Abay_District,_East_Kazakhstan
Abai District, Abai Region
District in Abai Region, Kazakhstan
Abai (Kazakh: Абай ауданы, Abai audany, اباي اۋدانى) is a district of Abai Region, eastern Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the selo of Karaul.[3] Population: 15,228 (2013 estimate);[2] 15,258 (2009 Census results);[4] 17,885 (1999 Census results).[4]
In 1939-1997, this territory was the Semipalatinsk region with the administrative center in Semipalatinsk.[5] Abai region was formed in 1997. The district is 6.5 sq. km.[6]