Altai
Altai is a mountainous region in the extreme east of Kazakhstan. It is home to some of the country's most beautiful alpine scenery, with remote wildlands and clear lakes.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Altai
- Type: region of Kazakhstan with 1,460,000 residents
- Description: province on Kazakhstan
- Also known as: “East Kazakhstan”, “East Kazakhstan Region”, “Shigis Qazaqstan”, and “Shyghys Qazaqstan”
- Neighbors: Altai Krai and Altai Republic
- Location: Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Altai” goes by many names.
- Achinese: “Propinsi Kazakhstan Timu”
- Arabic: “أوبليس كازاخستان الشرقي”
- Arabic: “اوبليس كازاخستان الشرقية”
- Armenian: “Արևելաղազախական մարզ”
- Armenian: “Արևելաղազախական շրջան”
- Awadhi: “पूरुब क़ाज़ाक़स्तान प्रांत”
- Azerbaijani: “Şərqi Qazaxıstan əyaləti”
- Azerbaijani: “Şərqi Qazaxıstan vilayəti”
- Basque: “Ekialdeko Kazakhstan”
- Belarusian: “Усходне-Казахстанская вобласць”
- Belarusian: “Усходне-Казахстанская вобласьць”
- Bengali: “ইস্ট কাজাকাস্তান অঞ্চল”
- Bulgarian: “Източноказахстанска област”
- Catalan: “Kazakhstan de l’Est”
- Catalan: “Kazakhstan Oriental”
- Catalan: “província del Kazakhstan Oriental”
- Catalan: “Província del Kazakhstan Oriental”
- Cebuano: “Shyghys Qazaqstan Oblysy”
- Chechen: “Малхбален-Кхазакхстанан область”
- Chinese: “东哈萨克斯坦州”
- Chinese: “東哈州”
- Chinese: “東哈薩克州”
- Chinese: “東哈薩克斯坦州”
- Chinese: “阿尔泰山地区”
- Chuvash: “Хĕвелтухăç-Казахстан облаçĕ”
- Crimean Tatar: “Şarq Qazahistan vilâyeti”
- Czech: “Východokazachstánská oblast”
- Czech: “Východokazašská oblast”
- Danish: “East Kazakhstan Region”
- Dimli (individual language): “Eyaletê Qazaxıstanê Rocvetışi”
- Dutch: “Oblast Oost-Kazachstan”
- Dutch: “Oblast Sigis Qazaqstan”
- Dutch: “Oblast Şığıs Qazaqstan”
- Dutch: “Oost-Kazachstan”
- Esperanto: “Provinco Orienta Kazaĥio”
- Estonian: “Ida-Kasahstan”
- Estonian: “Ida-Kasahstani oblast”
- Finnish: “Itä-Kazakstanin alue”
- French: “Altaï kazakh”
- French: “Kazakhstan-Oriental”
- French: “Oblys du Kazakhstan oriental”
- French: “Oblys du Kazakhstan-Oriental”
- Georgian: “აღმოსავლეთ ყაზახეთის ოლქი”
- German: “Gebiet Ostkasachstan”
- German: “KZ-VOS”
- German: “Ostkasachstan”
- Greek: “Αλτάι”
- Greek: “Περιφέρεια Ανατολικού Καζακστάν”
- Gujarati: “પૂર્વ કઝાખસ્તાન પ્રદેશ”
- Hebrew: “מחוז המזרח”
- Hindi: “पूर्व क़ज़ाख़स्तान प्रांत”
- Hindi: “पूर्व क़ाज़ाक़स्तान प्रांत”
- Hindi: “पूर्वी क़ज़ाख़्सतान”
- Hindi: “पूर्वी क़ाज़ाक़्स्तान”
- Hungarian: “Kelet-Kazahsztáni terület”
- Icelandic: “Austur Kasakstan Fylki”
- Icelandic: “Austur-Kasakstanfylki”
- Ido: “Provinco Şığıs Qazaqstan”
- Indonesian: “Provinsi Kazakhstan Timur”
- Italian: “Kazakistan Orientale”
- Italian: “regione del Kazakistan Orientale”
- Italian: “Regione del Kazakistan Orientale”
- Japanese: “東カザフスタン州”
- Kannada: “ಪೂರ್ವ ಕಝಾಕಿಸ್ತಾನ್ ಪ್ರದೇಶ”
- Kazakh: “Shyghys Qazaqstan Oblysy”
- Kazakh: “ШҚО”
- Kazakh: “Шығыс Қазақстан облысы”
- Kazakh: “Шығыс Қазақстан Облысы”
- Kazakh: “Шығыс Қазақстан”
- Kirghiz: “Чыгыш Казакстан облусу”
- Korean: “동카자흐스탄”
- Korean: “동카자흐스탄주”
- Korean: “시기스카작스탄 주”
- Latvian: “Austrumkazahstānas apgabals”
- Lithuanian: “Rytų Kazachstanas”
- Lithuanian: “Rytų Kazachstano sritis”
- Macedonian: “Источен Казахстан”
- Macedonian: “Источноказахстанска област”
- Malay: “Wilayah Kazakhstan Timur”
- Marathi: “पूर्व कझाकस्तान विभाग”
- Marathi: “पूर्व कझाकस्तान”
- Mazanderani: “شرقی قزاقستون”
- Mongolian: “Дорнод Казахстан муж”
- Northern Frisian: “Uastkasachstaan”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Øst-Kasakhstan”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Aust-Kasakhstan oblast”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Aust-Kasakhstan”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Aust-Kazakhstan”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Provinsen Aust-Kasakhstan”
- Ossetian: “Скæсæн Хъазахстаны облæст”
- Persian: “استان قزاقستان شرقی”
- Polish: “obwód wschodniokazachstański”
- Polish: “Obwód wschodniokazachstański”
- Portuguese: “Cazaquistão do leste”
- Portuguese: “Cazaquistão Oriental”
- Portuguese: “Shyghys qazaqstan”
- Romanian: “Kazahstanul de Est”
- Romanian: “Provincia Kazahstanul de Est”
- Russian: “Vostochno-Kazakhstanskaya Oblast’”
- Russian: “ВКО”
- Russian: “Восточно-Казахстанская область”
- Russian: “Восточно-Казахстанская Область”
- Russian: “Рудный Алтай”
- Scots: “East Kazakhstan Province”
- Scots: “East Kazakhstan Region”
- Serbian: “Источноказахстанска област”
- Sinhala: “නැගෙනහිර කසකස්තාන් කලාපය”
- Slovenian: “Vzhodni Kazahstan”
- South Azerbaijani: “دوغو قازاخیستان اوستانی”
- Spanish: “Kazajistan Oriental”
- Spanish: “Kazajistán Oriental”
- Spanish: “Kazajstan Oriental”
- Spanish: “Kazajstán Oriental”
- Spanish: “Provincia de Kazajistan Oriental”
- Spanish: “provincia de Kazajistán Oriental”
- Spanish: “Provincia de Kazajstan Oriental”
- Spanish: “Provincia de Kazajstán Oriental”
- Swedish: “Östkazakstan”
- Swedish: “Östra Kazakstan”
- Swedish: “Sjyghys Qazaqstan”
- Tajik: “Вилояти Қазоқистони Шарқӣ”
- Tajik: “Вилояти Шарқи Қазоқистон”
- Tamil: “கிழக்கு கஜகஸ்தான் பகுதி”
- Tatar: “Көнчыгыш Казакъстан өлкәсе”
- Telugu: “తూర్పు కజకిస్తాన్ ప్రాంతం”
- Thai: “แคว้นคาซัคสถานตะวันออก”
- Turkish: “Doğu Kazakistan Eyaleti”
- Turkish: “Doğu Kazakistan”
- Uighur: “شەرقىي قازاقىستان ئوبلاستى”
- Ukrainian: “СКО”
- Ukrainian: “Східноказахстанська область”
- Urdu: “مشرقی قازقستان صوبہ”
- Uzbek: “Sharqiy Qozog’iston viloyati”
- Uzbek: “Sharqiy Qozogʻiston viloyati”
- Uzbek: “Sharqiy Qozogʻiston”
- Uzbek: “Восточно-Казахстанская област”
- Vietnamese: “Đông Kazakhstan”
- Vietnamese: “Khu vực Đông Kazakhstan”
- Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Đông Kazakhstan”
- Waray (Philippines): “East Kazakhstan Province”
- Waray (Philippines): “Sinirangan nga Kasahistan”
- Welsh: “Ardal Dwyrain Kazakhstan”
- Western Panjabi: “صوبا چڑھدا قازقستان”
- Western Panjabi: “صوبہ چڑھدا قازقستان”
- Wu Chinese: “东哈萨克斯坦州”
- Yakut: “Илин Казахстан”
- Yakut: “Илинни-Казахстан”
- Yakut: “Илиҥҥи Казахстан”
- Yue Chinese: “東哈薩克州”
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