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Atyrau Region
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Atyrau Region is an area located in the western part of Kazakhstan that spans both Europe and Asia. It matters because it is a significant oil and gas producing region that plays an important role in Kazakhstan's economy.
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- Instance of
- region of Kazakhstan
- Official name
- Атырауская область
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Located in
- Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic
- Capital
- Atyrau
- Population
- 673601
- Area
- 118631
- Head of government
- Serik Şapkenov
- Shares border with
- Astrakhan Oblast
- Official website
- www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/atyrau
- Licence plate code
- 06
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- Commons category
- Atyrau Region
- topic's main category
- Category:Atyrau Region
- category for people born here
- Q8044287
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Atyrau Region
- postal code
- 060000
- inception
- 1938-01-15
- native label
- Атырау облысы
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Atyrau Region (Kazakh: Атырау облысы, romanized: Atyrau oblysy; Russian: Атырауская область), formerly known as Guryev Region (Russian: Гурьевская область) until 1991, is one of the regions of Kazakhstan, in the western part of the country around the northeast of the Caspian Sea. Its capital is the city of Atyrau, with a population of 355,117; the region itself has a population of 681,241, of which Kazakhs make up more than 90%.
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