List of cities in Kazakhstan
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The following is a list of cities with more than 50,000 inhabitants in Kazakhstan
. The names of many places have been changed during the last century, sometimes more than once. Wherever possible, the old names have been included and linked to the new ones.
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...
. The names of many places have been changed during the last century, sometimes more than once. Wherever possible, the old names have been included and linked to the new ones.
| Insignia | Name English English language English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria... |
Name Kazakh Kazakh language Kazakh is a Turkic language which belongs to the Kipchak branch of the Turkic languages, closely related to Nogai and Karakalpak.... |
Previous name | City since | 1979 | 1989 | 1999 | recent accounts (2008) | Status | Province Provinces of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan is divided into 14 provinces . The provinces are further subdivided into districts .Notes:* Almaty and Astana cities have the status of State importance and do not relate to any province.... |
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| Aktau Aktau Aktau , formerly known as Shevchenko , is a city in Kazakhstan's Mangyshlak Peninsula and country's only seaport on the Caspian Sea. It is the capital of Mangystau Province in western Kazakhstan... |
Ақтау | Shevchenko | 1963 | 110575 | 159245 | 143396 | 180373 | 2 | Mangystau Province | |
| Aktobe Aktobe Aktobe , formerly known as Aktyubinsk , is a city on the Ilek River in Kazakhstan. With a population of 277,700, it is the capital of Aktobe Province. Aktobe has a mixed ethnic community, including Kazakhs, Russians, Ukrainians, Tatars, Uyghurs, Chechens, Armenians, Jews and Greeks... |
Ақтөбе | Aktubinsk | 1880 | 190569 | 253532 | 253088 | 285507 | 2 | Aktobe Province | |
| Almaty Almaty Almaty , also known by its former names Verny and Alma-Ata , is the former capital of Kazakhstan and the nation's largest city, with a population of 1,348,500... |
Алматы | 1867 | 909644 | 1127884 | 1129356 | 1328362 | 1 | |||
| Arkalyk Arkalyk Arkalyk is a city in Kostanay Province, northern Kazakhstan. Earlier, it was the centre of Torgay province, which was abolished in 1997. Today, it is the administrative centre of Torgay region, Kostanay province.... |
Арқалық | 1965 | 47963 | 62367 | 45700 | 56614 | 4 | Kostanay Province Kostanay Province Kostanay Province is a province of Kazakhstan. Its capital is Kostanay City. The population of the province is 900,300. Population living in Kostanay is 207,000 that makes 23 % of the population of province... |
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| Astana Astana Astana , formerly known as Akmola , Tselinograd and Akmolinsk , is the capital and second largest city of Kazakhstan, with an officially estimated population of 708,794 as of 1 August 2010... |
Астана | Akmola, Akmolinsk, Tselinograd | 1831 | 233638 | 277365 | 312965 | 389189 | 1 | Capital | |
| Atyrau Atyrau Atyrau , known as Guryev until 1991, is a city in Kazakhstan, and the capital of Atyrau Province. It is located at the mouth of the Ural River, 2700 kilometers west of Almaty and 350 kilometers east of the Russian city of Astrakhan. Other transliterations include Aterau, Atirau, Atyraw, Atyraou,... |
Атырау | Guryev | 1885 | 130916 | 149261 | 142497 | 158308 | 2 | Atyrau province Atyrau Province Atyrau Oblast is a province of Kazakhstan. It is situated in the west of the country around the northeast of the Caspian Sea. Its capital is the city of Atyrau, with a population of 142,500 people; the province itself has 480,000 people... |
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| Baikonur Baikonur Baikonur , formerly known as Leninsk, is a city in Kyzylorda Province of Kazakhstan, rented and administered by the Russian Federation. It was constructed to service the Baikonur Cosmodrome and was officially renamed Baikonur by Russian president Boris Yeltsin on December 20, 1995.The shape of the... |
Байқоңыр | Lenninsk | 1969 | 74700 | 60200 | 59452 | 1 | |||
| Balqash Balqash Balkhash is a city of 66,724 inhabitants at Lake Balkhash, Kazakhstan.Balkhash was founded in 1937 as an industrial city centred around the mining and smelting of copper, and presently copper is still exploited there... |
Балқаш | 1937 | 78145 | 86742 | 81100 | 86897 | 3 | Karagandy Province | ||
| Zhezkazgan | Жезқазған | Dzhezkazgan | 1954 | 89200 | 107053 | 103400 | 112154 | 3 | Karagandy Province | |
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Karagandy | Қарағанды | 1934 | 571877 | 507318 | 436864 | 451800 | 2 | Karagandy Province | |
| Kentau Kentau Kentau , is a town in South Kazakhstan Province of Kazakhstan. It is located at the foot of the Karatau mountains 30 km northeast of the city of Turkestan . Kentau was formed in August 1955... |
Кентау | 1955 | 62991 | 63784 | 58100 | 60799 | 4 | South Kazakhstan Province South Kazakhstan Province South Kazakhstan Province is the southernmost province of Kazakhstan, with a population of 2,282,500 people. Its capital is Shymkent, with 539,600 people. Other cities in South Kazakhstan include Turkestan, Sayram, Kentau, Arys, Shardara, Jetysu, Saryag'ash and Lenger... |
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| Kyzylorda | Қызылорда | 1867 | 156128 | 150425 | 157364 | 182929 | 2 | Kyzylorda Province | ||
| Kokshetau Kokshetau Kokshetau , formerly known as Kokchetav is the administrative center of Akmola Province, northern Kazakhstan. It has a population of 125,225 .-Geography:Astana, the new capital of Kazakhstan, is distant 1245 km south-eastwards... |
Көкшетау | Kokchetav | 1862 | 103162 | 135424 | 123389 | 132753 | 2 | Akmola Province Akmola Province Akmola Province is a centrally located province of Kazakhstan. Its capital is Kokshetau. The capital of the whole country, Astana, is enclosed in the province, but is politically separate from Akmola Province. The province's population is 748,300; Kokshetau's is 124,000. The area is 146,200... |
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Kostanay Kostanay Kostanay , formerly known as Kustanay and Nikolayevsk , is a city located in the northern part of Kazakhstan at the Tobol River. The population living in Kostanay is 301,317 people. Kostanay is the capital of Kostanay Province.-Public institutions:In Kostanay there are 8 higher educational... |
Қостанай | Kustanay | 1893 | 164500 | 223558 | 221429 | 249395 | 2 | Kostanay Province Kostanay Province Kostanay Province is a province of Kazakhstan. Its capital is Kostanay City. The population of the province is 900,300. Population living in Kostanay is 207,000 that makes 23 % of the population of province... |
| Zhanaozen Zhanaözen Janaozen or Zhanaozen , formerly known as Novy Uzen , is a town in the Mangystau Province of Kazakhstan located south-east of Aqtau city. The name of the town means "new river" in Kazakh. The population is 51,100 . The absolute location of Janaozen is latitude.- External links :*... |
Жаңаөзен | Noviy Uzen' | 1968 | 34000 | 48300 | 51100 | 60796 | 3 | Mangystau Province | |
| Pavlodar Pavlodar Pavlodar is a city in northeastern Kazakhstan and the capital of Pavlodar Province. It is located 350 km northeast of the national capital Astana, and 400 km southeast of the Russian city of Omsk along the Irtysh River. , the city has a population of 331710... |
Павлодар | 1861 | 272895 | 329681 | 320400 | 354809 | 2 | Pavlodar Province | ||
| Petropavl Petropavl Petropavl is a city on the Ishim River in North Kazakhstan Province of Kazakhstan close to the border with Russia, about 261 km west of Omsk along the Trans-Siberian Railway. It is capital of the North Kazakhstan Province... |
Петропавл | Petropavlovsk | 1807 | 206559 | 239606 | 216300 | 208547 | 2 | North Kazakhstan Province | |
| Ridder | Риддер | 1934 | 68135 | 68730 | 56269 | 54252 | 3 | East Kazakhstan Province | ||
| Saran Saran, Kazakhstan Saran is a city in Karagandy Province of Kazakhstan, on the Nura River. It has around 43,000 inhabitants.The city was founded on December 20, 1954.-External links:* * *... |
Сараң | 1954 | 54878 | 63900 | 48500 | 49082 | 3 | Karagandy Province | ||
| Satpayev | Сәтбаев | 1973 | 48700 | 59343 | 62900 | 73874 | 3 | Karagandy Province | ||
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Semey Semey Semey , formerly known as Semipalatinsk and Alash-kala , is a city in Kazakhstan, in the northeastern province of East Kazakhstan, near the border with Siberia, around north of Almaty, and southeast of the Russian city of Omsk, along the Irtysh River.-History:The first settlement was in 1718,... |
Семей | Semipalatinsk | 1782 | 282574 | 317112 | 292500 | 312136 | 3 | East Kazakhstan Province |
| Stepnogorsk Stepnogorsk Stepnogorsk is a town in Akmola Province, Kazakhstan. It was established in 1959, and has been a town since 1964. It is located about 200km North-East of Astana. It was first established as a secret town with code names Tselinograd-25 , Makinsk-2 . The town is known as a nuclear and biochemical site... |
Степногорск | 1964 | 46700 | 63300 | 50900 | 47705 | 3 | Akmola Province Akmola Province Akmola Province is a centrally located province of Kazakhstan. Its capital is Kokshetau. The capital of the whole country, Astana, is enclosed in the province, but is politically separate from Akmola Province. The province's population is 748,300; Kokshetau's is 124,000. The area is 146,200... |
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| Taldykorgan Taldykorgan Taldykorgan , formerly known as Taldy-Kurgan , is the administrative center of Almaty Province, Kazakhstan. It has a population of 118,400 . Most of the people are Kazakhs.-Education:... |
Талдықорған | 1944 | 87948 | 118623 | 107100 | 114728 | 2 | Almaty Province Almaty Province Almaty is a province of Kazakhstan. Its capital is Taldykorgan, which has a population of 118,400. The province itself has 1,603,700 people.-Geography:... |
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Taraz Taraz Taraz , is a city and a center of the Jambyl Province in Kazakhstan. It is located in the south of Kazakhstan, near the border with Kyrgyzstan, on the Talas River... |
Тараз | Talas, Zhambyl, Aulie-Ata | ancient | 263793 | 303961 | 330125 | 398233 | 2 | Jambyl Province |
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Temirtau Temirtau Temirtau is a city in the Karaganda region of Kazakhstan. Pop 180,000.-History:*1905, June, 15 - the first groups of settlers settled down on the left bank of the Nura River. There were 40 families, that had arrived from Samara... |
Теміртау | 1945 | 213026 | 213551 | 181800 | 179520 | 3 | Karagandy Province | |
| Turkistan Hazrat-e Turkestan -References:*Hill, John E. Through the Jade Gate to Rome: A Study of the Silk Routes during the Later Han Dynasty, 1st to 2nd Centuries CE. BookSurge, Charleston, South Carolina. ISBN 978-1-4392-2134-1.*Hulsewé, A. F. P. and Loewe, M. A. N. 1979... |
Түркістан | ancient | 66741 | 77692 | 87600 | 109673 | 3 | South Kazakhstan Province South Kazakhstan Province South Kazakhstan Province is the southernmost province of Kazakhstan, with a population of 2,282,500 people. Its capital is Shymkent, with 539,600 people. Other cities in South Kazakhstan include Turkestan, Sayram, Kentau, Arys, Shardara, Jetysu, Saryag'ash and Lenger... |
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Oral Oral, Kazakhstan Oral , Uralsk in Russian, formerly known as Yaitsk , is a city in northwestern Kazakhstan, at the confluence of the Ural and Chogan Rivers close to the Russian border. As it is located on the western side of the Ural river, it is considered geographically in Europe. It has a population of 350,000... |
Орал | Uralsk | 1613 | 167352 | 199522 | 212900 | 255489 | 2 | West Kazakhstan Province West Kazakhstan Province West Kazakhstan Province is a province of Kazakhstan. Its capital is Oral , a city of about 200,000 inhabitants.-Geography:... |
| Oskemen Oskemen Oskemen and Ust-Kamennaya , is the capital of the East Kazakhstan Province. It is served by the Ust-Kamenogorsk Airport.-History:... |
Өскемен | Ust'-Kamenogorsk | 1868 | 274287 | 322221 | 310950 | 344421 | 2 | East Kazakhstan Province | |
| Shymkent Shymkent Shymkent , formerly known as Chimkent , is the capital city of South Kazakhstan Province, the most populated region in Kazakhstan. It is the third most populous city in Kazakhstan behind Almaty and Astana with a population of 629,600 . A major railroad junction on the Turkestan-Siberia Railway, the... |
Шымкент | Chimkent | middle ages Middle Ages The Middle Ages is a periodization of European history from the 5th century to the 15th century. The Middle Ages follows the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 and precedes the Early Modern Era. It is the middle period of a three-period division of Western history: Classic, Medieval and Modern... |
321535 | 380091 | 390200 | 454583 | 2 | South Kazakhstan Province South Kazakhstan Province South Kazakhstan Province is the southernmost province of Kazakhstan, with a population of 2,282,500 people. Its capital is Shymkent, with 539,600 people. Other cities in South Kazakhstan include Turkestan, Sayram, Kentau, Arys, Shardara, Jetysu, Saryag'ash and Lenger... |
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| Shahtinsk | Шахтинск | 1961 | 50382 | 65600 | 54800 | 54748 | 3 | Karagandy Province | ||
| Shuchinsk Shuchinsk Schuchinsk is a city in northern-central Kazakhstan, located 75 kilometres south-east of Kokshetau. It is the seat of Burabay District in Akmola Province. Pop. 44 566 .... |
Щучинск | 1939 | 55500 | 47900 | 50128 | 4 | Akmola Province Akmola Province Akmola Province is a centrally located province of Kazakhstan. Its capital is Kokshetau. The capital of the whole country, Astana, is enclosed in the province, but is politically separate from Akmola Province. The province's population is 748,300; Kokshetau's is 124,000. The area is 146,200... |
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| Ekibastuz Ekibastuz Ekibastuz is a town in Pavlodar Province, northeastern Kazakhstan. it had a population of 141,000. It is served by Ekibastuz Airport.-History:... |
Екібастуз | 1957 | 65871 | 135006 | 137200 | 158165 | 3 | Pavlodar Province | ||