snow leopard. In the lower mountain zone (under 600 meters) there are green deciduous forests, in the floodplains there are orchards (especially apples), aspen forests and hawthorn bushes. The fauna is diverse. Here you can meet rabbits, squirrels, hamsters, badgers and brown bears. Mountain goats, Pamir sheep and gray steppe squirrels live in the high mountains. There are many birds in the forests: waxwings, owls, jackdaws, partridges and pheasants. The area around the Balkhash is best visited in mid-May, when the steppe is covered with a "red poppy flower carpet".

Neighboring states and territories

Karagandy		East Kazakhstan
Shambyl		China
	Kyrgyzstan

population

Ethnic groups

The province of Almaty has an area of ​​about 224,000 km² , making it the fifth largest in Kazakhstan. The population is about two million (excluding the city of Almaty), the administrative capital of the province is Taldyqorghan with 115,000 inhabitants. About 65% of the population consists of ethnic Kazakhs , the second largest population group are the Russians with about 17.3% of the population, followed by the Uyghurs (9.2% of the total population), the Turks (2%), and Azerbaijanis (1.1%) ) and Soviet Koreans (1%). There are also larger numbers of Ukrainians , Tatars , Chechens and almost 13,000 Russian-Germans (0.8%). In 1989 the number was still more than 94,000 (at that time 5.7% of the population), but as a result of emigration to Germany, it has decreased drastically, especially in the first years after the collapse of the Soviet Union .

Ethnic group	VZ 1989		VZ 1999		VZ 2009
	number	%	number	%	number	%
Kazakhs	741.737	45.15%	926.137	59.42%	1,223,181	67.66%
Russians	518.315	31.55%	339.984	21.81%	306.383	16.95%
Uighurs	128.057	7.79%	140.725	9.03%	144.063	7.97%
Turks	18,352	1.12%	29,448	1.89%	35,599	1.97%
Korean	18,483	1.13%	17,488	1.12%	16,627	0.92%
Azerbaijanis	18,922	1.15%	16,073	1.03%	14,881	0.82%
Kurds	8966	0.55%	13,264	0.85%	13,517	0.75%
Tatars	19,551	1.19%	15,647	1.00%	13,513	0.75%
German	94.123	5.73%	18,927	1.21%	8709	0.48%
Ukrainians	29,971	1.82%	13,512	0.87%	6458	0.36%
Other	46,440	2.83%	27,329	1.75%	24,963	1.38%

Population development

year Residents 1939¹ 798.718 1959¹ 944.916 1970¹ 1,322,194 1979¹ 1,514,807 1989¹ 1,699,054 1999¹ 1,558,534 2000 1,557,141

year Residents 2001 1,554,320 2002 1,554,573 2003 1,560,267 2004 1,571,194 2005 1,589,751 2006 1,603,758 2007 1,620,696

year Residents 2008 1,643,278 2009¹ 1,804,004 2010 1,836,563 2011 1,873,374 2012 1,909,362 2013 1,946,627 2014 1,984,518

year Residents 2015 1,922,107 2016 1,947,737 2017 1,983,465 2018 2,017,277 2019 2,038,934 2020 2,055,724

¹ census result

Politics and administration

Administrative division

The area is divided into 17 districts ( Kazakh Ауданы Audany ; Russian Район Rajon ). The three cities of Qapschaghai , Taldyqorghan and Tekeli each form their own urban district. Further places with the status of a city are Jessik , Qaskeleng , Sarqan , Scharkent , Talghar and Üschtöbe .

Administrative division of the Almaty region

Audany	Area [km²]	Residents	Administrative headquarters
Aqsu	12,600	38,569	Shansugirov
Alak oil	23,700	68,886	Üsharal
Balqash	37,400	30,378	Baqanas
Eskeldi	4,300	45,763	Qarabulaq
Ile	7,800	217.879	Ötegen Batyr
Jengbekschiqasaq	8,300	299,597	Jessik
Kegen		31,408	Kegen
Kerbulaq	11,500	48,150	Saryösek
Köksu	7,100	41,038	Balpyq Bi
Panfilow	10,600	130.011	Scharkent
Qapshaghai (city)		60,895	Qapshaghai
Qarassai	2,300	276.078	Qaskeleng
Qara Valley	24,200	46,676	Üschtöbe
Raiymbek		40,080	Narynqol
Sarqan	24,400	35,664	Sarqan
Shambyl	19,300	169.402	Usynaghasch
Taldyqorghan (city)	74	175.181	Taldyqorghan
Talghar	3,700	203,922	Talghar
Tekeli (city)	100	33,408	Tekeli
Uighyr	8,700	62,739	Schonschy
As of January 1, 2020

Äkim (governor)

List of governors ( Kazakh Әкім , Äkim ) of the Almaty region since 1992:

No.	Surname	Term of office (beginning)	Term of office (end)
1	Akhmetzhan Yessimov	1992	1994
2	Ömirsaq Ösbekow	1994	1996
3	Serik Ümbetow	1996	1997
4th	Samanbek Nurqadilow	December 1997	May 2001
5	Shalbay Qulmachanov	May 2001	August 11, 2005
6th	Serik Ümbetow	August 11, 2005	April 13, 2011
7th	Angsar Musakhanov	April 13, 2011	20th August 2014
8th	Amandyq Batalow	20th August 2014	officiating

Web links

Commons : Almaty Territory  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official Tourism Website of Kazakhstan-Almaty (German)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Численность населения Республики Казахстан по полу в разрезе областей и столицы, столицы, столицы, анколицы, столицы, городоав, областей и столицы, анкония, горойцы, коники, городоав,. ( Excel ; 96 KB) stat.gov.kz, accessed on July 19, 2020 (Russian). 
2. ↑ Национальный состав населения Республики Казахстан ( Memento from January 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ pop-stat.mashke.org: Ethnic composition: 1989 census (data for regions) , accessed June 24, 2017 (Russian).
4. ↑ pop-stat.mashke.org: Ethnic composition: 1999 census (data for regions) , accessed June 24, 2017 (Russian).
5. ↑ pop-stat.mashke.org: Ethnic composition: 2009 census , accessed June 24, 2017 (Russian).

Coordinates: 45 ° 0 '  N , 78 ° 0'  E