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Akmolinskaya oblast The ancient culture of Kazakhstan, a wealth of attractions and unique nature charm visitors with their beauty and singularity. In the very heart of Kazakhstan, 160 km northwest of Astana, the Kurgalja National Reserve is set in the Tengiz Kurgalja Depression where steppe and semi-desert meet separating Kazakh sandstone from the Kokchetau Hills. The reserve covers 237.100 hectares of shrubbery and grass, typical of the steppe ... |
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Aktyubinskaya oblast Aktyube Region is one of the most significant industrial areas of Kazakhstan. It occupies the area of approximately 300,000 sq. km. and borders Russia in the north, Uzbekistan in the south and in the east and west three Kazakhstani regions. (In the east Kostanai, Karaganda and Kyzylorda; in the west Atyrau, Mangistau and West Kazakhstan) ... |
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Almatinskaya Oblast The Almaty Oblast was created on March 1Oth 1997, by uniting with the Taldykorgan Oblast, thus, it occupies the 5th place in the country in area, which is 224 thousands sq. km., and is equal to the area of such European states, as Greece and Hungary, combined. The Oblast occupies the whole southeast of the Republic, the territory, which is called Zhetysu (Semirechye) ... |
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Atyrauskaya Oblast Atyrau Region features 400 m steep slopes and dazzling and perfectly round stones about 2 m in diameter. This protected limestone plateau was once the bottom of a prehistoric ocean. The Caspian and Aral seas are its remains. Here the arid steppe meets the wetlands of the Ural River (Zhaik in Kazakh), which resemble the swamps of Florida ... |
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Karagandinskaya oblast
Saryarka - such way Kazakh people have been calling the territory located in the central part of Kazakhstan. The largest part of Karaganda region is Kazakh line knolling, among it mountain mass are rising: in the east they are Kyzylarai mountains, in the north-east Karkaralinsk mountains, in the west it is Ulytau ... |
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Kostanaiskaya oblast Tî many people Kostanai Region is associated with the concept of "virgin lands". Today it is the largest grain supplier in Kazakhstan. The region also has well-developed processing and food industries. This area is one of the largest in Kazakhstan. It is located at the junction of the Ural mountains, West Siberian Plain and Turgai Plateau. The biggest rivers flowing across Kostanai region are the Tobol and Turgai. The Tobol river is of the most interest because of many legends associated with it ... |
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Kyzylordinskaya oblast Kyzylorda Region is located in the southwest of Kazakhstan. Its administrative center is Kyzylorda. Bow els of the earth here are rich in minerals. That is why the key branch of the regional economy is industry. However, the territory of Kyzylorda Region accommodates numerous architectural ... |
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Mangistauskaya oblast The Treasure Peninsula... .This is how people call one of the richest areas of Kazakhstan - Mangistau Region. This land is rich in oil, gas, construction materials, various ores and minerals. It is also true that the present-day Mangistau is called the land of tourism and recreation resources with rich cultural heritage ... |
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Pavlodarskaya Oblast
This area of Kazakhstan is famous for its remarkable Bayan-Aul National Park, one of the most picturesque places of the country. It is set within a hundred kilometers from Ekibastuz, a city with developed industry. This National Park features four types of vegetation: forest, shrubby, steppe and meadow ... |
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Severo-Kazakhstanskaya Oblast Uralsk is the administrative center of the oblast (was founded in 1613) and the ancient town of Kazakhstan. It is situated on the right bank of the Ural River in the place of the Chagan River flowing into the Ural River with its forests and pastures was suitable for the camp of nomads, Scythian, and others ... |
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Vostochno-Kazakhstanskaya oblast
The nature of East Kazakhstan is amazing. Steppe and semi-desert zones of Asia meet with mountainous taiga of Siberia giving birth to unique landscape spectrum: deserts, steppes, taiga, mountains with eternal sparkling glaciers, numerous rivers and lakes ... |
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Yuzhno-Kazakhstanskaya Oblast Kazakhstan is the land of ancient civilizations. Since times immemorial its inhabitants have been creating outstanding and original culture. South Kazakhstan Region is famous mostly for its historical memorials - burial mounds, sites of ancient settlements, for tresses, mausoleums and ancient towns. Center of South Kazakhstan region Shymkent city with population about halfmillon people is the third according to size in Kazakhstan
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Zapadno-Kazakhstanskaya Oblast The administrative center of the region is Uralsk, the oldest city of Kazakhstan. Another largely populated industrial city is Aksai, the center of Burlinski administrative area. It is the city of oil and gas industry workers. West Kazakhstan Region is not only economical and industrial area but also one of the unique corners of Kazakhstan ... |
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Zhambylskaya Oblast Zhambyl Region is a huge territory stretching from the vast Betpak-Dala desert to the magnificent Tien-Shan and from the Chu valley to the Karatau mountains. The administrative center of the region is Taraz sit uated in the south of Kazakhstan.
Taraz is by right one of the most ancient cities of Kazakhstan (in 2002 it has celebrated its 2.000-year anniversary). Chinese records dating back to the middle of the 1st century BC mention this city ... |
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