| Atyrau Атырау |
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| Country |  Kazakhstan |
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| Province | Atyrau Province | ||
| Founded | 1645 | ||
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| - Akim (mayor) | Salimzhan Naqpayev | ||
| Population (01-01-2007) | |||
| - Total | 154,100 | ||
| Time zone | UTC+5 (UTC+5) | ||
| Postal code | 060001 - 060011 | ||
| Area code(s) | +7 7122 | ||
| Website: http://www.e-atyrau.kz | |||
Atyrau (Kazakh: Атырау, pronounced [ɑtɪˈɾaw]; named Guryev during the Soviet era) is a city in Kazakhstan, and the capital of Atyrau Province. 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 Atyrau Province ( Атырау 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 The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 Kazakhstan, also Kazakstan ( Қазақстан, Qazaqstan, qɑzɑqˈstɑn Казахстан, Kazakhstán,) officially the Atyrau Province ( Атырау облысы) is a province of Kazakhstan. It is located 2700 kilometers west of Almaty and 350 kilometers east of the Russian city of Astrakhan. Almaty ( Алматы; formerly known as Alma-Ata ( Алма-Ата) also Verniy, (Верный is the largest city in Kazakhstan Astrakhan (А́страхань Ästerxan Persian: حاجیترخان Haji-Tarkhan) is a major city in southern European Russia and Other transliterations include Aterau, Atirau, Atyraw, Atırav, Atıraw.
Modern Atyrau is famous for its oil and fish industries. It has 154,100 inhabitants (2007, up from 142,500 (1999 census)), 90% ethnic Kazakhs (up from 80%), the rest being mostly Russians and other ethnic groups such as Tatars and Ukrainians. The Kazakhs (also spelled Kazaks, Qazaqs; Kazakh: Қазақтар qɑzɑqtɑr Russian: Казахи the English name is transliterated The Russian people (Русские— Russkie) are an East Slavic Ethnic group, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries Tatars ( Tatar: Tatarlar/Татарлар sometimes spelled Tartars, are a Turkic -speaking ethnic group or multiple ethnic groups Ukrainians (Українці Ukrayintsi,) are an East Slavic Ethnic group primarily living in Ukraine, or more broadly— Citizens Since October 2006, its mayor is Salimzhan Naqpayev.
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Geography
Atyrau (together with Aktau) is Kazakhstan's main harbour city on the Caspian Sea at the delta of the Ural River. Aktau (Ақтау Aqtaw; Актау Aktau) until 1992 Shevchenko (Шевченко is a city in Kazakhstan 's Mangyshlak ||-||-|-||-||-||-||-||-||-|} 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. A delta is a Landform where the mouth of a River flows into an Ocean, Sea, Estuary, Lake or another river The Ural (Урал Kazakh: Жайық, Jayıq or Zhayyq) known as Yaik before 1775, is a river flowing through Atyrau city is approximately 20 meters below sea level. The city is considered by many to be located both in Asia and Europe, as it is divided by the Ural River, which is often considered the boundary between Europe and Asia. The Ural (Урал Kazakh: Жайық, Jayıq or Zhayyq) known as Yaik before 1775, is a river flowing through
History
The wooden fort at the mouth of the Yaik River was founded in 1645 as Nizhny Yaitzky gorodok (literally, Lower Yaik Fort) by the Russian trader Mikhaylo Guryev, a native of Yaroslavl, who specialized in trade with Khiva and Bukhara. The Ural (Урал Kazakh: Жайық, Jayıq or Zhayyq) known as Yaik before 1775, is a river flowing through Yaroslavl (Яросла́вль is a city in Russia, the administrative center of Yaroslavl Oblast, located north-east of Moscow. Khiva ( Uzbek: Xiva, Хива; Хива Khiva; Persian: خیوه Khiveh) Alternative or historical names include Bukhara (Buxoro Бухоро بُخارا Бухара also spelled as Bukhoro and Bokhara, from the Soghdian βuxārak ("lucky The fort was plundered by the Yaik Cossacks, leading the Guriev family to rebuild it in stone (1647-62). The Ural Cossack Host was a Cossack host formed from the Ural Cossacks -- those cossacks settled by the Ural River. Tsar Alexis sent a garrison of Streltsy to protect the fort from Cossack incursions. Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich Romanov (Алексей Михайлович ( March 9, 1629 (O Streltsy (Стрельцы were the units of Russian guardsmen ( sl Despite these efforts, the Cossack rebel Stepan Razin held the town in 1667 and 1668. For the place in Azerbaijan see Stepan Razin Azerbaijan. Stepan (Sten'ka Timofeyevich Razin ( Russian: Степан (Стенька The fort gradually lost its strategic significance and was demolished in 1810. Between 1708 and 1992 the city was known as Guriev.