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

Note  : - Pop-2009: 2009-02-25 census.

Last Updated Date: September 27, 2016