Akmola Region

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.

Akmola Province Ақмола облысы Акмолинская область
Province
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Map o Kazakhstan, location o Akmola Province heichlichtit
Coordinates: 52°0′N 69°0′E
Kintra	Kazakhstan
Caipital	Kokshetau
Govrenment
• Akim	Sergey D'yachenko
Area [1]
• 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/

Etymology

Aqmola or Akmola in Kazakh leid means the white burial.

Demographics

Ethnic Kazakhs accoont for 43.5% o the population in 2009 census, compared tae 36.5% for Roushies.^[2]

Notable residents

• 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