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Kokshetau, also spelled kokcetav, is a city and administrative centre of Akmola region of Kazakhstan. Kokshetau city lies along the southern edge of the Ishim Steppe of Kazakhstan.





Kokshetau became a district administrative centre in 1868 and an oblast centre in 1944, but Kokshetau city greatest expansion occurred in the 1960s following the campaign to open virgin lands in Kazakhstan to agriculture and the construction of important new factories in the region.





Kokshetau Kazakhstan city population - 125,200 (2007).
Kokshetau Kazakhstan city calling code - +7-7162.
Kokshetau Kazakhstan city postal code - 020000





Kokshetau city was founded in 1824 as an administrative outpost when the Russians extended their control over the Kazakhs.