Kostanay Kazakhstan oblast

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• overview
• population
• economy

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Kostanay Kazakhstan oblast overview

Kostanay oblast coat of arms

Kostanay oblast map location

Kostanay oblast, also spelled Qostanay, Qostanai, Kostanai, Kustanai or Kus-tanai, is situated in northern Kazakhstan. The capital city of the region is Kostanay.

Kostanay region contains a portion of Turgay Lowland, which lies between the foothills of Urals mountains and Kazakh Uplands and connects West Siberian Plain in the north with Turgay Tableland in the south.

A wide, fertile black-earth belt in the northern part of Kostanay region changes into dry steppe toward the south. The climate of Kostanay oblast is continental and dry. Main river of Kostanay region is Tobol, flowing north. There are a lot of lakes, the largest of which is Kushmurun.

Kostanay Kazakhstan oblast population - 900,300 (2007).
Kostanay Kazakhstan oblast land area - 196,000 sq. km.

Kostanay region wild boars

Kostanay region road through wheat field

Kostanay region steppe landscape

Kostanay Kazakhstan oblast population

Kostanay region chief cities are Kostanay (the capital), Dzhetygara, Rudny, and Lisakovsk. Kostanay oblast population is composed of Russians, Kazakhs, Ukrainians, Germans, Belorussians, and Tatars.

Kostanay oblast fall forest

Kostanay Kazakhstan oblast economy

Mining, developed particularly since the 1950s, and agriculture dominate in Kostanay region economy.

Iron ore is mined in large quantities at Rudny and Lisakovsk, and there are also significant iron-ore deposits at Kachar, asbestos at Dzhetygara, and low-grade bauxite at Krasno-oktyabrsky in Kostanay oblast.

Kostanay region is a major producer of grain, particularly wheat. The sown areas were quadrupled as a result of the Virgin and Idle Lands Campaign in the mid-1950s. Cattle and sheep are also raised in Kostanay region.

Kostanay region fox

Kostanay region open-cast iron ore mine

Kostanay region endless wheat fields

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