Aktobe
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Aktobe Ақтөбе | |
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Aktobe mosque | |
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)[1] | |
• City | 277 700 |
• Metro | 317,700 |
Time zone | UTC+5 (UTC+5) |
Postal code | 030001 |
Area code(s) | +7 7132 |
Aktobe (Kazakh: Ақтөбе / Aqtöbe / اقتٶبه), umwhile kent as Aktyubinsk (Roushie: Актюбинск, till 1999), is a ceity on the Ilek River in Kazakhstan. 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.
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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