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    "generatedAt": "2026-09-13T06:52:40Z",
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    "purpose": "Let an agent explain the administrative divisions of Kazakhstan and their levels, relay the structure, reforms and terminology from official and reference sources, describe the city categories, and distinguish current units from former districts and Soviet-era divisions.",
    "definition": "Any of the units into which Kazakhstan is divided for administration, comprising 17 regions and three cities of republican significance, Astana, Almaty and Shymkent, at the first level, districts and cities of regional significance at the second level, and rural districts, cities of district importance and, within large cities, city districts at lower levels, with former districts abolished in reforms; the structure derives from the Soviet system and has been revised since independence.",
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      "relay structure and reforms",
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      "distinguish historical units"
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      "Post-independence reforms"
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      "Soviet-era oblasts were the predecessors; statistical regions are separate"
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      },
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        "unit": "count",
        "note": ""
      },
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        "unit": "count",
        "note": ""
      },
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        "note": ""
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      "districts of cities of republican and regional significance",
      "former districts abolished in reforms"
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        "relation": "is a kind of",
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      },
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      {
        "relation": "includes",
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      "Stale information after the 2022 creation of new regions",
      "Confusing city significance categories",
      "Inconsistent transliteration of names"
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                    "text": "What distinguishes cities of republican, regional and district significance, and how are their districts organised?",
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                  },
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                    "text": "Which entry fits the specific unit?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
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              }
            ]
          }
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        "id": "govern",
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        "rationale": "Regulation.",
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            "id": "powers",
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            "description": "Powers.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "powers-finding",
                "name": "Powers",
                "description": "Powers.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "How are regions and districts governed by akims and maslikhats, and what powers do they hold?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which references are standard?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
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          {
            "id": "reforms",
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                "id": "reforms-finding",
                "name": "Reforms",
                "description": "Reforms.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "How have regions been merged, split and renamed since 1991, including the 2022 changes?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which sources are cited?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
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        "id": "history",
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        "description": "History.",
        "rationale": "Sources.",
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            "description": "Soviet era.",
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                "id": "soviet-finding",
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                "description": "Soviet.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "How were the Kazakh SSR s oblasts and districts organised, and how did they carry over?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which entry fits the Kazakh SSR?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
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          },
          {
            "id": "names",
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            "description": "Names and codes.",
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                "id": "names-finding",
                "name": "Names",
                "description": "Names.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "How are units named, transliterated and coded in ISO 3166-2?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which entry fits ISO 3166-2:KZ?",
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                  }
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              }
            ]
          }
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        "description": "Context.",
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            "name": "Data",
            "description": "Data.",
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              {
                "id": "data-finding",
                "name": "Data",
                "description": "Data.",
                "questions": [
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                    "text": "Where are population and boundary data for Kazakh units published?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which entry fits Bureau of National Statistics of Kazakhstan?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
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            "id": "comparison",
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            "description": "Comparison.",
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              {
                "id": "comparison-finding",
                "name": "Comparison",
                "description": "Comparison.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "How do Kazakh divisions compare with other post-Soviet states?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which entry fits administrative division?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
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          }
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  "openQuestions": [
    "Should regions and districts be separate primary entries?",
    "How should official sources be linked?",
    "The registry entry has merged aliases naming unit types and former units; should they be split off?"
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