Aktobe (Aktyubinsk) Kazakhstan region (oblast)


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Aktobe (Aktyubinsk) Kazakhstan region (oblast) overview

Aktobe, also spelled Aktyubinsk is region (oblast) of western Kazakhstan. Aktobe region of Kazakhstan was created in 1932. Aktobe region capital is Aktobe city. Aktobe region origin of name: "aktobe" from Kazakh people language means "white hill".

Aktobe (Aktyubinsk) Kazakhstan region (oblast) map location

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The greater part of the Aktobe Kazakhstan region is a raised plain broken by river valleys. In the centre of Aktobe region are the Mugodzhar Hills, and in the south the desert sands of the Aral Kara-Kum and Large and Small Barsuki.

Aktobe (Aktyubinsk) Kazakhstan region (oblast) roads views

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The climate of Aktobe region of kazakhstan is continental, and precipitation is low, particularly in the south. The river network of Aktobe region is scanty. The main rivers of Aktobe oblast are the Emba, the Or and Ilek (both tributaries of the Ural), and the Irgiz, which flows into the Shalkarteniz salt marsh.

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Aktobe Kazakhstan region population - 675,000 (2007).
Aktobe Kazakhstan region land area - 300,600 sq. km.
Aktobe Kazakhstan region phone code - +7-713.
Aktobe Kazakhstan region postal code - 030000.

Aktobe (Aktyubinsk) Kazakhstan region (oblast) steppe landscape

Aktobe (Aktyubinsk) Kazakhstan region (oblast) steppe landscape photo

Aktobe (Aktyubinsk) Kazakhstan region (oblast) economy

Most of the Aktobe region of Kazakhstan processing industries are concentrated in the capital, Aktobe city. Crops, chiefly grains, are grown in the northwest of Aktobe region, and the remaining dry steppe and desert areas are given over to sheep, horses, and camels. Nearly half of the population of Aktobe region is Kazakh, about a quarter Russian, and one sixth Ukrainian. About 50 percent of Aktobe region population is urban.

Aktobe (Aktyubinsk) Kazakhstan region (oblast) camels

Aktobe (Aktyubinsk) Kazakhstan region (oblast) camels photo

Aktobe (Aktyubinsk) Kazakhstan region (oblast) Soviet past symbol

Aktobe (Aktyubinsk) Kazakhstan region (oblast) Soviet past symbol photo

The Mugodzhar Hills of Aktobe oblast, Kazakhstan have rich chromium deposits as well as nickel and copper. The chromite is mined near Khromtau, which has perhaps the largest deposit of high-grade chromium ore in the world, and the nickel at Batamshinsky.

Aktobe (Aktyubinsk) Kazakhstan region (oblast) small village

Aktobe (Aktyubinsk) Kazakhstan region (oblast) small village photo

There are large phosphorite deposits at Oktyabrsk (formerly Kandagach) in Aktobe region of Kazakhstan, but these are not exploited in the local production of fertilizers at Alga, which utilizes phosphorite imported from the Kola Peninsula. Alga is also the major Kazakhstan producer of borax, based on supplies imported from Atyrau oblast.

Aktobe (Aktyubinsk) Kazakhstan region (oblast) sky view

Aktobe (Aktyubinsk) Kazakhstan region (oblast) sky view photo