Aktobe (Aktyubinsk) Kazakhstan city

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• overview
• history
• economy
• main attractions

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Aktobe (Aktyubinsk) Kazakhstan city overview

Aktobe city coat of arms

Aktobe city map location

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

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

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

Aktobe city Eternal Flame

Aktobe city at night

Aktobe city railway station

Aktobe city central square

Aktobe city aviation school

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

Aktobe city Orthodox church

Aktobe city mosques

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