Beyneu

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Beyneu (Kazakh: Бейнеу) is a selo and the administrative center of Beyneu District in Mangystau Province in western Kazakhstan. Population: 32,452 (2009 Census results);[1] 14,299 (1999 Census results).[1]

Beyneu first began to expand in the 1970s from a village to a city with the discovery of oil in the area. There is a railway station, and further up north in Kasura, there is a Chevron oil plant. The gas pipeline metering station at Beyneu on the border with Uzbekistan.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Население Республики Казахстан" (in Russian). Департамент социальной и демографической статистики. Retrieved 8 December 2013. 

Coordinates: 45°19′29″N 55°11′45″E / 45.32472°N 55.19583°E / 45.32472; 55.19583

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