Akmola Region

Akmola Region (Kazakh: Ақмола облысы, Aqmola oblysy, [aqmɔɫɑ obɫəsɯ]; Russian: Акмолинская область, romanized: Akmolinskaya oblast) is a centrally located region of Kazakhstan.

Some gold and coal mining occur in the area.

Aqmola means "white tomb" in Kazakh.

[6][7][8] The region is administratively divided into seventeen districts and the cities of Kökşetau, Qosshy, and Stepnogorsk.

[10] * The following ten localities in Aqmola Region have town status:[10] Akkol, Atbasar, Derzhavinsk, Ereymentau, Esil, Kökşetau, Qosshy, Makinsk, Shchuchinsk, Stepnogorsk, and Stepnyak.