Aktau Ақтау
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Aktau Location in Kazakhstan
Coordinates: 43°46′0″N 51°12′0″E / 43.76667, 51.2
Country	‎  Kazakhstan
Province	Mangystau Province
Government
- Akim (mayor)	Salimgerey Bekbergenov
Population (2004)
- Total	154,500
Time zone	UTC+5 (UTC+5)
Postal code	130000
Area code(s)	+7 7292

Aktau (Kazakh: Ақтау, Aqtaw; Russian: Актау, Aktau), until 1992 Shevchenko (Russian: Шевченко) is a city in Kazakhstan's Mangyshlak Peninsula and country's only seaport on the Caspian Sea. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically Kazakhstan, also Kazakstan ( Қазақстан, Qazaqstan, qɑzɑqˈstɑn Казахстан, Kazakhstán,) officially the Kazakhstan is divided into 14 Provinces ( облыстар / oblystar; singular облысы / oblysy; области / oblasti; singular область Mangystau ( Маңғыстау облысы) is a province of Kazakhstan. A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning "greater" is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government UTC+5 is the Timezone for Pakistan Standard Time West Asia Standard Time. UTC+5 is the Timezone for Pakistan Standard Time West Asia Standard Time. A postal code (known in various countries as a post code, postcode, or ZIP code) is a series of letters and/or digits appended to a A telephone numbering plan is a plan for allocating Telephone number ranges to countries regions areas and exchanges and to non-fixed telephone networks Kazakh (also Qazaq and variants natively kk Qazaq tili, kk Қазақ тілі; pronounced tˈlə is a Turkic language closely related to Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages Kazakhstan, also Kazakstan ( Қазақстан, Qazaqstan, qɑzɑqˈstɑn Казахстан, Kazakhstán,) officially the Mangyshlak or Mangghyshlaq Peninsula is located in western Kazakhstan. ||-||-|-||-||-||-||-||-||-|} A port is a facility for receiving Ships and transferring cargo The Caspian Sea is the largest enclosed body of water on Earth by area variously classed as the world's largest lake or a full-fledged Sea. It is the capital of Mangystau Province in the western Kazakhstan. Mangystau ( Маңғыстау облысы) is a province of Kazakhstan. Aktau literally means "white mountain" in Kazakh, so named after the cliffs overlooking the sea.

Aktau has a block system - that's why streets of the city have no names and all addresses in Aktau consist of three numbers: the microdistrict (block) number, the building number and the apartment number. A city block, urban block or simply block is a central element of Urban planning and Urban design. This is because the town was settled first to be the camp of the workers of oil industry from another parts of the country.

Contents 1 History 2 Transport 3 Climate and leisure 4 Sights 5 Aktau city project 6 Sister Cities 7 References

History

The territory of Aktau was once resided by ancient tribes of Scythians. The Scythians or Scyths (Σκύθες Σκύθοι were an Iranian speaking people of horse-riding Nomadic pastoralists who dominated the Pontic Current archeological finds are the demonstrations of old settlements and utensils. Aktau was built in 1961 as a small village after large amounts of crude oil was discovered in the region. Petroleum ( L petroleum, from Greek πετρέλαιον, lit In 1963 Aktau gained status of city. From 1964 to 1991, city was named Shevchenko to honour the Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko, who was once sent away to this remote location because of his political separatism . Ukrainians (Українці Ukrayintsi,) are an East Slavic Ethnic group primarily living in Ukraine, or more broadly— Citizens Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko (Тарáс Григóрович Шевчéнко ( &ndash) was a Ukrainian Poet, Artist and humanist. The name Aktau was brought back in 1991 as the Soviet Union collapsed and country took its independence. Aktau was once the site of a nuclear power station. The BN-350 FBR went online in 1973, and closed in 1999. The BN-350 was a sodium-cooled Fast reactor Nuclear power plant located at Aktau (formally known as Shevchenko from 1964-1992 The fast breeder or fast breeder reactor ( FBR) is a Fast neutron reactor designed to breed fuel by producing more Fissile material In addition to producing plutonium, BN-350 was also used for providing power for the city and for desalination to supply fresh water to the city. Desalination, desalinization, or desalinisation refers to any of several processes that remove excess salt and other Minerals from Water By the long-term plan of the Government of Kazakhstan a new nuclear power station is going to be built near the current one, as the current type of supplying water and energy will not be enough in the future, as the new district called Aktau-City is going to be built, doubling the current area of the city.

Transport

Aktau has an international airport, a railway station, and a developed seaport. Aktau Airport is an airport in Aktau, Kazakhstan. Airlines and destinations Air Astana (Almaty Astana Atyrau Buses and taxis are the principal means of public transport within the city. A taxicab, also taxi or cab, is a type of Public transport for a single passenger or small group of passengers typically for a non-shared ride

• Fixed fee for buses is 35 tenge (0. The tenge (теңге is the currency of Kazakhstan. It is divided into 100 tiyn (тиын also transliterated as tiyin or tijn) 25$)
• Fixed fee for a taxi is 200 tenge (1. 5$) around the city (as of September 2007).
  Every second car will pick you up if you just raise your hand. This is a general way of catching taxi in most part of the country. Calling taxi by phone is little more expensive. However, fees are subject to change reaching 1000 tenge, e. g. at New Year night or during extreme weather conditions.

The number of vehicles is more than 50,000 - five times bigger than the town can afford. Vehicles, derived from the Latin word vehiculum, are non-living Means of transport.

• Transport in Aktau

Climate and leisure

Climate is continental, with dry summers and mild winters. Continental climate is a Climate that is characterized by Winter Temperatures cold enough to support a fixed period of Snow cover each Year Mean January temperature: -4'C, mean July temperature: +27'C
Beach season lasts from May to September with average sea temperature: +21'. Aktau has rocky hills and sandy beaches at the seashore.
There are several modern resorts on the coast to the south of the city. The beaches of Caspian shore are full of people in the summer, due to the hot climate in the season. It attracts many people mainly from another parts of Kazakhstan visiting Aktau.

Sights

• Regional Studies & History Museum
• WWII Eternal Flame Memorial
• Beket-Ata mosque
• The Dramatic Theatre
• Yntymak Square

Aktau city project

On September 11, 2007 President Nursultan Nazarbayev gave a start to the project Aktau city in order to develop tourism and attract investments ^[1]. Nursultan Abishuly Nazarbayev ( Kazakh: Нұрсұлтан Әбішұлы Назарбаев æbəʃʊˈlɯ nɑzɑrˈbɑjəf Russian: Нурсултан Totally new city will be built to the north-west of the current city. 4 millions sq. meters of residential and business buildings are to be constructed. Architecture style is derived from UAE's construction experience under the patronage of Sheikh Abdullah ibn Zaid Al Nahayan

• Aktkau City site

Sister Cities

• Poti, Georgia ^[2]
• Gorgan, Iran ^[3]

References

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