Karaganda Region

region of Kazakhstan

AdministrativeArea region_of_kazakhstan Q485429

Facts

19 properties

Identity

Instance of: region of Kazakhstan
Inception: March 10, 1932^[18]
Official website: karaganda-region.gov.kz^[19]
Native label: Қарағанды облысы, Qarağandy oblysy^[23]

Location

Country: Kazakhstan, Soviet Union^[3]
Coordinate location: 🗺️ 48.000°, 71.000°
Located in the administrative territorial entity: Kazakhstan, Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic, Kazak Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic^[2]
Shares border with: Kostanay Region, Akmola Region, Pavlodar Region, East Kazakhstan Region, Almaty Region, Jambyl Region, Turkistan Region, Kyzylorda Region, Aktobe Region^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]

Population and size

Area: +427982^[24]
Population: +1348468^[20]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 1,348,468 GeoNames 1,363,638 edition 2026-09-26 · CC BY 4.0 ↗

Codes

Located in time zone: UTC+06:00, Asia/Almaty^[16]^[17]
Postal code: 100000^[15]

More facts +7

Capital: Karaganda^[5]
Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5^[22]
Economy of topic: economy of Karaganda Region^[26]
Geoshape: 🗺️ View shape: Kazakhstan/Qaraghandy
Head of government: Ermağanbet Bölekpaev^[4]
Nominal GDP per capita: +12200000^[25]
Office held by the head of government: Äkim of Karaganda Region^[21]

🏷️ Also known as

en Karagandy Region en Karaganda Region en Qaraghandy Region ar اوبليس كراغندي ar أوبليس كراغندي cs Karagandská oblast de KZ-KAR de Qaraghandy de Gebiet Qaraghandy de Gebiet Karaganda el Περιφέρεια Καραγκάντα es Provincia de Qaraghandy es Provincia de Karaganda es provincia de Karagandá es Provincia Qaraghandy fa استان قراغندی fi Karagandan alue fi Karakandan alue fi Qarağandhın alue fi Qarağandın alue

🔖 Identifiers · 18

VIAF cluster ID: 151344679
Library of Congress Authorities ID: n85307848
GND ID: 4808092-5
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Каркаралы, Karkaraly National Park, Kazakhstan.jpg ↗
CATO ID: 350000000
FIPS 10-4 (countries and regions): KZ12
Freebase ID: /m/03bzgbq
GNS Unique Feature ID: -2338086
GeoNames ID: 1523401
INaturalist place ID: 10949
ISO 3166-2 code: KZ-KAR, KZ-35
J9U entity ID: 987007557601305171

Show all 18 identifiers +6

Museum-digital place ID: 45779
MusicBrainz area ID: faaabd03-5760-4072-9722-6eba05a1f3d2
OpenStreetMap relation ID: 215776
Topic's main category: Category:Karaganda Region
Who's on First ID: 85672905
Yale LUX ID: place/e7b56373-8a32-41f3-8214-8ae82ffef1ed

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🔗 Connections

Contained subdivisions 39

Ishim, Petropavl, Jezkazgan, Balkhash, Semipalatinsk Test Site, Satpayev, Lake Tengiz, Abay District +31 more

People born here 10

Nina Lobkovskaya, Christina Hammer, Kelbet Nurgazina, Yerulan Iskakov, Salidat Qaiyrbekova, Daniyal Kerimbayev, Iolanta Ulyeva, Aleksandra Opachanova +2 more

Shares border with 9

Almaty Region, East Kazakhstan Region, Aktobe Region, Akmola Region, Kostanay Region, Jambyl Region, Kyzylorda Region, Pavlodar Region +1 more

← Shares border with 8

Almaty Region, East Kazakhstan Region, Akmola Region, Kostanay Region, Jambyl Region, Kyzylorda Region, Pavlodar Region, Turkistan Region

← Category combines topics 6

Category:People from Karaganda Region, Category:Births in Karaganda Region, Category:Districts of Karaganda Region, Category:Geography of Karaganda Region, Category:Populated places in Karaganda Region, Category:Deaths in Karagandy Region

Located in the administrative territorial entity 3

Kazakhstan, Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic, Kazak Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic

Country 2

Kazakhstan, Soviet Union

Capital 1

Karaganda

Category for people born here 1

Category:Births in Karaganda Region

Category for people who died here 1

Category:Deaths in Karagandy Region

Category of associated people 1

Category:People from Karaganda Region

Instance of 1

region of Kazakhstan

Located in time zone 1

UTC+06:00

People who died here 1

Zakir Asfandiarov

Topic's main category 1

Category:Karaganda Region

← Capital of 1

Karaganda

← Category's main topic 1

Category:Karaganda Region

← Contains the administrative territorial entity 1

Kazakhstan

← FactGrid item ID 1

magister degree

← Location of landing 1

Soyuz 11

← Type locality (geology) 1

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Summary

Karaganda Region is a region of Kazakhstan^[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[4] ↑ Karaganda Region — head of government (P6): Ermağanbet Bölekpaev. akorda.kz. akorda.kz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Karaganda Region — country (P17): Kazakhstan. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Karaganda Region — capital (P36): Karaganda. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Karaganda Region — shares border with (P47): Kostanay Region. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Karaganda Region — shares border with (P47): Akmola Region. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Karaganda Region — shares border with (P47): Pavlodar Region. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Karaganda Region — shares border with (P47): East Kazakhstan Region. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Karaganda Region — shares border with (P47): Almaty Region. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Karaganda Region — shares border with (P47): Jambyl Region. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Karaganda Region — shares border with (P47): Turkistan Region. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Karaganda Region — shares border with (P47): Kyzylorda Region. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Karaganda Region — shares border with (P47): Aktobe Region. wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ Karaganda Region — located in the administrative territorial entity (P131): Kazakhstan. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Karaganda Region — postal code (P281): 100000. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Karaganda Region — located in time zone (P421): UTC+06:00. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Karaganda Region — located in time zone (P421): Asia/Almaty. data.iana.org. data.iana.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Karaganda Region — inception (P571): March 10, 1932. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Karaganda Region — official website (P856): http://karaganda-region.gov.kz/. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Karaganda Region — population (P1082): 1,348,468. stat.gov.kz. Retrieved 2026-03-26. stat.gov.kz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Karaganda Region — office held by head of government (P1313): Äkim of Karaganda Region. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Karaganda Region — described by source (P1343): Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Karaganda Region — native label (P1705): Қарағанды облысы, Qarağandy oblysy. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Karaganda Region — area (P2046): 427,982 km². wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Karaganda Region — nominal GDP per capita (P2132): 12,200,000 US dollars. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Karaganda Region — economy of topic (P8744): economy of Karaganda Region. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ Karaganda Region is an instance of region of Kazakhstan (Q836672) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Head of government → Ermağanbet Bölekpaev

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