West Kazakhstan Region is a region of Kazakhstan. The region has a population of 683,327 as of 2022. Its administrative centre is Oral, a city of about 200,000 inhabitants.
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Kazakhstan is divided into 17 regions. The regions are further subdivided into districts. Three cities, Almaty, Shymkent, and the capital city Astana, do not belong to their surrounding regions.
Change of oblast names and boundaries from 1954 to today