The northernmost regional center of Kazakhstan, is located in Northern Kazakhstan, 40 km south of the border with Russia and 428 km north of the capital Nur-Sultan, 278 km west of Omsk and 273 km southeast of Kurgan, 185 km from Kokshetau.
The population of Petropavlovsk at the beginning of 2020 is 219,231 people . The city covers an area of 224.91 km
