Invest in East Kazakhstan region | Information about the region

Information about the region

The East Kazakhstan region was formed in 1932, in 1997 the Semipalatinsk region was annexed to the territory of the region. The administrative center is the city of Ust-Kamenogorsk, founded in 1720 and located at the confluence of the Irtysh and Ulba rivers.

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283 226 sq. km.

Neighboring regions and countries:

in the west - Karaganda
in the south - Almaty
in the east - China
in the north - Altai Territory

Climatic conditions

Sharply continental climate with large seasonal and daily temperature fluctuations.

Geographical data

A small territory of Eastern Kazakhstan is occupied by the Altai and Saur-Tarbagatai mountains with eternal glaciers on the tops, the Kalba mountain range, shallow rolling plains, the Kazakh melkosopochnik, wide basins, extensive plains along rivers.

More than 40% of all water reserves of Kazakhstan are concentrated in the East Kazakhstan region. About 885 rivers with a length of more than 10 km flow on the territory of East Kazakhstan Region.