East Kazakhstan Region
East Kazakhstan Region is a region of Kazakhstan. It occupies the easternmost part of Kazakhstan, along both sides of the Irtysh River and Lake Zaysan. Its administrative center is Oskemen. The region borders Russia in the north and northeast and the People's Republic of China in the south and southeast. The easternmost point of the Oblast is within about 50 kilometres of the westernmost tip of Mongolia; however, Kazakhstan and Mongolia do not share a common border, the two countries being separated by a small part of Russia and China. East Kazakhstan Region borders the Kazakh regions of Pavlodar Region to the north west, Karaganda Region to the west, Almaty Region to the south, Russia's Altai Krai and Altai Republic to the north and China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region to the east. Population: 318,800 live in the capital. The area has many Russians and Ukrainians; the capital itself has more of those two groups than Kazakhs themselves. The area is 283,300 square kilometers.
The region was created by the merger of two Soviet-era Kazakhstan oblasts: the old Vostochno-Kazakhstanskaya Oblast and Semipalatinsk Oblast.
Nature
The region occupies a very diverse range of geographic and climatic regions with the Altai Mountains in the east and the eastern margins of the Kazakh steppes in the west of the region.Demographics
60,04% of the population is ethnic Kazakh and 35,11% is ethnic Russian.Administrative divisions
The region is administratively divided into fifteen districts and the cities of Oskemen, Ayagoz, Kurchatov, Ridder, Semey, and Zyryanovsk.- Abay District, with the administrative center in the selo of Karauyl;
- Ayagoz District, the town of Ayagoz;
- Beskaragay District, the selo of Beskaragay;
- Borodulikha District, the selo of Borodulikha;
- Glubokoye District, the settlement of Glubokoye;
- Katonkaragay District, the selo of Ulken Narym;
- Kokpekti District, the selo of Kokpekti;
- Kurshim District, the selo of Kurshim;
- Shemonaikha District, the town of Shemonaikha;
- Tarbagatay District, the selo of Aksuat;
- Ulan District, the settlement of Molodyozhny;
- Urzhar District, the selo of Urzhar;
- Zaysan District, the town of Zaysan;
- Zharma District, the selo of Kalbatau ;
- Zyryan District, the town of Zyryanovsk.
Sport
The region sent a bandy team to the Spartakiade 2009 and finished third.Investment potential
619.4 billion tenge was invested in the regional economy, with an increase of 23.0%. One of the stimulating factors for this growth was the implementation of industrial-innovative and infrastructure projects. A significant increase in investment was observed in industry-30.6%, transport and warehousing-36.2%, agriculture-13.8%, construction-7.2%. Investments in fixed assets increased by 5.4% to 59.7 billion tenge.Business support card.
Maintaining the growth dynamics of industrial development indicators in the region in the future for the next five years will primarily be affected by the introduction of new projects and reaching the design capacity of the introduced projects within the framework of the business support Map.
As part of the state program of industrial and innovative development in the business support Map of the East Kazakhstan region, since 2010, 74 projects have been implemented with a total cost of 1.3 trillion tenge, creating 17.6 thousand jobs, including 3 projects of national significance.
For the period from 2010 to 2019, 50 projects were commissioned for a total of 731.4 billion tenge, with the creation of 8.6 thousand jobs, including 4 projects in 2019, for a total of 24.1 billion tenge with the creation of 164 jobs.
In 2020, it is planned to implement 5 projects totaling 16.0 billion tenge with the creation of 610 jobs.
From 2021 to 2025, it is planned to implement 19 projects with a total investment of 555.0 billion tenge and the creation of 8.4 thousand new jobs.
The most significant projects of industrial and innovative development are:
- "Construction of a full-cycle automobile plant and Technopark for the production of automotive components in Ust-Kamenogorsk" ;
- "Expansion of processing capacities of Aktogay GOK by duplicating the existing sulfide factory" .
Improving the business climate and investment attractiveness
In January-February 2020, 59.7 billion tenge was invested in the regional economy, with an increase of 105.4%.
To improve the investment climate and attract investment in the region's economy, the following work is being carried out:
- a Regional Council for attracting investors and improving the investment climate has been established;
- as part of the implementation of the national Plan, the investor service Sector operates at the public service Center;
-the investment portal of the East Kazakhstan region is functioning, which contains the necessary information for the investor: contact information, information about industrial zones, investment projects, legislation, etc.;
- approved an action Plan to attract investment in 2020, which provides for 25 events;
- the project "Protecting Business and Investments" - anti-corruption support of investment projects is being implemented. The goal of the project is to create a favorable investment climate and increase the confidence of business and investors in the institutions of state power;
- an Investment Center for "point-based" support of investors and investment projects has been opened.https://invest.e-vko.kz/en/
Culture
The network of cultural and art organizations in the region is 632 units, including: 291 club institutions, 306 libraries, 10 museums, 2 theaters, 2 organizations that perform concert activities, 10 friendship houses, 6 organizations that perform film screenings - cinemas, 1-zoo, 3 parks, 1 institution for the protection of historical and cultural heritage.The network of cultural organizations and archives funded from the regional budget, as of January 1, 2020, is only 32 units, including: 10 museums, 1 institution for the protection of historical and cultural heritage, 2 theaters, 2 organizations engaged in concert activities, 4 libraries, 13 archival institutions.
Tourism
Within the framework of the State program of tourism development until 2025, 5 objects of East Kazakhstan were included in the map of the country's tourism development. First of all, this is lake Alakol, which is recognized as one of the 10 priority tourist sites of the national scale and entered the TOP 10.The coast of lake Alakol is a favorite place for tourists. Its color changes during the day, from azure-blue in the morning to purple-purple at sunset, on Sunny days the lake is filled with the brightest colors of summer, on cloudy days the water is gray-black. Over the past years, "motley lake" has attracted more and more tourists from different countries. The reason for the increase in tourist flow was the improvement of infrastructure and improvement of the coast, but also the most important - its medicinal properties. The unusual climate of the lake, the invigorating coolness of the purest healing salt water, the life-giving air filled with the aromas of steppe grasses, magically help to find peace of mind, restore strength, relieve fatigue, irritation, and calm.
In addition, the priority regional tourist objects OF the top 50 of the touristic Map included the Altai ski cluster, Ridder and two objects of the Katon-Karagay district: lake Rakhmanovskoye and Katon-Karagay national Park.
The landscape diversity, as well as the rich historical and cultural heritage of the region allows you to develop almost all types of tourism.
East Kazakhstan is said to be the pearl of the country, a unique region with a variety of natural and climatic zones. Indeed, it is largely due to the charming beauty of nature that the region is becoming a promising tourist destination, which is known not only in Kazakhstan, but also abroad. https://toureast.kz/?lang=en
Scientific research is conducted in four areas-natural science, archaeology, Ethnography, and history. Researchers work on scientific topics, and individual topics are included in the plans of international programs such as " Scythian-Saka culture of the Kazakh Altai. Problems of Genesis and succession of cultures", "Copper and tin of the steppes of Central Asia", "Conservation and sustainable development of biodiversity of the Kazakh part of the Altai-Sayan Ecoregion".