Aktau

Aktau is a city of approximately 200,000 citizens on the banks of the in . Aktau has about 183,000 residents.
  • City with about 183,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around -10 metres (-30 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code SCO
  • …was formerly known as “Shevchenko”
  • Description: city in western Kazakhstan
  • Address: Ақтау қалалық әкімдігі, 130000
  • Postal code: 130000
  • Also known as
    “Aktauskiy”
    “Aqtau”
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Latitude
43.6353° or 43° 38′ 7″ north
Longitude
51.1682° or 51° 10′ 6″ east
UN/LOCODE
KZ AAU
Open location code
8HMHJ5P9+47
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Open­Street­Map feature
place = city
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Aktau” goes by many names.
AktauAlbanian
አክታውAmharic
أكاتوArabic
أكتاوArabic
ԱկտաուArmenian
AktauAsturian
AktauAzerbaijani
AqtauAzerbaijani
АҡтауBashkir
AktauBasque
АктауBelarusian
আকতাউBengali
আক্টাউBengali
АктауBulgarian
AkhtauCatalan
AktauCatalan
AqtauCatalan
AktauCebuano
ئاقتاوCentral Kurdish
АктауChechen
АкхтауChechen
舍甫琴柯Chinese
阿克套Chinese
阿克陶Chinese
AqtavCrimean Tatar
AktauCroatian
AktauCzech
AqtauCzech
АктауCzech
АқтауCzech
AktauDanish
AqtauDanish
AqtauDutch
اكتاوEgyptian Arabic
АктауErzya
AktauEsperanto
AktauEstonian
AqtauFinnish
AqtawFinnish
აქთაუGeorgian
ΑκτάουGreek
અક્તાઉGujarati
AktauHausa
אקטאוHebrew
अक़तऊHindi
आक़ताउHindi
AktauHungarian
AqtauIndonesian
AktauInterlingue
AktauIrish
ActauItalian
AktauItalian
AqtauItalian
アクタウJapanese
AktauJavanese
ಆಕ್ಟೌKannada
AqtawKara-Kalpak
AqtaūKazakh
АқтауKazakh
Ак-ТооKirghiz
АктауKirghiz
악타우Korean
AktauLatin
AktauLatvian
AktauLithuanian
AktauLuxembourgish
AktauMacedo-Romanian
АктауMacedonian
AktauMalay
एकाटाऊMarathi
აქთაუMingrelian
АктауMoksha
AktauNorwegian
AktauNorwegian Bokmål
AktauNorwegian Nynorsk
AktauOromo
АктауOssetian
ਅਕਤਾਉPanjabi
آقتائو، قزاقستانPersian
آق‌تاوPersian
بندر اوکتائوPersian
AktauPolish
اکتاوPushto
AktauRomanian
AqtauRomanian
АктауRussian
АктаускийRussian
Белая гораRussian
Шевченко (historical)Russian
AktauSamogitian
AktauScots
АктауSerbian
අක්ටෞSinhala
AktauSlovenian
AktauSomali
آکتاو، روسیهSouth Azerbaijani
AktauSwahili
AktauSwedish
AqtauSwedish
SjetjenkoSwedish
АктауTajik
ОқтовTajik
ஆக்டுTamil
АктауTatar
అక్ తవుTelugu
อักเตาThai
AktauTurkish
AktavTurkish
AktauTurkmen
АктауUdmurt
АктауUkrainian
ШевченкоUkrainian
AktauUpper Sorbian
اقتاؤUrdu
AqtauUzbek
AqtovUzbek
AktauVenetian
AktauVietnamese
AktauWaray (Philippines)
آقتاؤWestern Panjabi
阿克套Wu Chinese
АктауYakut
厄圖Yue Chinese

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