Aktobe
Aktobe (Kazakh: Ақтөбе / Aqtöbe / اقتٶبه), umwhile kent as Aktyubinsk (Roushie: Актюбинск, till 1999), is a ceity on the Ilek River in Kazakhstan.
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Wi a population o 277,700, it is the caipital o Aktobe Province. Aktobe haes a mixed ethnic community, includin Kazakhs, Roushies, Ukrainians, Tatars, Uyghurs, Chechens, Armenians, Jews an Greeks. Afore perestroika the ceity wis hame tae a sizeable German community.
Aktobe Ақтөбе | |
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 Aktobe mosque | |
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  Aktobe Location in Kazakhstan | |
| Coordinates: 50°17′0″N 57°10′0″E / 50.28333°N 57.16667°E | |
| Kintra | Kazakhstan |
| Province | Aktobe Province |
| Govrenment | |
| • Akim (mayor) | Arkhimed Mukhambetov |
| Population (2010-01-01) | |
| • City | 277 700 |
| • Metro | 317,700 |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (UTC+5) |
| Postal code | 030001 |
| Area code(s) | +7 7132 |
The name "Aktobe" comes frae Kazakh "ақ" (white) an "төбе" (hill); the name effeirs tae the heichs that the original 19t century toun wis locatit.
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