Aktau City Tour

Aktau is located in the western part of Kazakhstan, on the Mangyshlak peninsula and is the capital of Mangystau Region. Aktau means “White Mountain” in Kazakh.Discovery of uranium deposits in the vicinity of Aktau in 1960s gave impetus to the development of the city.From 1964 till 1991 the city was calledShevchenko, afterthe Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko who spent here his political exile in the 19th century.

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