What is West Kazakhstan Region?
[[Image:Coat of Arms Batys Oblysy.png|thumb|90px|Coat of arms]] '''West Kazakhstan Province''' or '''West Kazakhstan Region''' ({{lang-kk|Батыс Қазақстан облысы}}, {{lang-ru|Западно-Казахстанская область}}) is a region in the west of [[Kazakhstan]]. The capital is the city of [[Oral, Kazakhstan|Oral]]. As of 2023, the population of region is 688,091.<ref name=pop2023>{{Cite web|date=2023-01-01|title=Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan by gender and type of area (as of 2023-01-01)|url=https://stat.gov.kz/api/getFile/?docId=ESTAT478686|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230305101742/https://stat.gov.kz/api/getFile/?docId=ESTAT478686|archive-date=2023-03-05|website=QazStat}}</ref> There are only two [[cities]] in this region: [[Oral, Kazakhstan|Oral]] and [[Aksay, West Kazakhstan Region|Aksay]]. In [[Soviet]] times, region was called the ''Ural region'' ({{lang-ru|Уральская область}}). ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Regions of Kazakhstan| ]] {{asia-stub}}