Aktobe (Kazakh: error: }: text has italic markup (help)) 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 | |
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Province | |
Map o Kazakhstan, location o Aktobe Province heichlichtit | |
Coordinates: 50°17′N 57°10′E / 50.283°N 57.167°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 |
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.
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