Oblast identification by the 1st letter of a suffix:
| Suffix | Area | Main City |
|---|---|---|
| A | Mangistauskaya oblast | Mangistau |
| B | Akmolinskaya oblast | Akmolinsk |
| C | Severo-Kazakhstanskaya oblast | Petropavlovsk |
| D | Semipalatinskaya oblast | Semipalatinsk |
| E | Kokchetavskaya (Kokshetau) oblast | Kokchetav |
| F | Pavlodarskaya oblast | Pavlodar |
| G | Alma-Ata (Almaty) | |
| I | Aktyubinskaya oblast | Aktyubinsk |
| J | Vostochno-Kazakhstanskaya oblast | Ust' Kamenogorsk |
| K | Kzyl-Ordinskaya oblast | Kzyl Orda |
| L | Kustanayskaya oblast | Kustanay |
| M | Ural'skaya oblast | Uralsk |
| N | Chimkentskaya oblast | Chimkent (Shymkent)3 |
| O | Atyrauskaya oblast | Atyrau |
| P | Karagandinskaya oblast | Karaganda |
| Q | Alma-Atinskaya oblast | Alma-Ata (Alamaty) |
| R | Dzhezkazganskaya oblast | Dzhezkazgan (Zhezkazgan) |
| S | Leninsk (Baikonur) | |
| T | Dzhambulskaya oblast | Dzhambul (Zhambyl) |
| V | Taldy-Kurganskaya oblast | Taldy-Kurgan (Taldykorgan) |
| Y | Turgayskaya oblast | Arkalyk |
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Last updated: June 19, 1997
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