Atyrau (area)

Atyrau region Атырау облысы Атырауская область
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Basic data
State :	Kazakhstan
Administrative headquarters :	Atyrau
Founded:	October 14, 1939
Area :	118,631  km²
Residents :	645.280 (Jan. 1, 2020)
Population density :	5 inhabitants per km²
Time zone :	WKST ( UTC + 5 )
Postal code :	06xxxx
Telephone code :	+7 (712)
License plate :	06 (old: E)
KATO code:	230000000
ISO 3166-2 :	KZ-ATY
Äkim ( governor ) :	Machambet Dosmuchambetov
Website :	atyrau.gov.kz
Location in Kazakhstan

The Atyrau region ( Kazakh Атырау облысы / Atyrau oblysy , Russian Атырауская область / Atyrauskaja oblast ) is one of the 14 regions of Kazakhstan and is located in the west of the country. It has an area of ​​around 118,600 km² and 645,000 inhabitants. On February 21, 1992, Gurjew (Russian name of its capital), as the area has been called since its foundation in 1938, was renamed Atyrau .

geography

Geographical location

The area borders on the administrative areas of Western Kazakhstan in the north, Aqtöbe in the east and Mangghystau in the extreme south, as well as the Caspian Sea in the southwest and Russia in the west. The capital is the city of Atyrau at the mouth of the Urals and the Caspian Sea. The western part of the area is therefore in Europe.

The Atyrau area essentially comprises the Caspian Depression . It is mainly covered with sandy desert (especially in the west) and other types of desert.

On the northeast coast of the Caspian Sea, east of Atyrau , are the rich oil fields of Tengiz and the Emba fields near the mouth of the Emba River . This southern district is mostly swampy as the Caspian Sea fluctuates water levels.

Flora and fauna

The Atyrau area is rich in wildlife. There are 39 types of mammals: In addition to the common rodents, there are many predators, including wolf , steppe fox , wild cat and weasel , as well as ungulates such as the Persian goitered gazelle and the saiga . There are otters , rat snakes , adders , lizards and amphibians . There are 53 species of marine fish and 42 species of river fish, as well as migratory and semi-migratory species. Caspian fish are sturgeon , scherg , salmon and white salmon . There are catfish , carp , pike and pikeperch in the rivers . The white carp and the white Amur have "immigrated" from the Far East . The Caspian seal lives in the Caspian Sea and has adapted excellently to local conditions. Seals migrate south in the spring and stay in the deeper and colder waters of the Caspian Sea during the summer. They often form large colonies consisting of tens of thousands of animals in winter.

The area is particularly rich in birds - there are 230 species, including rare and critically endangered species.

population

year Residents 1939¹ 268.104 1959¹ 287,803 1970¹ 343.166 1979¹ 369,668 1989¹ 432.287 1999¹ 440.286 2000 441,692

year Residents 2001 443.630 2002 447,634 2003 451.928 2004 457.215 2005 463.466 2006 472.384 2007 480,687

year Residents 2008 490.369 2009¹ 509.123 2010 520.988 2011 532.033 2012 542,959 2013 555.199 2014 567.831

year Residents 2015 581,389 2016 594.511 2017 607,528 2018 620.684 2019 633.791 2020 645.280

¹ census result

Politics and administration

Administrative division

The area is divided into a total of eight districts ( Kazakh Ауданы Audany ; Russian Район Rajon ). The Atyrau administrative center represents its own urban district. In the Atyrau area there are two places that have the status of a city. These are Atyrau and Qulsary .

Administrative division of the Atyrau region

Audany	Area [km²]	Residents	Administrative headquarters
Atyrau (city)	3,500	355.117	Atyrau
In the	10,900	32,057	Inderbor
Isatai	14,700	26,749	Aqqystau
Machambet	9,600	29,267	Machambet
Maqat	4,900	30,563	Maqat
Qurmanghasy	20,800	57,357	Qurmanghasy
Qysylqogha	24,900	30,649	Mijaly
Schylyoi	29,400	83,521	Qulsary
As of January 1, 2020

Äkim (governor)

List of governors ( Kazakh Әкім , Äkim ) of the Atyrau region since 1992:

No.	Surname	Term of office (beginning)	Term of office (end)
1	Saghat Tügelbayev	1992	1994
2	Rawil Cherdabaev	1994	1999
3	Imanghali Tasmaghambetov	1999	December 2000
4th	Serikbek Däukeev	December 2000	April 3, 2002
5	Aslan Mussin	April 3, 2002	October 6, 2006
6th	Bergei Rysqaliev	October 6, 2006	August 15, 2012
7th	Baqtyqosha Ismukhambetov	August 15, 2012	March 26, 2016
8th	Nurlan Noghaev	March 26, 2016	18th December 2019
9	Machambet Dosmuchambetov	18th December 2019	officiating

Web links

Commons : Atyrau area  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website
• Official tourism website (German)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Численность населения Республики Казахстан по полу в разрезе областей и столицы, столицы, столицы, анколицы, столицы, городоав, областей и столицы, анкония, горойцы, коники, городоав,. ( Excel ; 96 KB) stat.gov.kz, accessed on July 19, 2020 (Russian). 

Coordinates: 47 ° 0 '  N , 52 ° 0'  E