{{Short description|Region in Kazakhstan}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Akmola Region | native_name = {{native name|kk|Ақмола облысы|italics=no}} | settlement_type = Region | image_skyline = <!-- images and maps -----------> {{multiple image | border = infobox | perrow = 1/2/2/2/2 | total_width = 250 | image1 = Borovoe4.jpg | image2 = Озеро Боровое.JPG | image3 = Степногорск, фонтан.jpg | footer = From the top, Burabay National Park, Lake Burabay, Stepnogorsk}} | imagesize = | image_alt = | image_caption = | image_flag = Bandera de Akmola.png | image_shield = Coat of Arms of Aqmola Province (new).png | shield_size = | shield_alt = | image_map = Akmola in Kazakhstan.svg | mapsize = | map_alt = | map_caption = Map of Kazakhstan, location of Akmola Region highlighted | coordinates = {{coord|52|0|N|69|0|E|region:KZ|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Kazakhstan}} | subdivision_type1 = | subdivision_name1 = | blank_name_sec1 = Districts | blank_info_sec1 = 17 | blank1_name_sec1 = Cities | blank1_info_sec1 = 8 | blank2_name_sec1 = Townships | blank2_info_sec1 = 14 | blank3_name_sec1 = Villages | blank3_info_sec1 = 671 | seat = Kökşetau | seat_type = Capital | leader_party = | leader_title = Akim | leader_name = Marat Ahmetjanov<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.inform.kz/en/akmola-region-governor-named_a4108198 |title=Aqmola region Governor named |work=Казинформ |language=en |publisher=inform.kz |date=2023-09-05 }}{{Dead link|date=November 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> | area_footnotes = <ref name="akmo.kz">{{Cite web |url=http://www.akmo.kz/content/territoria_oblasti |title=Official site - General Information |access-date=2008-01-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080119093548/http://www.akmo.kz/content/territoria_oblasti |archive-date=2008-01-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | area_total_km2 = 146219 | timezone1 = | utc_offset1 = +5 | timezone1_DST = not observed | utc_offset1_DST = +5 | postal_code_type = Postal codes | postal_code = 020000 | area_code_type = Area codes | area_code = +7 (717) | population_footnotes = <ref>Agency of statistics of the Republic of Kazakhstan: [https://web.archive.org/web/20190511001020/http://www.stat.kz/digital/naselsenie/2012/2013/%25D0%25BC%25D0%25B0%25D1%2580%25D1%2582/01_2012_%25D0%25AD-14-05-%25D0%259C.xls Численность населения Республики Казахстан по областям с начала 2013 года до 1 февраля 2013 года] (russisch; Excel-Datei; 55 kB).</ref> | population_total = 785708 | population_as_of = 2022-01-01 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_urban = | population_metro = | demographics_type2 = GDP {{Nobold|(Nominal, 2024)}} | demographics2_footnotes = <ref name=":dosm">{{Cite web |last=DOSM |title= Gross domestic product by region for January-December 2024 (GRP) |url= https://stat.gov.kz/en/industries/economy/national-accounts/publications/367813|website=stat.gov.kz}}</ref> | demographics2_title1 = Total | demographics2_info1 = KZT 4,094 billion<br />(US$ 8.597 billion) · 14th | demographics2_title2 = Per capita | demographics2_info2 = KZT 5,197,900<br />(US$ 10,916) | iso_code = KZ-AKM | registration_plate = 03, C | blank_name_sec2 = HDI (2023) | blank_info_sec2 = 0.850<ref name="GlobalDataLab">{{cite web |url=https://hdi.globaldatalab.org/areadata/shdi/ |title=Sub-national HDI – Area Database – Global Data Lab |website=hdi.globaldatalab.org |language=en}}</ref><br/>{{color|green|very high}} · 3rd | website = {{URL|http://akmo.gov.kz/}} | footnotes = }}
'''Akmola Region'''{{efn|{{langx|kk|Ақмола облысы|Aqmola oblysy}}}} is a centrally located region of Kazakhstan. It was known as '''Tselinograd Oblast''' during Soviet rule. Its capital is Kökşetau. The national capital, Astana, is enclosed by the region, but is politically separate from Aqmola Region. The region's population is 715,000; Kökşetau's is 157,000.
Some gold and coal mining occur in the area.
==Geography== The area of the region is 146,200 square kilometers. Aqmola, along with Ulytau Region and Karaganda Region, are Kazakhstan's only regions which don't touch the country's outer borders. The region borders North Kazakhstan Region in the north, Pavlodar Region in the east, Karagandy Region in the south, and Kostanay Region in the west. The Sileti river flows through the region.
==Etymology== Aqmola means "white tomb" in Kazakh.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cavendish |first1=Marshall |title=World and Its Peoples |date=September 2006 |publisher=Marshall Cavendish |isbn=978-0-7614-7571-2 |page=621 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j894miuOqc4C |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Tilly |first1=Charles |title=Identities, Boundaries and Social Ties |date=17 November 2015 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-25788-2 |page=197 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IyLvCgAAQBAJ |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Russia and Eurasia 2020–2022 |date=15 September 2021 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-4758-5628-6 |page=268 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QX1EEAAAQBAJ |language=en}}</ref>
==Demographics==
===Ethnic groups===
{| class="wikitable sortable" ! rowspan="2" |Ethnic Group !colspan="2"|2021<ref name="census2021">{{cite web |url=https://stat.gov.kz/api/getFile/?docId=ESTAT464825 |title=2021 жылғы Қазақстан Республикасы халқының ұлттық санағының қорытындылары |trans-title=Results of the 2021 national census of the Republic of Kazakhstan |access-date=2023-02-26 |archive-date=2022-09-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220902140633/https://stat.gov.kz/api/getFile/?docId=ESTAT464825 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |- !Population !% |- |Kazakhs |436,984 |55.81 |- |Russians |210,769 |26.92 |- |Ukrainians |40,563 |5.18 |- |Germans |30,121 |3.85 |- |Tatars |13,707 |1.75 |- |Belarusians |13,054 |1.67 |- |Poles |8,610 |1.10 |- |Chechens |3,167 |0.28 |- |Azeris |2,156 |0.28 |- |Koreans |1,564 |0.20 |- |Uzbeks |1,457 |0.19 |- |Other Ethnicity or Not Stated |21,843 |0.2 |- !Total !782,995 !100% |}
===Religion===
{| class="wikitable sortable" ! rowspan="2" |Religion !colspan="2"|2021<ref name="census2021"/> |- !Population !% |- |Islam |362,070 |46.24 |- |Christianity |287,619 |36.73 |- |No Religion |14,578 |1.86 |- |Judaism |295 |0.04 |- |Buddhism |152 |0.02 |- |Other Religion |1,034 |0.13 |- |Not Stated |117,247 |14.97 |- !Total !782,995 !100% |}
==Administrative divisions== The region is administratively divided into seventeen districts and the cities of Kökşetau, Qosshy, and Stepnogorsk.<ref name="akimat-reg">{{cite web|url=http://www.sko.kz/page.php?cat=3&page=akimaty_raionov_g_petropavlovska|script-title=ru:Акиматы районов, г. Петропавловска|publisher=Официальный интернет-ресурс Северо-Казахстанской области|language=ru|access-date=23 June 2012|archive-date=8 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130808184723/http://sko.kz/page.php?cat=3&page=akimaty_raionov_g_petropavlovska|url-status=dead}}</ref> # Kökşetau City Administration, with the administrative center in Kökşetau; # Akkol District, with the administrative center in the town of Akkol; # Arshaly District, the settlement of Arshaly; # Astrakhan District, selo of Astrakhanka; # Atbasar District, the town of Atbasar; # Birjan sal District, the town of Stepnyak; # Bulandy District, the town of Makinsk; # Burabay District, the town of Shchuchinsk; # Egindikol District, the selo of Egindikol; # Ereymentau District, the town of Ereymentau; # Esil District, the town of Esil; # Korgalzhyn District, the selo of Korgalzhyn; # Sandyktau District, the selo of Balkashino; # Shortandy District, the settlement of Shortandy; # Tselinograd District, the selo of Akmol; # Zerendi District, the selo of Zerendi; # Zhaksy District, the settlement of Zhaksy; # Zharkain District, the town of Derzhavinsk.
<sup>*</sup> The following ten localities in Aqmola Region have town status:<ref name="akimat-reg"/> Akkol, Atbasar, Derzhavinsk, Ereymentau, Esil, Kökşetau, Qosshy, Makinsk, Shchuchinsk, Stepnogorsk, and Stepnyak.
==Notable people== *David Rigert, weightlifter, Olympic champion, 5x world champion (light-heavyweight and heavyweight), 68 world records.
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==External links== {{commons category}} *[http://akmo.gov.kz Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130820152113/http://akmo.gov.kz/ |date=2013-08-20 }} {{Geographic location |Centre = Akmola Region |North = North Kazakhstan Region |Northeast = |East = Pavlodar Region |Southeast = |South = Karaganda Region |Southwest = |West = Kostanay Region |Northwest = }}
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