Abai Region
Abai Region
Abai oblysy(Kazakh) Абайская область(Russian) | |
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Country | ![]() |
Administrative center | Semey |
Government | |
•Äkim | Nurlan Uranqaev[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 185,500 km2(71,600 sq mi) |
Population (2021) | |
• Total | 638,300[2] |
GDP | |
• Total | KZT2,383.8 billion US$5.162 billion (2022) |
• Per capita | KZT 3,901,100 US$ 8,449 (2022) |
Time zone | UTC+5 |
Abai Region(Kazakh:Абай облысы,romanized:Abai oblysy,pronounced[ɑˈbɑjwobləˈsə]) is aregion of Kazakhstan.PresidentKassym-Jomart Tokayevannounced on 16 March 2022 that the region would be created. The area split off fromEast Kazakhstan Regionwhen Tokayev's bill came into force on 8 June 2022. The administrative center of the region isSemey,until 2007 known asSemipalatinsk.Its borders roughly correspond to the oldSemipalatinsk Regionwhich was liquidated in 1997 and merged with East Kazakhstan Region.[4]
Geography
[edit]The city of Semey is the administrative center of the region of Abai. The Region of Abai bordersEast Kazakhstan RegionandXinjiangto the east,Pavlodar RegionandAltai Kraito the north,Karaganda Regionto the west andJetisu Regionto the south.
Districts
[edit]![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Abay_Province_%28map%29_2024.png/400px-Abay_Province_%28map%29_2024.png)
The region consists of the cities ofKurchatovandSemey,as well as the following 10 districts:[5][6]
- Abai District,with the administrative center in theseloofKarauyl;
- Aksuat District,the village ofAksuat;
- Ayagoz District,the town ofAyagoz;
- Beskaragay District,the village ofBeskaragai;
- Borodulikha District,the village ofBorodulikha;
- Zharma District,the village ofKalbatau;
- Kokpekti District,the village ofKokpekti;
- Urzhar District,the village ofUrzhar;
- Makanshi District,the village ofMakanshi;
- Zhanasemey District,the city ofSemey.
Etymology
[edit]The region was named after the KazakhaqynAbai Qunanbaiuly,who was born in what is now the Abai Region.
References
[edit]- ^"Нурлан Уранхаев назначен акимом Абайской области".tengrinews.kz.11 June 2022.
- ^"Даниал Ахметов высказался о создании Абайской области".www.nur.kz.6 April 2022.
- ^DOSM."Department of Statistics Kazakhstan".stat.gov.kz.Archivedfrom the original on 2 January 2024.Retrieved1 March2023.
- ^"В Казахстане появится четыре новых региона".Interfax. 16 March 2022.
- ^Handbook on the history of the administrative-territorial structure of the Semipalatinsk Region.-Semipalatinsk,2006.
- ^Правовые акты Указы -О некоторых вопросах административно-территориального устройства Республики Казахстан
External links
[edit]Media related toAbai Regionat Wikimedia Commons
- Bronze Age Monument Dedicated to Horse Cult found(near Toktamys, 676 km southeast of Astana)