Article 2. Categories of administrative-territorial units of the Law On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of the Republic of Kazakhstan

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1. In order to implement public administration based on an optimal combination of national and local interests, the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan is divided into two main categories – regions and settlements.

2. A region is a part of the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan, including several settlements, formed and managed in the interests of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Regions are the region, the district and the rural district as the main links of the republican administrative-territorial structure.

The region consists of cities of regional significance and districts.

The district consists of cities of regional significance, villages, towns, and rural districts with a total population of no more than 300,000 people.

A rural district consists of two or more rural settlements with a total population of at least 500 people.

3. A locality is a part of the densely populated territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan, formed as a result of economic and other social activities of citizens, with a population of at least 50 people, registered and registered in accordance with the procedure established by the laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan and managed by local representative and executive bodies.

Peasant and other settlements with a population of less than 50 people are included in the nearest settlement.

4. Settlements located on the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan are divided into urban and rural:

1) urban settlements include cities of republican, regional and district significance, as well as settlements located on the territory of their administrative subordination.;

2) rural settlements include all other settlements, regardless of their administrative subordination.

5. Localities have component parts.

The constituent parts of localities are microdistricts, city districts, squares, avenues, boulevards, streets, alleys, parks, squares, bridges, and other parts.

A district in a city is a district in a city of regional significance, a city of republican significance, or the capital. A district in a city of regional significance, a city of republican significance, or the capital is created with a population of over 400,000 people. The population of the district in the city must be at least 200 thousand people.

The footnote. Article 2 as amended by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 30.06.2021 No. 60-VII (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication).

The Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated December 8, 1993 No. 2572-XII.

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