Pavlodar Province
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| Павлодар облысы Pavlodar Province |
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| Coat of arms | Location | |||
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| Coordinates | Coordinates: | |||
| Time zone | UTC+6 | |||
| – Summer (DST) | not observed (UTC+6) | |||
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| Country |  Kazakhstan |
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| Capital | Pavlodar | |||
| Akim (governor) | Kairat Nurpeisov | |||
| Subdivisions | ||||
| – Raions | 10 | |||
| – Cities (incl. towns) | 3 | |||
| – Townships | ||||
| – Villages | 504 [1] | |||
| Basic statistics | ||||
| Area [2] | 124,800 km² (48,186 sq mi) | |||
| Population | 744,860 (01/2007)[2] | |||
| - Density | 6 /km² (15 /sq mi) | |||
| Other information | ||||
| Postal codes | 140100 - 141200 | |||
| Area codes | +7 (718) | |||
| Licence plate | S | |||
| ISO 3166-2 | KZ-PAV | |||
| Website | http://www.pavlodar.kz/ | |||
Pavlodar (Kazakh: Павлодар облысы) is a province of Kazakhstan. Its capital is the city of Pavlodar, which has a population of 300,200. The province itself has 744,860 people. Pavlodar borders Russia to the north, and also borders the following Kazakh provinces: Akmola, East Kazakhstan, North Kazakhstan, and Karagandy. Many people, especially Ukrainians, immigrated to Pavlodar in Nikita Khrushchev's Virgin Lands Campaign. The Irtysh River flows from the Altay Mountains in the China to Russia through the province. Bayanaul National Park is located in the province within 100 km of Ekibastuz.
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[edit] Major cities and villages
[edit] Demographics
Pavlodar province hosts a diverse range of ethnic groups [2]:
- Kazakhs – 44.7%
- Russians – 39.2%
- Ukrainians – 6.8%
- Germans – 3.2%
- Tatars – 2.1%
- Belarusians – 0.9%
- Moldovans – 0.4%
- Ingushes – 0.25%
- Chechens – 0.25%
- Azeris – 0.25%
- Bashkirs – 0.2%
- Others – 1.75%.
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| Provinces | Almaty · Akmola · Aktobe · Atyrau · East Kazakhstan · Mangystau · North Kazakhstan · Pavlodar · Karagandy · Kostanay · Kyzylorda · South Kazakhstan · West Kazakhstan · Zhambyl |
| Metropolitan Cities | Almaty · Astana |
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