Aktobe is a city in western Kazakhstan and the administrative center of Aktobe Region, situated where the Kargala and Ilek rivers meet; it was founded in 1869 as a Russian military fort and was renamed from Aktyubinsk to Aktobe in 1999 to promote the Kazakh language. It is the fourth-largest city in Kazakhstan and the largest in the country's western region, with an economy built on coal mining, metallurgy and oil and gas extraction. Its population was about 560,820 in 2023.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Aktobe (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationInfobox: population_total
598,683
Infobox: Area
400 km2 (150 sq mi)
Infobox: Founded
1869
Infobox: Elevation
219 m (719 ft)
Infobox: Coordinates
50°17′01″N 57°13′47″E / 50.28361°N 57.22972°E
View the Source 2. GeoNames: Aktobe - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 610611
50.27969 57.20718 P PPLA KZ 04 828331 500757 210 Asia/Aqtobe
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 210 m
View the Source 3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 50.25, 57.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 50.25, 57.25
50.25 57.25 Dfa
Wikidata: Aktobe
- Wikidata Q477232, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).
- In Group: Cities of Central Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
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