Petropavl (Kazakh: Петропавл/Petropavl; Russian: Петропавловск, Petropavlovsk, not to be confused with Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky) is a city on the Ishim River in northern Kazakhstan close to the border with Russia, about 261 km west of Omsk along the Trans-Siberian Railway. It is the capital of the North Kazakhstan Province. Population: 201,446 (2009 Census results); 203,523 (1999 Census results).