Atyrau Region

Atyrau Region
Атырау облысы
Атырауская область
Imangali mosque

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Coordinates: 47°07′0″N 51°53′0″E / 47.11667°N 51.88333°E / 47.11667; 51.88333Coordinates: 47°07′0″N 51°53′0″E / 47.11667°N 51.88333°E / 47.11667; 51.88333
Country Kazakhstan
Capital Atyrau
Government
 • Akim Nurlan Nogayev
Area
 • Total 118,631 km2 (45,804 sq mi)
Population (2013-02-01)[1]
 • Total 556,388
 • Density 4.7/km2 (12/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+5
Postal code 060000
Area code(s) +7 (712)
ISO 3166-2 KZ-ATY
Licence plate 06, E
Districts 7
Cities (inc towns) 2
Townships 10
Villages 188
Website atyrau.gov.kz

Atyrau Region (Kazakh: Атырау облысы, Atyraý oblysy, اتىراۋ وبلىسى‎; Russian: Атырауская Область, translit. Atyrauskaya Oblast) formerly known as (Гурьевская Область, Gur'yevskaya Oblast), is one of the regions of Kazakhstan, situated in the west of the country around the northeast of the Caspian Sea. Its capital is the town of Atyrau, with a population of 142,500 people; the region itself has 480,000 people. Kazakhs make up more than 80% of the population.

History

The Turan lowlands of Atyrau Region were the central homeland for the Malkar "Hun" dynasties of late antiquity.

Geography

With an area of 118,600 square kilometers, it is the second-smallest region in Kazakhstan (Turkistan Region is the smallest). It borders Russia (Astrakhan Oblast) to the west, as well as the fellow Kazakh regions Aktobe to the east, Mangystau to the south, and the West Kazakhstan Region to the north. The Ural River is the border between Asia and Europe and flows from Russia to the Caspian Sea through the region, meaning western Atyrau Region lies in Europe.

A large part of the region is situated in the oil-rich Caspian Depression. Many oil wells have been drilled in the Tengiz Field and Kashagan Field areas. An oil pipeline runs from Atyrau to Samara, Russia, where it joins the Russian pipeline system. A separate oil pipeline runs from the Tengiz field to the Russian Black Sea port of Novorossiisk.

Atyrau is traversed by the northeasterly line of equal latitude and longitude.

Administrative divisions

The region is divided into seven districts and the city of Atyrau. The districts are:[2]

  1. Inder District, with the administrative center in the urban-type settlement of Inderbor;
  2. Isatay District, the selo (village) of Akkystau;
  3. Kurmangazy District, the selo of Ganyushkino;
  4. Kyzylkoga District, the selo of Miyaly;
  5. Makat District, the urban-type settlement of Makat;
  6. Makhambet District, the selo of Makhambet;
  7. Zhylyoi District, the town of Kulsary.

* Two localities in Atyrau Region have town status. These are Atyrau and Kulsary. Isatay and Kurmangazy districts are in Europe, Makat and Zhylyoi in Asia, while Inder and Makhambet straddle the Ural River which marks the boundary.

References

  1. ↑ Agency of statistics of the Republic of Kazakhstan: Численность населения Республики Казахстан по областям с началa 2013 года до 1 февраля 2013 года 2012, 2013 (Russian; Excel; 55 kB).
  2. ↑ Аппарат акима Жылыойского района (in Russian). Электронный Акимат Атырауской области. Archived from the original on 19 December 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
  • National Geographic Atlas of the World, Eighth Edition.
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