{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}} {{About||other meanings|Ulytau (disambiguation){{!}}Ulytau}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Ulytau Region | settlement_type = [[Regions of Kazakhstan|Region]] | official_name = | other_name = | native_name = {{native name|kk|Ұлытау облысы}}<br/>{{native name|ru|Улытауская область}} | nickname = | motto = | image_skyline = <!-- images and maps -----------> {{multiple image | border = infobox | perrow = 1/2/2/2/2 | total_width = 250 | image1 = Улытауский государственный природный заказник3.jpg | image2 = Жезказганская ТЭЦ.jpg | image3 = Кенгирское водохранилище 03.jpg | footer = From the top, Ulytau Sanctuary, [[Zhezkazgan]], [[Kengir|Kengir Reservoir]]}} | imagesize = | image_caption = | image_flag = | flag_size = | image_seal = | seal_size = | image_shield = Coat of arms of Ulytau Region.svg | shield_size = | image_blank_emblem = | blank_emblem_size = | image_map = Ulytau in Kazakhstan.svg | mapsize = | map_caption = Map of Kazakhstan, location of Ulytau Region highlighted | image_map1 = | mapsize1 = | map_caption1 = | coordinates = {{Coord|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | pushpin_map = | pushpin_label_position = | subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] | subdivision_name = {{KAZ}} | subdivision_type2 = [[Administrative center]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Jezkazgan]] | seat_type = | seat = | government_type = | leader_title = [[List of Äkims of Ulytau Region|Äkim]] | leader_name = [[Dastan Ryspekov]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.inform.kz/news/new-governor-of-ulytau-region-named-547e7b/ |title=New governor of Ulytau region named|website= inform.kz |date=2024-10-09}}</ref> | leader_title1 = <!-- for places with, say, both a mayor and a city manager --> | leader_name1 = | established_title = | established_date = 8 June 2022 | area_magnitude = | unit_pref = | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 188936 | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | area_total_sq_mi = | area_land_sq_mi = | area_water_sq_mi = | area_water_percent = | area_urban_km2 = | area_urban_sq_mi = | area_metro_km2 = | area_metro_sq_mi = | pop_est_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web |title=Population Statistics, Ulytau Region |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/kazakhstan/admin/20__ulytau/ |website=www.citypopulation.de |access-date=2 January 2023 |date=2022}}</ref> | pop_est_as_of = 2022 | population_est = 221,014 | population_as_of = | population_footnotes = | population_note = | population_total = | population_density_km2 = auto | population_density_sq_mi = | population_metro = | population_density_metro_km2 = | population_density_metro_sq_mi = | population_urban = | population_density_urban_km2 = | population_density_urban_mi2 = | 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 = [[Kazakhstani tenge|KZT]] 2,399 billion<br />([[US$]] 5.039 billion) · [[List of regions of Kazakhstan by GDP |19th]] | demographics2_title2 = Per capita | demographics2_info2 = KZT 10,835,000<br />(US$ 22,754) · [[List of regions of Kazakhstan by GDP |3rd]] | timezone = | utc_offset = +5 | latd = | latm = | lats = | latNS = | longd = | longm = | longs = | longEW = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | elevation_ft = | website = {{URL2|https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/ulytau?lang{{=}}en}} | footnotes = }} '''Ulytau Region''' ({{langx|kk|Ұлытау облысы|Ūlytau oblysy}}) is a [[Regions of Kazakhstan|region of Kazakhstan]]. The administrative center of the region is the city of [[Jezkazgan]]. The area split off from [[Karaganda Region]] in 2022.
The region's borders roughly correspond to the western half of the old Jezkazgan Region which was liquidated in 1997 and merged with Karaganda Region.
==History== Kazakh president [[Kassym-Jomart Tokayev]] announced on 16 March 2022 that the region would be created.<ref name="newreg">{{cite news |title=В Казахстане появится четыре новых региона |url=https://www.interfax.ru/world/828462 |agency=Interfax |date=16 March 2022}}</ref> The area split off from [[Karaganda Region]] when Tokayev's bill came into force on 8 June.<ref name="newreg" /><ref>{{cite news |title=Улытауская область официально появилась на карте Казахстана |url=https://24.kz/ru/news/economyc/item/548493-ulytauskaya-oblast-ofitsialno-poyavilas-na-karte-kazakhstana |work=24.kz |date=8 June 2022 |language=ru}}</ref>
==Administrative divisions== *[[Zhanaarka District]]; adm. center [[Zhanaarka]] *[[Ulytau District]]; adm. center [[Ulytau (village)|Ulytau]] *[[Jezkazgan]] city *[[Karazhal]] city *[[Satbayev (city)|Satbayev]] city
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{commons category inline}} *{{official website}} {{Ulytau Region}} {{authority control}}
[[Category:Ulytau Region| ]] [[Category:States and territories established in 2022]] [[Category:2022 establishments in Kazakhstan]]