Atyrau Kazakhstan city

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Atyrau Kazakhstan city overview

Atyrau city coat of arms

Atyrau Kazakhstan city coat of arms picture

Atyrau city map location

Atyrau Kazakhstan city map location picture

Atyrau (also spelled Aterau) formerly (until 1992) Guryev is a city and administrative center of Atyrau region (oblast) of Kazakhstan. Atyrau city is a port on Ural River near its mouth on Caspian Sea.

Atyrau Kazakhstan city population - 180,000 (2009).
Atyrau Kazakhstan city phone code - +7-7122.
Atyrau Kazakhstan city postal codes - 060001-060011.

Atyrau city views

Atyrau Kazakhstan city history

Atyrau was founded as a fishing settlement in the mid-17th century by the fishing entrepreneur Mikhail Guryev. The settlement was named Guryev and soon became a fort on Ural fortified line manned by Ural Cossacks.

In 1810 the fortress of Guryev was abolished and razed to the ground. October 4th 1991 Guryev city administration decided to rename it into Atyrau. From Kazakh people language the word "atyrau" means the place where river flows into sea.

Atyrau city streets

Atyrau Kazakhstan city streets 1st photo

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Atyrau Kazakhstan city economy

Fishing and trade were the main economic activities of Atyrau until Soviet times.

Now, in addition to a large fish cannery, there are an oil refinery, petrochemical plant, metalworking and construction-materials industries, a meat-packing plant and ship-repair yards in Atyrau city.

Atyrau city bank

Atyrau city hotels

Atyrau city oil refinery

Atyrau Kazakhstan city oil refinery photo

Atyrau city stadium

Atyrau Kazakhstan city main attractions

Atyrau city has a branch of Kazakhstan Academy of Sciences (studies the natural resources of the area), teacher-training institute, museum and theater.