Aktau

• Ak­tau Ka­zakh­stan ci­ty po­pula­ti­on — 188,000 (2006);
• Ak­tau Ka­zakh­stan ci­ty pho­ne co­de — +7–7292;
• Ak­tau Ka­zakh­stan ci­ty pos­tal co­de — 130000.

Ak­tau is Man­gistau re­gi­on of Ka­zakh­stan ca­pital. Ak­tau ci­ty is si­tu­ated in so­uth­wes­tern Ka­zakh­stan, east of the Cas­pi­an sea. Man­gysh­lak used to be cal­led a «land that has lost wa­ter». Now it is cal­led a «land that has fo­und wa­ter». Ak­tau is the on­ly ci­ty in the world that li­ves en­ti­rely on sea wa­ter that has be­en de­sali­nated with the help of a nuc­le­ar re­ac­tor. Ak­tau is on­ly a litt­le mo­re than 40 years old, but it al­re­ady has eve­ryt­hing ne­ces­sa­ry for a nor­mal li­fe. Thus Ak­tau has se­veral cul­tu­ral cen­ters, a con­cert hall, ci­nemas and do­zens of lib­ra­ri­es, gyms and sports gro­unds. One may strolls Ak­tau stre­ets for ho­urs on end, ad­mi­ring the arc­hi­tec­tu­ral en­semb­les, gre­en al­le­ys li­ned with pop­lars and aca­ci­as, eme­rald-gre­en lawns and a park.