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Atyrau

Atyrau (Kazakh: Атырау, Russian: Атырау), known until 1991 as Guryev (Russian: Гурьев), after its founder, is a city in Kazakhstan and the capital of Atyrau Region. Atyrau is a transcontinental city in Eurasia, located at the mouth of the Ural River on the Caspian Sea, in both Europe and Asia, 2,700 kilometres (1,700 miles) west of Almaty and 351 kilometres (218 miles) east of the Russian city of Astrakhan.
Modern Atyrau is famous for its oil and gas industries. It has 154,100 inhabitants (2007), up from 142,500 (1999 census), 90% ethnic Kazakhs (up from 80%), the rest being mostly Russians and other ethnic groups such as Tatars and Ukrainians.
The Kazakh name Atyraý means 'river delta'.

Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atyrau

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