West Kazakhstan Province

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Батыс Қазақстан облысы West Kazakhstan Province
Coat of arms	Location
Coordinates	51°14′0″N 51°22′0″E / 51.23333, 51.36667Coordinates: 51°14′0″N 51°22′0″E / 51.23333, 51.36667
Time zone	UTC+5
– Summer (DST)	not observed (UTC+5)
Administration
Country	Kazakhstan
Capital	Oral
Akim (governor)	Serik Bilyalov
Subdivisions
– Districts	12
– Cities (incl. towns)	2
– Townships
– Villages	512
Basic statistics
Area [1]	151,300 km² (58,417 sq mi)
Population	609,300 (01/2006)[2]
- Density	4 /km² (10 /sq mi)
Other information
Postal codes	090000
Area codes	+7 (711)
Licence plate	L
ISO 3166-2	KZ-ZAP
Website	http://www.western.kz/

West Kazakhstan (Kazakh: Батыс Қазақстан облысы) is a province of Kazakhstan. Its capital is Oral (also known as Uralsk and Ural'sk), a city of about 200,000. The province borders Russia and is near the Ural Mountains. The Ural River flows from Russia to the Caspian Sea through the province. West Kazakhstan has the distinction of being partly in Europe and partly in Asia.

[edit] External links

• Official website

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v • d • e Districts and Cities of West Kazakhstan Province Districts Akzhaik  · Bokey Orda  · Borili  · Karatobe  · Kaztal  · Shyngyrlau  · Syrym  · Taskala  · Terekti  · Zelenov  · Zhanakala  · Zhanybek Major cities Aksay  · Oral

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