Atyrau Province

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Атырау облысы Atyrau Province
Coat of arms	Location
Coordinates	47°07′0″N 51°53′0″E / 47.11667, 51.88333Coordinates: 47°07′0″N 51°53′0″E / 47.11667, 51.88333
Time zone	UTC+5
– Summer (DST)	not observed (UTC+5)
Administration
Country	Kazakhstan
Capital	Atyrau
Akim (governor)	Bergey Ryskaliev
Subdivisions
– Districts	7
– Cities (incl. towns)	2
– Townships	10
– Villages	188
Basic statistics
Area	118,600 km² (45,792 sq mi)
Population	479,984 (12/2006)[1]
- Density	4 /km² (10 /sq mi)
Other information
Postal codes	060000
Area codes	+7 (712)
Licence plate	E
ISO 3166-2	KZ-ATY
Website	http://www.e-atyrau.kz/eng/

Atyrau Province (Kazakh: Атырау облысы) is a province of Kazakhstan. It is situated in the west of the country around the northeast of the Caspian Sea. Its capital is the city of Atyrau, with a population of 142,500 people; the province itself has 380,000 people. With an area of 118,600 square kilometers, it is the second-smallest province in Kazakhstan (South Kazakhstan Province is the smallest). It borders the neighboring country Russia, as well as fellow Kazakh provinces Aktobe Province, Mangystau Province, and West Kazakhstan Province. A large part of the province is situated in the oil-rich Caspian Depression; because of this, many oil wells have been drilled in the Tengiz Field area, and a pipeline runs from Atyrau (the city) to Grozny, Russia, where it intersects with a Russian pipeline going to Europe.

[edit] External links

• Official website

[edit] References

• National Geographic Atlas of the World, Eighth Edition.

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