Aktobe (Aktyubinsk) Kazakhstan city


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Aktobe (Aktyubinsk) Kazakhstan city overview


Aktobe city coat of arms

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Aktobe city map location

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Aktobe (other spellings: Aqtobe, Aktyubinsk, Aktubinsk) is an administrative center of Aktobe oblast (region) of Kazakhstan. Aktobe city is standing on Ilek River.

Aktobe Kazakhstan city population - 295,000 (2006).
Aktobe Kazakhstan city phone code - +7-7132.
Aktobe Kazakhstan city postal code - 030000.

Aktobe city views

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Aktobe (Aktyubinsk) Kazakhstan city history

Aktobe was founded in 1869 as Aktyube (White Hill), a small Russian fort. The first Russian peasant settlers arrived in 1878.

In 1891 Aktobe became the capital of an uyezd (canton) and in 1932 of an Aktobe region of Kazakhstan. During World War II a ferroalloys plant was built to smelt the nickel and chromium ores of Mugodzhar Hills.

Aktobe city sceneries

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Aktobe (Aktyubinsk) Kazakhstan city economy

Aktobe city is an important industrial center of Kazakhstan now. Aktobe produces chromium compounds, X-ray apparatus, and parts for agricultural machinery and has stockyards and flour mills.

Aktobe city architecture

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Aktobe city Eternal Flame

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Aktobe city at night

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Aktobe city railway station

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Aktobe city central square

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Aktobe city aviation school

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Aktobe (Aktyubinsk) Kazakhstan city main attractions

Aktobe city cultural assets include a teacher-training and a medical institute, a theater, several museums, and a planetarium.

Aktobe city entrance sign

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Aktobe city Orthodox church

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Aktobe city mosques

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