Central Plateau YesKazakhstanA large and sparsely populated area with an area larger thanPakistan, Including the vast grasslands of Aktobe and Karaganda Oblast, as well as the western half of East Kazakh Oblast (the Semipalatinsk Oblast in the Soviet era).
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- 1 Aktobe — The big city on the grassland is now rapidly developing into the center of the petroleum industry in northwestern Kazakhstan
- Kander Agash-a small town at the railway junction south of Aktobe
- Ayaguz — A small town and main station on the Turkestan-Siberian railway
- 2 Balkhash — Small city on Lake Balkhash, between Nur-Sultan and Almaty
- 3 Karaganda — Coal mining city in the Soviet era
- 4 Semiy — A nuclear test city in the Soviet era
- 5 Temirtau
- Jezkazgan — A medium-scale mining city in the western part of Karaganda State, almost the center of the country