Atyrau Province

Infobox Province of Kazakhstan
Kazakh_name = Атырау облысы
lat_deg = 47 | lat_min = 07 | lat_sec = 0
lon_deg = 51 | lon_min = 53 | lon_sec = 0

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ISOAbbrev = ATY
capital = Atyrau
largest_city =
governor = Bergey Ryskaliev
raions = 7
cities = 2
towns = 10
villages = 188
area = 118600
area_source =
population = 479984
pop_date = 2006-12-01
pop_ref = [ [http://www.e-atyrau.kz/rus/index.php?name=Pages&op=page&pid=1 Official site - General Information] ]
utc_offset = +5
PLZ = 060000
area_code = +7 (712)
licence_plate = E
Website = http://www.e-atyrau.kz/eng/

Atyrau Province ( _kz. Атырау облысы) is a province of Kazakhstan. It is situated in the west of the country around the northeast of the Caspian Sea. Its capital is the city of Atyrau, with a population of 142,500 people; the province itself has 380,000 people. With an area of 118,600 square kilometers, it is the second-smallest province in Kazakhstan (South Kazakhstan Province is the smallest). It borders the neighboring country Russia, as well as fellow Kazakh provinces Aktobe Province, Mangystau Province, and West Kazakhstan Province. A large part of the province is situated in the oil-rich Caspian Depression; because of this, many oil wells have been drilled in the Tengiz Field area, and a pipeline runs from Atyrau (the city) to Grozny, Russia, where it intersects with a Russian pipeline going to Europe.

External links

* [http://www.e-atyrau.kz/eng/ Official website]

References

* "National Geographic Atlas of the World", Eighth Edition.