Akmola Region
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Akmola Province Ақмола облысы Акмолинская область | |
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Coordinates: 52°0′N 69°0′E / 52.000°N 69.000°E | |
Kintra | ![]() |
Caipital | Kokshetau |
Govrenment | |
• Akim | Sergey D'yachenko |
Area | |
• Total | 146200 km2 (56,400 sq mi) |
Population (2006-09-01)[1] | |
• Total | 748,300 |
• Density | 5.1/km2 (13/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+6 |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+6 (not observit) |
Postal codes | 020000 |
Aurie codes | +7 (717) |
ISO 3166 code | KZ-AKM |
Vehicle registration | C |
Destricts | 17 |
Ceeties | 8 |
Townships | 14 |
Veelages | 671 |
Website | http://akmo.kz/ |
Akmola Province (Kazakh: [Ақмола облысы, Aqmola oblısı] error: {{lang}}: text has italic markup (help) [Акмолинская область, Akmolinskaya oblast] error: {{lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help)) is a centrally locatit province o Kazakhstan. Its caipital is Kokshetau. The caipital o the whole kintra, Astana, is enclosed in the province, but is poleetically separate frae Akmola Province. The province's population is 748,300; Kokshetau's is 124,000. The aurie is 146,200 square kilometers. It an Karagandy Province are Kazakhstan's anerlie twa provinces which daena touch the kintra's ooter borders. As well as Karagandy Province tae the sooth, the Akmola Province borders the North Kazakhstan Province tae the north, the Pavlodar Province tae the east, an the Kostanay Province tae the wast. Some gowd an coal minin occur in the aurie.
Etymology
[eedit | eedit soorce]Aqmola or Akmola in Kazakh leid means the white burial.
Demographics
[eedit | eedit soorce]Ethnic Kazakhs accoont for 43.5% o the population in 2009 census, compared tae 36.5% for Roushies.[2]
Notable residents
[eedit | eedit soorce]- David Rigert, weichtlifter, Olympic champion, 5x warld champion (licht-hivyweight an hivyweight), 68 warld records
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In the steppes north o Astana
External links
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