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Aqtöbe

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Aqtöbe, Kazakhstan Aktyube, Aktyubinsk A province and a city founded in 1869 as a Russian military post. The first two names were Russian versions of the Kazakh name meaning ‘White Hill’ from aq ‘white’ and töbe ‘hill’. The city was renamed in 1992 after Kazakh independence in 1991, but reverted to the original name with the Kazakh spelling in 1999. The town formerly called Aqtobe, west of Kustanay, has been renamed Maylīn.

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Aqtöbe

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Aqtöbe or Aktöbe , formerly Aktyubinsk , city (1993 est. pop. 264,000), NW Kazakhstan, on the Ilek River and the Kazalinsk RR. Aqtöbe has an important ferroalloy plant and chromium complex based on nearby ore deposits. Founded in 1869, the city grew rapidly with the expansion of metallurgical industries during World War II.

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