Northern Kazakhstan

Northern Kazakhstan region Солтүстік Қазақстан облысы Северо-Казахстанская область
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Basic data
State :	Kazakhstan
Administrative headquarters :	Petropavl
Founded:	July 29, 1936
Area :	97,993  km²
Residents :	548,755 (Jan 1, 2020)
Population density :	6 inhabitants per km²
Time zone :	EKST ( UTC + 6 )
Postal code :	15xxxx
Telephone code :	+7 (715)
License plate :	15 (old: T, O)
KATO code:	590000000
ISO 3166-2 :	KZ-SEV
Äkim ( governor ) :	Qumar Aqsaqalow
Website :	www.sko.kz
Location in Kazakhstan

The area North Kazakhstan ( Kazakh. Солтүстік Қазақстан облысы / Soltüstik Qasaqstan oblysy , Russian Северо-Казахстанская область / Severo-Kasachstanskaja Oblast ) is the smallest of the 14 regions ( Oblystar ), in which the Republic of Kazakhstan is divided. Its capital is Petropavl .

geography

Geographical location

The area ( Oblys ) is located in the far north of the country and has an area of ​​98,000 km² and 580,000 inhabitants. It is bordered by Russia in the north and the Pavlodar areas in the east, Aqmola in the south and Qostanai in the west.

Northern Kazakhstan occupies the southern edge of the West Siberian lowlands . Much of it is characterized by gently rolling hills. The most important river Ishim with its tributary Imanburlyq flows through the area in which wheat has been mainly grown since the so-called "new land campaign" in the 1950s . The capital Petropawl is located on the Ishim near the Russian border.

There are more than 1,000 lakes in the Oblys, the majority of which are freshwater lakes. The largest are the Schaglytenis , the North and South Kak , the Akusch , the Taranköl and the Stanowoje . Northern Kazakhstan is located in the forest steppe and steppe zone. Birch and aspens grow mainly in the forest steppe and there are many swamps . Forests take up eight percent of the territory.

Neighboring states and territories

	Russia
Qostanai		Pavlodar
	Karagandy

population

Ethnic groups

According to the Kazakh census of 2009, the population is divided as follows: ethnic Russians make up 50.43% of the population, Kazakhs 33%, Ukrainians 5%, Germans 3.5%, Poles 2.5%, Tatars 2.2% and Belarusians 1.15%. Other nationalities account for 2.1%.

The proportion of Germans in the total population has decreased from almost 10% in 1989 to 3.5% in 2009. The majority of Germans in Kazakhstan have meanwhile emigrated to Germany as repatriates . The Audany Tajynscha is the district within northern Kazakhstan with the highest proportion of Germans, who still make up around 10% of the population there. Also noteworthy is the size of the Polish minority in the same district, which makes up almost 22% of the population.

Ethnic group	VZ 1989		VZ 1999		VZ 2009
	number	%	number	%	number	%
Russians	469,636	51.49	361,461	49.79	300,849	50.43
Kazakhs	206.060	22.59	214,697	29.57	198,641	33.30
Ukrainians	70,525	7.73	46,980	6.47	29,817	5.00
German	86,716	9.51	41,157	5.67	20,800	3.49
Poland	22,917	2.51	18,757	2.58	13,976	2.34
Tatars	19,977	2.19	16,472	2.27	13,024	2.18
Belarusians	16,388	1.80	11,184	1.54	6,856	1.15
Azerbaijanis	1,394	0.15	1,457	0.20	1,564	0.26
Armenians	940	0.10	1,394	0.19	1,270	0.21
Tschuwaschen	1.941	0.21	1,288	0.18	850	0.14
Other	24,925	2.71	11,133	1.53	9,883	1.65

Population development

year Residents 1939¹ 541,527 1959¹ 456.999 1970¹ 873.916 1979¹ 889.530 1989¹ 921,416 1999¹ 725.980 2000 713,628

year Residents 2001 702.623 2002 691.263 2003 682.148 2004 674.497 2005 665.936 2006 663.126 2007 660.950

year Residents 2008 653.921 2009¹ 597,530 2010 592,746 2011 589,308 2012 583,598 2013 579,636 2014 575,766

year Residents 2015 571,759 2016 569.507 2017 563,300 2018 558,584 2019 554,517 2020 548.755

¹ census result

Politics and administration

Administrative division

The area is divided into 14 districts ( Kazakh Ауданы Audany ; Russian Район Rajon ). The administrative center of Petropawl represents its own urban district. Other cities in the Northern Kazakhstan region are Bulajew , Mamljut , Sergejew and Tajynscha .

Administrative division of the Northern Kazakhstan region

Audany	Area [km²]	Residents	Administrative headquarters
Aiyrtau	9,600	36,448	Saumalköl
Aqqaiyng	4,710	18,631	Smirnowo
Aqshar	8,040	15,415	Talschyq
Ghabit Muesirepow	11,100	40,252	Novoishim
Jessil	5,140	21,823	Jawlewka
Maghan Shumabaev	7,600	29,166	Bulayev
Mamlyut	4,100	17,508	Mamlyut
Petropavl (city)	222	219.231	Petropavl
Kyzylshar	6,150	44,072	Besköl
Aqyn scarf	4,840	18,077	Sergeyev
Shambyl	7,460	18,814	Presnovka
Tajynscha	11,430	42,237	Tajynscha
Timiryazev	4,510	10,929	Timiryasevo
Uälichanow	12,880	16,152	Kischkeneköl
As of January 1, 2020

Äkim (governor)

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

No.	Surname	Term of office (beginning)	Term of office (end)
1	Vladimir Hartmann	1992	1997
2	Danial Akhmetov	1997	1999
3	Qashymurat Naghymanov	October 1999	May 17, 2002
4th	Anatoly Smirnov	May 17, 2002	December 24, 2003
5	Tajyr Mansurov	December 24, 2003	October 9, 2007
6th	Serik Bilalow	October 9, 2007	January 22, 2013
7th	Samat Jeskendirow	January 22, 2013	May 27, 2014
8th	Jerik Sultanov	May 27, 2014	March 14, 2017
9	Qumar Aqsaqalow	March 14, 2017	officiating

Web links

Commons : Northern Kazakhstan  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website

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. ↑ Ethnic composition: 1989 census (data for regions). pop-stat.mashke.org, accessed August 9, 2020 (Russian).
3. ↑ Ethnic composition: 1999 census (data for regions). pop-stat.mashke.org, accessed August 9, 2020 (Russian).
4. ↑ Ethnic composition: 2009 census. pop-stat.mashke.org, accessed August 9, 2020 (Russian).

Coordinates: 55 ° 0 '  N , 69 ° 0'  E