Mangystau Region

Mangystau Province
Mangystau Province; Маңғыстау облысы; Мангистауская область
	Province
	Map of Kazakhstan, location o Mangystau Region heichlichtit
	Coordinates: 43°52′N 052°00′E / 43.867°N 52.000°E
Kintra	Kazakhstan
Caipital	Aktau
Govrenment
• Akim	Krymbek Kusherbayev
Area
• Total	165600 km2 (63,900 sq mi)
Population (2006-12-01)
• Total	373,400
• Density	2.3/km2 (5.8/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+5 (West)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+5 (no observit)
Postal codes	130000
Aurie codes	+7 (729)
ISO 3166 code	KZ-MAN
Vehicle registration	R
Destricts	5
Ceeties	3
Tounships	6
Veelages	30
Website	www.mangystau.kz

Mangystau Province (Kazakh: [Маңғыстау облысы, Mañğıstaw oblısı] error: {{lang}}: text has italic markup (help)) is a province o Kazakhstan. Its caipital is Aktau (a seaport), which haes a population o 154,500 (2004 census); the entire Mangystau province haes a population o 373,400.

Geography

The province is locatit in the soothwast o the kintra, an includes Mangyshlak Peninsulae. It haes hintle o Kazakhstan's Caspian Shore. It an aw borders neighborin kintras Turkmenistan an Uzbekistan. Mangystau an aw borders twa i ther Kazakh provinces (coonter-clockwise), Aktobe Province an Atyrau Province. The aurie o the province is 165,600 square kilometers. Ingineers discovered petroleum in the aurie in the days o the Soviet Union, drilling commencit, an hintle o the aurie wis built up aroond the industry.

The territory o Mangystau includes lots o different landscapes an desert lands: Caspian lawland, plateaus (Usturt, Mangyshlak, Kendirli-Kayasan), muntains (Aktau, Karatau), cavities, desert, muntains an muntain ridges. That kynd o landscape forms an oreeginal multigradit labyrinth, paintit wi green, yellae, pink an red sediment o loam. The heichest point is Otpan muntain at 556 metre (1,824 ft). The lawest point is the bottom o Karagie cavity, 132 metre (433 ft) belaw sea level.

Climate

Due tae its vast territory, the province haes a wide variety o climate conditions. The climate o north Mangystau is cauld in winter due tae its settlement in Usturt plateau, the location o the plateau is mainly abuin sea level. On the whole, the climate is continental wi cauld winters an mild simmers. The average temperatur −3 °C (27 °F) in Januar an +26 °C (79 °F) in Julie. The average annual rainfaw is 150 millimetre (5.9 in).