West Kazakhstan region is located in the western part of the Republic of Kazakhstan and plays the role of the gate to the central and southern regions of the country and the countries of Central Asia.
The territory of the region is 151.1 thousand km2.
Borders with five regions of Russian Federation: Astrakhan, Volgograd, Saratov, Samara, Orenburg and 2 regions of Kazakhstan: Aktobe and Atyrau, connected with them by railways, motorways, water and air transports.
The relief of the territory is flat. There are branched ridges of Syrt and Ural platos in the northern and north-eastern parts of the region. There are Narynkum dune masses: Kokuzenkum, Akkum, Karagandykum and others within the Precaspian basin in the southern part. The climate is humid continental.
The Zhaiyk River (Ural) runs through the territory of the region, which is the major water supplement of the region. There are other large rivers like Saryozen, Karaozen, Kaldygaity, Olenty, Buldyrty, Shyngyrlau. The large lakesin the territory of the region are Shalqar, Aralsor, Botkol, Zhartykol, Sulukol.
The soil has different colours and types: dark brown, brown, light brown clay and salts. The majority of the vegetations are grassland steppe-type, grass-wormwood type, and sagebrush-type.
The region is rich for the mineral resources. Production of oil and gas is the major energy resource, Karachaganak oilfield is world’s one of the largest fields.
The center of the region is located in Uralsk.
The permanent population of the region as of April 1, 2018 was 646 089 people, of which 330.4 thousand people live in urban areas, and 313.5 thousand people live in rural areas.
The average population density in the region (per 1 sq. Km of the territory) is 4.0 people.
Uralsk is an administrative, industrial, historical and cultural center of the West Kazakhstan region.
The city was founded in 1613 and is located in the northern part of the Caspian lowland, in a picturesque steppe plain. It is located on the right bank of the middle course of the Ural River, the length of which within the Republic of Kazakhstan is 1082 km, and on the left bank of the lower reaches of the Chagan River.
The territory of the city with suburbs is more than 700 k2.
The population of Uralsk is 300 128 people.
On the territory of the city there are 3 rural districts: Zhelayevsky, Zachagansky, Krugloozernovsky, with a total population of 22,000 people.
The distance from Uralsk to Nur-Sultan is 1747 km.
The administrative-territorial structure of the region includes 12 districts:
Akzhaik district - Chapaev village
Bokeyorda district - Sayhin village
Burlinsky district - Aksai city
Zhangalinsky district - Zhangala village
Zhanibek district - Zhanibek village
Zelenovsky district - village Peremetnoe
Kaztalov district - village of Kaztalovka
Karatobin district - the village of Karatobe
Syrymsky district - the village Zhympity
Tuskalinsky district - village of Taskala
Terektinsky district - Fyodorovka village
Chingirlau district - Chingirlau village
Uniques are the image of Uralsk and, above all, its historical monuments of the 18th and 19th centuries: the house of E. Pugachev, the Old Cathedral, the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, the house of the ataman, the house of Karev, the building of the regional akimat, the city park of culture and recreation. Modern it is made by new microdistricts and high – rise residential buildings, the buildings of the air and railway stations, the monuments of Abay, S. Datov, M. Mametova, V. I. Chapaev, A. S. Pushkin, the Victory Memorial with the eternal fire of glory and others.
Standard of living
The average per capita nominal monetary income of the population by the end of 2020 amounted to 206,038 tenge.
The index of nominal wages for the corresponding quarter of 2019 amounted to 102%, real wages – 95.2%.
