Ulytau region - was formed on June 8, 2022. District in the center of Kazakhstan. The administrative center is the city of Zhezkazgan. The land area is 188.9 thousand square meters. km. The number of inhabitants is 221,395 people (according to the 2023 census).

On March 16, 2022, the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev, in his address to the people of Kazakhstan at a joint meeting of the chambers of parliament, stated that the Ulytau region would be created from part of the Karaganda region, the region.

The region was formed on June 8, 2022 according to the decree of the President of Kazakhstan. It should be noted that its territory is smaller than the territory of the former Zhezkazgan region (until 1997 it also included the Shet, Aktogay districts, the cities of Balkhash and Priozersk).