evidence: West Kazakhstan Region (Kazakh: Батыс Қазақстан облысы, romanized: Batys Qazaqstan oblysy; Russian: Западно-Казахстанская область, romanized: Zapadno-Kazakhstanskaya oblast) is a region of Kazakhstan. The region has a population of 695,000 as of July 1st, 2024.[6] Its administrative centre is Oral (also known as Uralsk or Ural'sk), a city of about 250,000 inhabitants. [...] - ^ "Солтүстiк Қазақстан облысының ресми интернет-ресурсы | БАСТЫСЫ". Sko.kz. 2018-08-13. Retrieved 2018-08-18. [...] - ^ "Западно-Казахстанская область - Статистика регионов РК". Stat.kz. Retrieved 2023-07-18.