Mangystau Region
Mangystau Province Маңғыстау облысы Мангистауская область | |
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Map of Kazakhstan, location o Mangystau Region heichlichtit | |
Coordinates: 43°52′N 052°00′E / 43.867°N 52.000°E | |
Kintra | Kazakhstan |
Caipital | Aktau |
Govrenment | |
• Akim | Krymbek Kusherbayev |
Area | |
• Total | 165600 km2 (63,900 sq mi) |
Population (2006-12-01)[2] | |
• Total | 373,400 |
• Density | 2.3/km2 (5.8/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+5 (West) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+5 (no observit) |
Postal codes | 130000 |
Aurie codes | +7 (729) |
ISO 3166 code | KZ-MAN |
Vehicle registration | R |
Destricts | 5 |
Ceeties | 3 |
Tounships | 6 |
Veelages | 30 |
Website | www.mangystau.kz |
Mangystau Province (Kazakh: [Маңғыстау облысы, Mañğıstaw oblısı] error: {{lang}}: text has italic markup (help)) is a province o Kazakhstan. Its caipital is Aktau (a seaport), which haes a population o 154,500 (2004 census); the entire Mangystau province haes a population o 373,400.
Geography
[eedit | eedit soorce]The province is locatit in the soothwast o the kintra, an includes Mangyshlak Peninsulae. It haes hintle o Kazakhstan's Caspian Shore. It an aw borders neighborin kintras Turkmenistan an Uzbekistan. Mangystau an aw borders twa i ther Kazakh provinces (coonter-clockwise), Aktobe Province an Atyrau Province. The aurie o the province is 165,600 square kilometers. Ingineers discovered petroleum in the aurie in the days o the Soviet Union, drilling commencit, an hintle o the aurie wis built up aroond the industry.
The territory o Mangystau includes lots o different landscapes an desert lands: Caspian lawland, plateaus (Usturt, Mangyshlak, Kendirli-Kayasan), muntains (Aktau, Karatau), cavities, desert, muntains an muntain ridges. That kynd o landscape forms an oreeginal multigradit labyrinth, paintit wi green, yellae, pink an red sediment o loam. The heichest point is Otpan muntain at 556 metre (1,824 ft). The lawest point is the bottom o Karagie cavity, 132 metre (433 ft) belaw sea level.
Climate
[eedit | eedit soorce]Due tae its vast territory, the province haes a wide variety o climate conditions. The climate o north Mangystau is cauld in winter due tae its settlement in Usturt plateau, the location o the plateau is mainly abuin sea level. On the whole, the climate is continental wi cauld winters an mild simmers. The average temperatur −3 °C (27 °F) in Januar an +26 °C (79 °F) in Julie. The average annual rainfaw is 150 millimetre (5.9 in).
History
[eedit | eedit soorce]The first written sources on Mangystau province dates back tae the 1890s.
Demographics
[eedit | eedit soorce]Accordin tae the 1999 Census, Kazakhs (50.9%) ootnumbered ethnic Roushies (32.9%) bi a wide margin.[3]
- Population (2009): 416 500 fowk (2,6 %, 14 place)
- Density: 2,5 fowk / km ² (13 place)
- Naitional structur: Kazakhs — 70,9 %; Roushie — 22,9 %
- Aurie: 165,600 in km ² (6,1 %, 7 place)
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]Freemit airtins
[eedit | eedit soorce]Media relatit tae Mangystau Province at Wikimedia Commons
- Offeecial wabsteid Archived 2006-11-14 at the Wayback Machine