Aktobe Region

Aktobe (Kazakh: [Ақтөбе облысы, Aqtöbe oblısı, اقتوبە وبلىسى] ) is a province o Kazakhstan. The Aktobe provincial caipital is the ceety o Aktobe, wi a population o mair nor 340,000. The province itsel haes a population 678,900. The aurie o the province is 300,600 square kilometers, makkin it the seicont lairgest province o Kazakhstan, efter Karagandy Province. The Ilek River, a tributary o the Ural River, flows through the province. The name "Aktobe" comes frae Kazakh "Ақ" (white) an "төбе" (hill); supposedly, Aktobe's initial settlers wur able tae see white muntains far tae the north.

Aktobe Province Ақтөбе облысы Актюбинская область
Province
Map o Kazakhstan, location o Aktobe Province heichlichtit
Coordinates: 50°17′N 57°10′E
Kintra	Kazakhstan
Caipital	Aktobe
Govrenment
• Akim	Eleusin Sagyndykov
Area
• Total	300600 km2 (116,100 sq mi)
Population  (2005-01-01)
• Total	678,900
• Density	2.3/km2 (5.8/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+5 (West)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+5 (not observed)
Postal codes	030000
Area codes	+7 (713)
ISO 3166 code	KZ-AKT
Vehicle registration	D
Destricts	12
Ceeties	8
Veelages	441
Website	http://www.akto.kz

Demographics

Accordin tae the naitional census o 2009, the aurie's population wis 779542 fowks, 407217 weemen an 372325 men. Kazakhs — 614961 persons (79 %), unlike in ither auries o the kintra they form an owerwhelmin majority o the population o the aurie. There are a lot o Roushies, Tatars, Ukrainians, Germans, Koreans, Moldavians, Jews, Armenies, Chechens an ithers in the aurie as well.

See also

• Aral Sea

Freemit airtins

• Offeecial Steid Archived 2009-01-20 at the Wayback Machine (in Kazakh an Roushie)