Administrative-Territorial System
of Kostanay Region
The administrative-territorial system of the region includes 500 settlements.
Total administrative units – 201, including 4 akim apparatuses of cities of regional significance (Kostanay, Rudny, Lisakovsk, Arkalyk), 2 akim apparatuses of cities of district significance (Zhitikara, Tobyl), 195 akim apparatuses of rural districts, villages, and settlements, of which:
7 settlements, of which 3 are urban-type settlements under city jurisdiction (Kachar, Gornyatsky – Rudny, Oktyabrsky – Lisakovsk) and 4 are rural-type settlements under district jurisdiction (Kushmurun – Auliekol District, Karabalyk – Karabalyk District, Sarykol – Sarykol District, Tobol – B. Maylin District);
128 rural districts;
60 villages not included in rural districts.
Since 2004, a total of 274 settlements with a population of less than 50 people have been abolished in the region (the abolition of settlements is carried out in accordance with the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of the Republic of Kazakhstan").