Aktobe coat of arms on road side sign at the city limit

Aqtöbe (Kazakh: Ақтөбе; Russian: Актюбинск or Aktyubinsk; alternative transliteration: Aktöbe) is a city on the Ilek River in Kazakhstan. With a population of 267,000, it is the capital of Aqtöbe Province. Aqtöbe has an influential Jewish community. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (859x550, 336 KB)I, User:Carole a, took this picture in Winter 2004, it is Aktobes coat of on the road sign as you pass the city limits in the south. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (859x550, 336 KB)I, User:Carole a, took this picture in Winter 2004, it is Aktobes coat of on the road sign as you pass the city limits in the south. ... Kazak, also Kazakh and Qazaq (Қазақ тілі, Qazaq tilî) is a Turkic language with ISO 639 codes of kaz and kk. ... Transliteration in a narrow sense is a mapping from one system of writing into another. ... The Ilek River is a tributary of the Ural River and lies in the Republic of Kazakhstan. ... The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination of these attributes. ...

Aqtöbe was founded in 1869. The city developed extensively during World War II as a center for ferroalloys and chromium. 1869 (MDCCCLXIX) is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a large scale military conflict that took place between 1939 and 1945. ... Ferroalloy refers to various alloys of less than 50 percent iron and one or more other element, manganese or silicon for example. ... General Name, Symbol, Number chromium, Cr, 24 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 6, 4, d Appearance silvery metallic Atomic mass 51. ...

The name "Aqtöbe" comes from Kazakh "aq" (white) and "töbe" (hill); supposedly Aqtöbe's initial settlers were able to see white mountains far to the north. Aqtöbe is also very well known for its flight school. During the Soviet Era many pilots were trained there. State motto (Russian): Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь! (Transliterated: Proletarii vsekh stran, soedinyaytes!) (Translated: Workers of the world, unite!) Capital Moscow Official language None; Russian (de facto) Government Federation of Socialist republics Area  - Total  - % water 1st before collapse 22,402,200 km² Approx. ...