Kazakhstan (KZ) Mangghystau Province

Image: The desalination plant which provides the water supply for the city of Aqtaw. The plant was powered by the BN-350 liquid sodium-cooled fast-breeder reactor before 1999, which produced plutonium from uranium mined in the area as well as powering the desalination plant.

Summary

Aqtaw, the capital, is a city with a population of 160 000. The major town of Jangaözen (65 000) is also in the province.

Detailed Analysis

Mangghystaw Province has an area of 156 600 km² and a population of 316 847 (1999 census). It is divided into 4 districts: Beynew, Qaraqiya (capital Quryq), Mangghystaw (capital Shetpe), and Tüpqaraghan (capital Fort Shevchenko), and 2 cities, Aqtaw and Jangaözen.

Beynew district (Бейнеу, 26 500)

Opornyy (Опорный) has an area of 2.3 km² and an estimated population of 4 000.
Beynew (13 600) has an area of 6.8 km² and an estimated population of 14 000.

Mangghystaw district (Маңғыстау, 29 000)

Kyzan (Кызан) has an area of 1.0 km² and an estimated population of 3 000.
Shetpe (Шетпе, 11 300) has an area of 4.0 km² and an estimated population of 11 000.

Tüpqaraghan district and Aqtaw (Түпқараған, 14 200 and Ақтау, 157 400)

Bawtino (Баутино, 3 100) has an area of 1.8 km² and an estimated population of 3 500.
Fort Shevchenko (Форт Шевченко, 4 400) has an area of 1.9 km² and an estimated population of 4 000.
Akshuwkyr (Акшукыр) has an area of 2.0 km² and an estimated population of 5 000.
Aqtaw--Mangghystaw (16 400) has an area of 6.7 km² and an estimated population of 17 000.
An unidentified urban area, Aqtaw--8 km E of Aqtaw, has an area of 3.5 km² and an estimated population of zero.
Aqtaw (157 400) has an area of 20.0 km² and an estimated population of 160 000.

Qaraqiya district and Jangaözen (Қарақия, 23 500 and Жаңаөзен, 62 800)

Zhetybay (Жетыбай, 11 200) has an area of 2.7 km² and an estimated population of 11 000.
Quryq (Құрық, 11 300) has an area of 1.8 km² and an estimated population of 11 000.
Jangaözen (51 100) has an area of 16.0 km² and an estimated population of 65 000. Tenge (Тенге, 10 200) is a suburb of Jangaözen.
Jangaözen--Qyzylsay (Қызылсай, 5 700) has an area of 1.7 km² and an estimated population of 6 000.