Petropavl

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Petropavl Петропавл (Kazakh) Петропавловск (Russian)
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Petropavl Location in Kazakhstan
Coordinates: 54°53′N 69°10′E / 54.883°N 69.167°E / 54.883; 69.167
Country	Kazakhstan
Region	North Kazakhstan Region
Founded	1752
City Status	1807
Government
• Akim (mayor)	Serik Mukhamediev[1]
Area
• Total	221.6 km2 (85.6 sq mi)
Elevation	140 m (460 ft)
Population  (2009)
• Total	201,446
• Density	910/km2 (2,400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+5 (Time in Kazakhstan)
Postal code	150001 - 150013
Area code	+7 7152
Vehicle registration	T, 15
Website	petropavl.sko.kz

Petropavl (Kazakh: Петропавл (listen^ⓘ); Russian: Петропавловск, romanized: Petropavlovsk) is a city on the Ishim River in northern Kazakhstan close to the border with Russia. It is the capital of the North Kazakhstan Region.^[2] Population: 218,956.^[3] The city is also known colloquially in Kazakh as Qyzyljar (Kazakh: Қызылжар, lit. 'Red cliff').

Petropavlovsk is about 185 km (115 mi) from Kökşetau, 428 km (266 mi) northwest of the national capital Astana along the A1, 261 km (162 mi) from Omsk.