Cities

Atyrau

Central Asia

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Geography Atlas. "Atyrau." Accessed September 7, 2026. https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/atyrau.

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Geography Atlas. (n.d.). Atyrau. Retrieved September 7, 2026, from https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/atyrau

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@misc{geographyatlas-atyrau,
  author = {Geography Atlas},
  title = {Atyrau},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/atyrau},
  note = {Accessed September 7, 2026}
}

Atyrau is the capital of Atyrau Region in Kazakhstan, with a population of 404,129 as of 2024, situated where the Ural River meets the Caspian Sea and conventionally divided by that river between Europe and Asia. It is a major hub for the oil-rich Caspian Depression, with extensive petroleum refining operations, and lies about 351 kilometers east of the Russian city of Astrakhan.

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