Atyrau Region

Coordinates: 47°07′0″N 51°53′0″E / 47.11667°N 51.88333°E / 47.11667; 51.88333
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Atyrau Region
Аtyrau Oblysy (
Ural River, Dormition Cathedral in Atyrau
, Akmechet-Beket
UTC+5
Postal code
060000
Area code+7 (712)
ISO 3166-2KZ-ATY
Licence plate06, E
Districts7
Cities (inc towns)2
Townships10
Villages188
Websiteatyrau.gov.kz

Atyrau Region (Kazakh: Атырау облысы, romanized: Atyrau oblysy; Russian: Атырауская область) formerly known as Guryev Region, (Russian: Гурьев область) until 1991, is one of the regions of Kazakhstan, in the west of the country around the northeast of the Caspian Sea. Its capital is the city of Atyrau, with a population of 355,117; the region itself has a population of 681,241, of which Kazakhs make up more than 90%.

History

The

Malkar "Hun" dynasties of late antiquity.[citation needed
]

Geography

With an area of 118,600 square kilometers, it is the second-smallest region in Kazakhstan (

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

Novorossiisk
.

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

Demographics

As of 2021, the Atyrau Region has a population of 659,074.[citation needed]

Ethnic groups (2021):

Administrative divisions

The region is divided into seven districts and the city of Atyrau. The districts are:[3]

  1. Inder District, with the administrative center in the urban-type settlement of Inderbor;
  2. Isatay District, the selo (village) of Akkystau;
  3. 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, Kyzylkoga and Zhylyoi in Asia, while Inder and Makhambet straddle the Ural River which marks the boundary.

References

  1. ^ "Серик Шапкенов назначен акимом Атырауской области". tengrinews.kz. 2022-04-07.
  2. ^ DOSM. "Department of Statistics Kazakhstan". stat.gov.kz. Archived from the original on 2 January 2024. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
  3. ^ 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.

External links

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