Aktobe
Kazakhstan /
Aqtobe /
World
/ Kazakhstan
/ Aqtobe
/ Aqtobe
, 6 km from center (Актобе, Актьубинск)
World / Kazakhstan / Aqtöbe
city, capital city of state/province/region
Aktobe (Kazakh: Ақтөбе, Aqtöbe; Russian: Актюбинск, Aktyubinsk) is a city on the Ilek River in Kazakhstan. With a population of 320,000, it is the capital of Aktobe Province. Aktobe has a mixed ethnic community, including Kazakhs, Russians, Ukrainians, Tatars, Uyghurs, Chechens, Armenians, Jews and Greeks. Before perestroika the city also was home to a sizeable German community.
The name "Aktobe" comes from Kazakh "ақ" (white) and "төбе" (hill); the name is a reference to the heights on which the original 19th century settlement was located.
The name "Aktobe" comes from Kazakh "ақ" (white) and "төбе" (hill); the name is a reference to the heights on which the original 19th century settlement was located.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aktobe
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 50°15'53"N 57°13'35"E
- Orenburg 244 km
- Ufa 532 km
- Chelyabinsk 621 km
- Kopeysk 622 km
- Samara 631 km
- Ulyanovsk 777 km
- Kurgan 790 km
- Saratov 815 km
- Kazan 843 km
- Makhachkala 1096 km
- Cemetery 1 km
- Mounaisheh (Neftianik) Stadium 1.3 km
- Mosque 2 km
- Rrunway 13/31 2.5 km
- Taxiway 2.6 km
- Aktobe Airport 2.6 km
- Stadion ODYuSSh No. 2 2.6 km
- Kurmysh 3.5 km
- Dam 6.1 km
- Aktobe water storage basin 15 km