Aktobe Province

Aktobe Province
Ақтөбе облысы
Актюбинская область
—  Province  —
Nature in Aktobe Province
Map of Kazakhstan, location of Aktobe Province highlighted
Coordinates:
Country Kazakhstan
Capital Aktobe
Government
 • Akim Eleusin Sagyndykov
Area
 • Total 300,600 km2 (116,062.3 sq mi)
Population (2005-01-01)
 • Total 678,900
 • Density 2.3/km2 (5.8/sq mi)
Time zone West (UTC+5)
 • Summer (DST) not observed (UTC+5)
Postal codes 030000
Area codes +7 (713)
ISO 3166 code KZ-AKT
Vehicle registration D
Districts 12
Cities 8
Townships
Villages 441 [1]
Website http://www.akto.kz

Aktobe (Kazakh: Ақтөбе облысы, Aqtöbe oblısı, اقتوبە وبلىسى) is a province of Kazakhstan. The Aktobe provincial capital is the city of Aktobe, with a population of more than 340,000. The province itself has a population 678,900. The area of the province is 300,600 square kilometers, making it the second largest province of Kazakhstan, after Karagandy Province. Aktobe Province borders Russia to the north and Uzbekistan to the south, and also borders six other Kazakh provinces: the Atyrau Province to the west, the Mangystau Province to the south-west, the Karagandy Province to the east, the Kostanay Province to the north-east, the Kyzylorda Province to the south-east, and the West Kazakhstan Province to the north-west. The Ilek River, a tributary of the Ural River, flows through the province. The name "Aktobe" comes from Kazakh "Ақ" (white) and "төбе" (hill); supposedly, Aktobe's initial settlers were able to see white mountains far to the north.

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Demographics

According to the national census of 2009, the area's population was 779542 persons, 407217 women and 372325 men. Kazakhs — 614961 persons (79 %), unlike in other areas of the country they form an overwhelming majority of the population of the area. There are a lot of Russians, Tatars, Ukrainians, Germans, Koreans, Moldavians, Jews, Armenians, Chechens and others in the area as well.

See also

References

  1. ^ Official site - General Information

External links

West Kazakhstan Province  Russia Kostanay Province
Atyrau Province Karagandy Province
   Aktobe Province    
Mangystau Province Karakalpakstan,  Uzbekistan Kyzylorda Province
Provinces
Metropolitan cities