| Aqmola Region | |
| Native Name: | |
| Other Name: | Tselinograd Oblast |
| Settlement Type: | Region |
| Coordinates: | 52°N 69°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Kazakhstan |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Districts |
| Blank Info Sec1: | 17 |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Cities |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | 8 |
| Blank2 Name Sec1: | Townships |
| Blank2 Info Sec1: | 14 |
| Blank3 Name Sec1: | Villages |
| Blank3 Info Sec1: | 671 |
| Seat: | Kökşetau |
| Seat Type: | Capital |
| Leader Title: | Akim |
| Leader Name: | Marat Akhmetzhanov[1] |
| Area Footnotes: | [2] |
| Area Total Km2: | 146219 |
| Utc Offset1: | +5 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | not observed |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +5 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal codes |
| Postal Code: | 020000 |
| Area Code Type: | Area codes |
| Area Code: | +7 (717) |
| Population Footnotes: | [3] |
| Population Total: | 785708 |
| Population As Of: | 2022-01-01 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type2: | GDP |
| Demographics2 Footnotes: | [4] |
| Demographics2 Title1: | Total |
| Demographics2 Info1: | KZT 3,484.6 billion US$ 7.547 billion (2022) |
| Demographics2 Title2: | Per capita |
| Demographics2 Info2: | KZT 4,428,500 US$ 9,591 (2022) |
| Iso Code: | KZ-AKM |
| Registration Plate: | 03, C |
| Blank Name: | HDI (2018) |
| Blank Info: | 0.831[5] – very high |
Akmola Region (Ақмола облысы, Aqmola oblysy, in Kazakh pronounced as /aqmɔɫɑ obɫəsɯ/; Russian: Акмолинская область|Akmolinskaya oblast) is a centrally located region of Kazakhstan. It was known as Tselinograd Oblast during Soviet rule. Its capital is Kökşetau. The national capital, Astana, is enclosed by the region, but is politically separate from Aqmola Region. The region's population is 715,000; Kökşetau's is 157,000.
Some gold and coal mining occur in the area.
The area of the region is 146,200 square kilometers. Aqmola, along with Ulytau Region and Karaganda Region are Kazakhstan's only regions which don't touch the country's outer borders. The region borders North Kazakhstan Region in the north, Pavlodar Region in the east, Karagandy Region in the south, and Kostanay Region in the west. The Sileti river flows through the region.
Aqmola means "the white burial" in Kazakh.
| Ethnic Group | 2021[6] | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | % | ||
| Kazakhs | 436,984 | 55.81 | |
| Russians | 210,769 | 26.92 | |
| Ukrainians | 40,563 | 5.18 | |
| Germans | 30,121 | 3.85 | |
| Tatars | 13,707 | 1.75 | |
| Belarusians | 13,054 | 1.67 | |
| Poles | 8,610 | 1.10 | |
| Chechens | 3,167 | 0.28 | |
| Azeris | 2,156 | 0.28 | |
| Koreans | 1,564 | 0.20 | |
| Uzbeks | 1,457 | 0.19 | |
| Other Ethnicity or Not Stated | 21,843 | 0.2 | |
| Total | 782,995 | 100% | |
| Religion | 2021 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | % | ||
| Islam | 362,070 | 46.24 | |
| Christianity | 287,619 | 36.73 | |
| No Religion | 14,578 | 1.86 | |
| Judaism | 295 | 0.04 | |
| Buddhism | 152 | 0.02 | |
| Other Religion | 1,034 | 0.13 | |
| Not Stated | 117,247 | 14.97 | |
| Total | 782,995 | 100% | |
The region is administratively divided into seventeen districts and the cities of Kökşetau and Stepnogorsk.[7]