Aktobe (Aktyubinsk) Kazakhstan city
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Aktobe (Aktyubinsk) Kazakhstan city overview
Aktobe (Aktyubinsk) Kazakhstan city coat of arms
Aktobe is an administrative centre of Aktobe region (oblast) of Kazakhstan. Aktobe city is situated on the Ilek River.
Aktobe (Aktyubinsk) Kazakhstan city map location
Aktobe Kazakhstan city population - 295,000 (2006).
Aktobe Kazakhstan city calling code - +7-7132.
Aktobe Kazakhstan city postal code - 030000.
Aktobe (Aktyubinsk) Kazakhstan city streets
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 Aktobe.
Aktobe (Aktyubinsk) Kazakhstan city views
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 the Mugodzhar Hills in Aktobe city.
Aktobe (Aktyubinsk) Kazakhstan city World War II memorial
Aktobe (Aktyubinsk) Kazakhstan city economy
Aktobe city is an important industrial center of Kazakhstan now. Aktobe city produces chromium compounds, X-ray apparatus, and parts for agricultural machinery and has stockyards and flour mills.
Aktobe (Aktyubinsk) Kazakhstan city houses
Aktobe (Aktyubinsk) Kazakhstan city main attractions
Aktobe city of Kazakhstan cultural assets include a teacher-training and a medical institute, a theatre, several museums, and a planetarium.
Aktobe (Aktyubinsk) Kazakhstan city entrance sign
Aktobe (Aktyubinsk) Kazakhstan city monument
Aktobe (Aktyubinsk) Kazakhstan city mosque