Aqtau, Aktau, Shevchenko

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"Aktau, an administrative centre of the Mangistau region in Kazakhstan with a population of 185 thousand, is located on the coast of the Caspian sea. It was founded because of the developing of the natural resources (oil and gas) in 1963. In 1964 it was called Shevchenko after the last name of the Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko. In 1992 the city was renamed in Aktau again. There are the Drama Theatre, the Museum of Local Lore in the city." Formerly on the Best Eastern Hotels website.

Aqtau.narod.ru : News, Nature of Mangistau in pictures. Aqtau Mirror site .

Pictures from Aktau from kzchat.

Maps
Multimap: Aqtau .
Maps links of Aktau
(click on map to see a larger image, shows location of Kazakhs) used with permission from World Map .

Kometa has pictures; captions in Russian.

Akimat of Mangystau Region : about the region, news, local authorities, economy, social policy, mass media, culture, tourism, photogallery.

Ivanov pictures from Aktau.

Lyudmilla's photogallery.

Epinion on Aqtau from a girl who grew up there.

Falling Rain has maps and current weather conditions (temperature, cloud cover and precipitation).

Aktau Network is in Russian; photogallery, chat, bulletin board.

Photosite of Aktau is in Russian; also has links to other sites about Aqtau.

Yahoo Group: Aktau Families : "This is a group for families who have adopted from Aktau, Kazakhstan. It is also for anyone interested in adopting from this city and looking for information and/or support. The purpose is to provide an avenue for families with children from Aktau to keep in touch and provide assistance to parents who are currently adopting in Aktau. Aktau is a port city on the Caspian Sea in Western Kazakhstan."

Wiki: Aqtau

Hotels

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Aktau
Intourist
Victoria: 17 single/double rooms, continental breakfast included.
Rahat
Zheruik: "October 2004: private bath, hairdryer, refer, mini bar in room, room service, air conditioned, phones, TV, restaurant, bar, lounge, elevator, pool, recreational facilities, internet access, accepts credit cards.
Renaissance Aktau Hotel , a Marriott chain. Internet access, in-room safes, one telephone line with voice mail, mini-bar, sprinkler system, individual climate control, satellite-TV and pay-per-view in-room movies, walking distance to shore.
Koktem: 19 rooms, AC, TV, mini bar, on the sea.

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Page last updated on 22 November 2008.