| Маңғыстау облысы Mangystau Province |
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| Coat of arms | Location | |||
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| Coordinates | Coordinates: | |||
| Time zone | UTC+5 | |||
| – Summer (DST) | not observed (UTC+5) | |||
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| Country |  Kazakhstan |
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| Capital | Aktau | |||
| Akim (governor) | Krymbek Kusherbayev | |||
| Subdivisions | ||||
| – Districts | 5 | |||
| – Cities (incl. towns) | 3 | |||
| – Townships | 6 | |||
| – Villages | 30 | |||
| Basic statistics | ||||
| Area [1] | 165,600 km² (63,939 sq mi) | |||
| Population | 373,400 (12/2006)[2] | |||
| - Density | 2 /km² (6 /sq mi) | |||
| Other information | ||||
| Postal codes | 130000 | |||
| Area codes | +7 (729) | |||
| Licence plate | R | |||
| ISO 3166-2 | KZ-MAN | |||
| Website | http://www.mangystau.kz/ | |||
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Geography
The province is located in the southwest of the country, and includes Mangyshlak Peninsula. Mangyshlak or Mangghyshlaq Peninsula is located in western Kazakhstan. It has much of Kazakhstan's Caspian Shore. 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 also borders neighboring countries Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Turkmenistan ( Türkmenistan; also known as Turkmenia) is a Turkic country in Central Asia. Uzbekistan, officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( Uzbek: O‘zbekiston Respublikasi or Ўзбекистон Республикаси is a doubly Mangystau also borders two other Kazakh provinces: Aktobe Province and Atyrau Province. Aktobe ( Ақтөбе облысы) is a province of Kazakhstan. Atyrau Province ( Атырау облысы) is a province of Kazakhstan. The area of the province is 165,600 square kilometers. Engineers discovered petroleum in the area in the days of the Soviet Union, drilling commenced, and much of the area was built up around the industry. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991
The territory of Mangystau includes lots of different landscapes and desert lands: Caspian lowland, platos - Usturt, Mangyshlak, Kendirli-Kayasan, mountains - Aktau, Karatau, cavities, desert, mountains and mountain ridges. That kind of landscape forms an original multigraded labyrinth, painted with green, yellow, pink and red sediment of loam. The highest points is Otpan mountain - 556 m. The lowest point is the bottom of Karagie cavity - 132 metres below sea level. Caspian Depression (Прикаспийская низменность Caspian Lowland) is a low-lying Flatland region encompassing the northern part
Climate
Due to its vast territory, the province has a wide variety of climate conditions. The climate of north Mangystau is cold in winter due to its settlement in Usturt plateau, the location of the plateau is mainly above sea level. In the whole, the climate is continental with cold winter and mild summer. The average temperature on January is- -3°C, on July - +26°C. Average annual rainfall - 150mm.
History
The first written sources about ancient territory of Mangystau province dates back to the 1890's.
Demographics
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References
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