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Fun fact 4 about Atyrau

Урал река
city

The third biggest refinery in Kazakhstan is located in Atyrau, operated by KazMunayGas.

Atyrau
Kazakhstan
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Atyrau

Kazakhstan

Country
Kazakhstan
Population
311.0K
Coordinates
47.12, 51.89
638th most populous city in the world

Atyrau, known until 1991 as Guryev, is a city in Kazakhstan and the capital of Atyrau Region. Atyrau is a transcontinental city, at the mouth of the Ural River on the Caspian Sea, between Europe and Asia, 2,700 kilometres west of Almaty and 351 kilometres east of the Russian city of Astrakhan.

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