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(where - indicates the decimal separator and a space the thousands separator)

   Note: This section last updated 5th May 2021

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The official language, Kazakh , is spoken by some 40% of the population. Russian is spoken by most of the remaining inhabitants. There are also speakers of German , Uyghur and Romani .

Some people, including the Russian minority, continue to use Russian patronymic names and also to use Russian forms of address.

Others use a localized patronymic form. The string -uly (including the hyphen) is added to a given name to indicate “son of” and -kyzy is added to indicate “daughter of”. Men who have been to Mecca on a pilgrimage have Kajy written after their given name.

In the local vernacular, “Mr” is Myrza and “Mrs” or “Miss” is Bike.

   Tables of names can be acquired: given names , surnames/family names , family name prefixes , forms of address , job titles 

Kazakh company types include:

   АО (Aktsionernoe obschestvo/Акционерное общество) - Joint stock company
   ТОО (Tovarishchestvo s ogranichennoy otvetstvennostyu/Товарищество с ограниченной ответственностью) - limited liability partnership
   ТДО (Товарищество с дополнительной ответственностью) - Additional liability partnership
   ГП (Gosudarstvenoe predpriyatie/Государственное предприятие) - State company
   КТ (Командитное товарищество)
   ОО (Общественное объединение) - Social association
   ПТ (Полное товарищество) - Full partnership
   ПтК (Потребительский кооператив)
   ПрК (Производственный кооператив)
   РО (Религиозное объединение)
   Учр (Учреждение)

   Comprehensive tables of these strings can be acquired – see http:www.grcdi.nl/addresses.htm 

   Note: This section last updated 19th August 2019

Kazakh addresses are formatted differently depending on whether the address is written in Cyrillic or Latin script. In Latin script they are formatted:

   Addressee           
   Thoroughfare name[, ]Building information{, Sub-building information} 
   POSTAL CODE{, }SETTLEMENT 
   {Rayon} 
   {OBLAST} 

The rayon and oblast names are often included in addresses in rural areas.

In Cyrillic script this is usually reversed:

   {OBLAST} 
   {Rayon} 
   POSTAL CODE{, }SETTLEMENT 
   Thoroughfare name[, ]Building information{, Sub-building information} 
   Addressee 

For example:

   Batyrov Serik Erlanovich 
   ulica Ryskulbekov, dom 16, kv 224 
   Z00Y5M7, g. NUR-SULTAN 

   Batyrov Serik Erlanovich 
   ulica Shieli, dom 15 
   L16T0H2, selo ABAY 
   Karasayskiy raion 
   ALMATINSKIY OBLAST 

   Акмолинская область 
   Z10B0P5, г. Нур-Султан 
   ул. 150 лет Абая, д. 12/1 

   Акмолинская область
   Ерейментауский район
   C37D0H5, с. Ерейментау
   ул. Ш.Валиханова, д. 39

   A table containing information about the relevant position of elements within address blocks can be acquired 

   Note: This section last updated 17th April 2020

Kazakhstan introduced a new seven-character postal code (pochtovye indeksy) system in 2016 to replace its six-digit (999999) code that had been in use since 1997. The new code has seven alpha-numeric characters (for example; D03K5Y2) and each code is intended to represent a single building. The new system is currently working in parallel with the old system, as many people continue to use the 6-digit codes.

The codes are not randomly assigned to buildings – neighbouring buildings get related codes. For example:

   A05A0Y4 - ПРОСПЕКТ Абая, дом 101 
   A05A0Y5 - ПРОСПЕКТ Абая, дом 101/2 
   A05A0Y6 - ПРОСПЕКТ Абая, дом 101/234 
   A05A0Y7 - ПРОСПЕКТ Абая, дом 101/8 
   A05A0Y8 - ПРОСПЕКТ Абая, дом 101А 
   A05A0Y9 - ПРОСПЕКТ Абая, дом 103 
   A05A1A0 - ПРОСПЕКТ Абая, дом 105Б 
   A05A1A2 - ПРОСПЕКТ Абая, дом 107 
   A05A1A3 - ПРОСПЕКТ Абая, дом 107/1 
   A05A1A5 - ПРОСПЕКТ Абая, дом 107/12  

Old codes: The first two digits represent a region, the first four a rayon.

   Metadata containing postal code formatting rules, exceptions and regular expressions can be acquired 

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Kazakhstan - Postal code specifics

Kazakhstan - Postal code regular expression

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   Note: This section last updated 22nd May 2015

The capital city, Astana, was previously known as Akmola. Aqtau was formerly known as Gur’yev, Oskemen as Ust’-Kamenogorsk and Taraz as Dzhambul.

Refer to Exonyms in Kazakhstan for full lists of place names in Kazakhstan in other languages.

   Alternate place name forms/postal code tables can be acquired at http://www.grcdi.nl/settlements.htm 

   Other language place name data can be acquired at http://www.grcdi.nl/otherlanguageplace.htm 

   Note: This section last updated 12th July 2022

Kazakhstan has 17 provinces (oblystar, singular - oblys) and 4 cities (qalalar, singular - qala, indicated in the list below with an asterisk). The provinces are usually named after their administrative centres. Where this is not the case, the administrative centre is shown below in brackets:

    Abai 
    Almaty Qalasy  *
    Almaty Oblysy 
    Aqmola Oblysy  (Astana)
    Aqtobe Oblysy 
    Atyraū Oblysy 
    Batys Qazaqstan Oblysy  (Oral)
    Bayqongyr Qalasy  *
    Mangghystau Oblysy  (Aqtau)
    Nur-Sultan Qalasy  *
    Pavlodar Oblysy 
    Qaraghandy Oblysy 
    Qostanay Oblysy 
    Qyzylorda Oblysy 
    Shymkent/Шымкент  * 
    Shyghys Qazaqstan Oblysy  (Oskemen)
    Soltüstik Qazaqstan Oblysy  (Petropavl)
    Túrkistan Oblysy/Тyркістан облысы  
    Ulytau 
    Zhambyl Oblysy  (Taraz)
    Zhetsysu 

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   Note: This section last updated 31st July 2012

Kazakhstani telephone area codes have 3 digits when called from abroad. Subscriber numbers have 7 digits. Mobile numbers have these area codes: 700-702, 705, 707, 760, 762-764, 771, 775 and 777.