- Date of foundation: 1955
- Area : 600 sq.km.
- Distance from the region's centre: 260 km.
- Center: Kentau
- Number of districts:4
- Number of populated area: 7
- Number of population: 88,0 thousand people
- National structure: Kazakhs -65,7%, Uzbeks -25,2% Russians -5,4%, other nationalities -3,7%







