West Kazakhstan Region

West Kazakhstan Province or West Kazakhstan Region (Kazakh: Батыс Қазақстан облысы, Russian: Западно-Казахстанская область) is a region in the west of Kazakhstan. The capital is the city of Oral. As of 2023, the population of region is 688,091.[1]

Coat of arms

There are only two cities in this region: Oral and Aksay.

In Soviet times, region was called the Ural region (Russian: Уральская область).

References
  1. "Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan by gender and type of area (as of 2023-01-01)". QazStat. 2023-01-01. Archived from the original on 2023-03-05.
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