The
regions
In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as zones, lands or territories, are areas that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and the interaction of humanity and t ...
of
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...
are divided into 170
district
A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municipa ...
s (
pl. kz, аудандар, ''audandar''). The districts are listed below, by region:
Abai
Abai or ABAI may refer to:
People
* Abai (martyr) (died 363), saint of the Syrian Church
* Abai Ikwechegh (born 1923), Nigerian jurist
* Abai Qunanbaiuly (1845-1904), Kazakh poet and philosopher
* Abai Tasbolatov (born 1951), Kazakh politicia ...
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Abay District
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Ayagoz District
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Beskaragay District
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Borodulikha District
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Kokpekti District
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Tarbagatay District
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Urzhar District
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Zharma District
Akmola
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Akkol District
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Arshaly District
Arshaly District ( kk, Аршалы ауданы, ) is a district of Akmola Region in northern Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the settlement of Arshaly. Population:
Geography
The district is located in the south-east o ...
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Astrakhan District
Astrakhan District ( ) is a district of Aqmola Region in northern Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a to ...
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Atbasar District
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Bulandy District
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Burabay District
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Egindikol District
Egindikol District ( kk, Егіндікөл ауданы, ) is a district of Aqmola Region in northern Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in ...
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Enbekshilder District
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Ereymentau District
Ereymentau District ( kk, Ерейментау ауданы, ) is a district of Aqmola Region in northern Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the town of Ereymentau
Ereymentau ( kk, Ерейментау, ''Ereimentau''; russia ...
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Esil District
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Korgalzhyn District
Korgalzhyn District ( kk, Қорғалжын ауданы, ) is a district of Aqmola Region in northern Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly i ...
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Sandyktau District
Sandyktau District ( kk, Сандықтау ауданы, ) is a district of Aqmola Region in northern Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the selo of Balkashino. Population:
History
Sandyktausky district was formed on J ...
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Shortandy District
Shortandy District ( kk, Шортанды ауданы, ) is a district of Aqmola Region in northern Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the settlement of Shortandy
Shortandy ( kk, Шортанды, ''Şortandy''), is a villa ...
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Tselinograd District
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Zerendi District
Zerendi District ( kk, Зеренді ауданы) is a district of Akmola Region in northern Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern ...
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Zhaksy District
Zhaksy District ( kk, Жақсы ауданы, ) is a district of Aqmola Region in northern Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Eu ...
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Zharkain District
Aktobe
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Alga District
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Ayteke Bi District
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Bayganin District
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Kargaly District
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Kobda District
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Khromtau District
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Martuk District
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Mugalzhar District
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Oiyl District
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Shalkar District
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Temir District
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Yrgyz District
Yrgyz District ( kk, Ырғыз ауданы, ) is a district of Aktobe Region in Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the selo of Yrgyz. Population:
Geography
The area of Yrgyz District is . Shalkarteniz is located in th ...
Almaty
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Balkhash District
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Enbekshikazakh District
Enbekshikazakh District ( kk, Еңбекшіқазақ ауданы, ) is a district of Almaty Region in Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the town of Esik. Population:
Geography
The south, and east parts of district ...
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Ile District, Kazakhstan
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Karasay District
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Raiymbek District
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Talgar District
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Uygur District
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Zhambyl District, Almaty Region
Zhambyl District ( kk, Жамбыл ауданы, ) is a district of Almaty Region in Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the selo of Uzynagash. Population:
See also
*Otar Military Base
Otar Military Base is a military ...
Atyrau
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Inder District
Inder District ( kk, Индер ауданы, ) is a district of Atyrau Region in Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the urban-type settlement of Inderbor. Population:
Geography
Inder
Inder may refer to:
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* Ind ...
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Isatay District
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Kurmangazy District
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Kyzylkoga District
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Makat District
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Makhambet District
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Zhylyoi District
East Kazakhstan
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Glubokoe District
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Katonkaragay District
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Kurshim District
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Shemonaikha District
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Tarbagatay District
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Ulan District
Jetisu
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Aksu District
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Alakol District
Alakol District ( kk, Алакөл ауданы, ) is a district of Jetisu Region in Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the town of Usharal. Population:
The Tunkuruz Hydroelectric Power Plant is located in the district.
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Eskeldi District
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Karatal District
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Kerbulak District
Kerbulak District ( kk, Кербұлақ ауданы, ) is a district of Jetisu Region in Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the settlement of Saryozek
Sary-Ozek or Saryozek may refer to one of the following, related to pla ...
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Koksu District
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Panfilov District
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Sarkant District
Karagandy
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Abay District, Karagandy Region
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Aktogay District, Karagandy Region
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Bukhar-Zhyrau District
Bukhar-Zhyrau District ( kk, Бұқар жырау ауданы, ) is a district of Karaganda Region in central Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the settlement of Botakara. Population:
Geography
Bukhar-Zhyrau District l ...
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Karkaraly District
Karkaraly District ( kk, Қарқаралы ауданы, ) is a district of Karaganda Region in central Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the town of Karkaraly. As of 2019, the district is home to a population of 36,025 peop ...
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Nura District
Nura District ( kk, Нұра ауданы, ) is a Districts of Kazakhstan, district of Karaganda Region in central Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the settlement of Kievka, Karaganda, Kievka. The district has a population o ...
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Osakarov District
Sarybel District ( kk, Сарыбел ауданы), formerly "Osakarov District", is a district of Karaganda Region in central Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the settlement of Osakarovka. The district had a population of ...
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Shet District
Kostanay
Kostanay ( kz, Қостанай, Qostanai ) is a city located on the Tobol River in northern Kazakhstan. It was known as Nikolayevsk (russian: Николаевск) until 1895 and then as Kustanay (russian: Кустанай) until 1997. Kostanay ...
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Altynsarin District
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Amangeldi District
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Auliekol District
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Denisov District
Denisov ( kk, Денисов ауданы, ) is a district of Kostanay Region in northern Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Eur ...
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Fyodorov District
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Kamysty District
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Karabalyk District
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Karasu District
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Kostanay District
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Mendykara District
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Nauyrzym District
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Sarykol District
Sarykol ( kk, Сарыкөл ауданы, ) is a district of Kostanay Region in northern Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Eu ...
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Taran District
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Uzunkol District
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Zhangeldi District
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Zhetikara District
Kyzylorda
Kyzylorda ( kk, Қызылорда, translit=Qyzylorda, ), formerly known as Kzyl-Orda (russian: Кзыл-Орда), Ak-Mechet (Ак-Мечеть), Perovsk (Перовск), and Fort-Perovsky (Форт-Перовский), is a city in south-cen ...
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Aral District
Aral ( kk, Арал ауданы, , ارال اۋدانى) is a district of Kyzylorda Region in southern Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the town of Aral. Population:
Geography
Lake Zhaksykylysh lies in the district, ...
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Karmakshy District
Karmakshy ( kk, Қармақшы ауданы, , ) is a district of Kyzylorda Region in southern Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in East ...
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Kazaly District
Kazaly ( kk, Қазалы ауданы, ) is a Districts of Kazakhstan, district of Kyzylorda Region in southern Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the urban-type settlement of Ayteke Bi. Population:
See also
* Kazaly, a t ...
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Shieli District
Shieli ( kk, Шиелі ауданы, ) is a district of Kyzylorda Region in southern Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the urban-type settlement of Shieli. Population:
Shieli district is located in the middle reaches of ...
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Syrdariya District
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Zhalagash District
Jalagash ( kk, Жалағаш ауданы, ) is a district of Kyzylorda Region in southern Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Eu ...
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Zhanakorgan District
Mangystau
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Beyneu District
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Karakiya District
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Mangystau District
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Munaily District
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Tupkaragan District
North Kazakhstan
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Aiyrtau District
Aiyrtau ( kk, Айыртау ауданы, ) is a district of North Kazakhstan Region in northern Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in East ...
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Akkayin District
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Akzhar District
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Esil District
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Gabit Musirepov District
Gabit Musirepov ( kk, Ғабит Мүсірепов ауданы, ) is a district of North Kazakhstan Region in northern Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the selo of Novoishimskoye. Population:
Name
The district was na ...
(Tselinniy)
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Kyzylzhar District
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Magzhan Zhumabaev District (Bulaev)
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Mamlyut District
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Shal akyn District (Sergeev)
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Taiynsha District
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Timiryazev District
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Ualikhanov District
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Zhambyl District
Pavlodar
Pavlodar ( ; ) is a city in northeastern Kazakhstan and the capital of Pavlodar Region. It is located 450 km northeast of the national capital Astana and 405 km southeast of the Russian city of Omsk along the Irtysh River. , the cit ...
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Akku District
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Aktogay District, Pavlodar Region
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Bayanaul District
Bayanaul ( kk, Баянауыл ауданы, ) is a district of Pavlodar Region in northern Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the selo of Bayanaul. Population:
Geography
Bayanaul District lies in the Kazakh Uplands. hi ...
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Ertis District
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Kashyr District
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May District
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Pavlodar District
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Sharbakty District
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Uspen District
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Zhelezin District
Zhelezin ( kk, Железин ауданы, ) is a district of Pavlodar Region in northern Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the selo of Zhelezinka. Population:
Elmira Abdrazakova, born in the above Kazakh district, wa ...
Turkistan
Turkestan, also spelled Turkistan ( fa, ترکستان, Torkestân, lit=Land of the Turks), is a historical region in Central Asia corresponding to the regions of Transoxiana and Xinjiang.
Overview
Known as Turan to the Persians, western Turk ...
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Baydibek DistrictSouth Kazakhstan Province (official website)
* Kazygurt District
* Maktaaral District
* Ordabasy District
* Otyrar District
* Saryagash District
* Sayram District
*Shardara District
Shardara ( kk, Шардара ауданы, ) is a district of Turkistan Region in southern Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern ...
* Sozak District
* Tole Bi District
* Tulkibas District
Ulytau
* Ulytau District
*Zhanaarka District
Zhanaarka District ( kk, Жаңаарқа ауданы, ) is a district of Ulytau Region in central Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Ea ...
West Kazakhstan
* Akzhaik District
*Bokey Orda District
Bokey Orda ( kk, Бөкей Орда ауданы, ) is a district of West Kazakhstan Region in western Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the selo of Saykyn
Saykhin ( kz, Сайқын, ''Saiqyn''; russian: Сайхин) is ...
* Borili District
* Karatobe District
* Kaztal District
* Shyngyrlau District
* Syrym District
* Taskala District
* Terekti District
*Zelenov District
Bayterek ( kk, Бәйтерек ауданы, ), previously Zelenov is a Districts of Kazakhstan, district of West Kazakhstan Region in western Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the Village#Central and Eastern Europe, selo o ...
* Zhanakala District
* Zhanybek District
Zhambyl
* Bayzak District
*Korday District
Korday ( kk, Қордай ауданы, ) is a district of Jambyl Region in south-eastern Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the auyl of Korday.
See also
*2020 Dungan–Kazakh ethnic clashes
*Otar (village)
Otar ( kk, От ...
* Merke District
* Moiynkum District
* Sarysu District
*Shu District
Shu ( kk, Шу ауданы, ) is a district of Jambyl Region in south-eastern Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It bo ...
* Talas District
* Turar Ryskulov District
*Zhambyl District, Zhambyl Region
Jambyl or Zhambyl ( kk, Жамбыл ауданы, ) is a Districts of Kazakhstan, district of Jambyl Region in south-eastern Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the Village#Central Asia, auyl of Asy, Kazakhstan, Asy.
* Zhualy District
See also
* Regions of Kazakhstan
References
External links
Statoids
Districts of Kazakhstan (map in English)
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