the Ural river. The history of the area and
the town spans many centuries. The first references are found in the III - IV centuries BC, and the city starts its record from the 1640's.The Caspian sea and the Ural river is rich in fish, and the subsoil oil. And so the main assets of the region, the red fish and black caviar, oil and gas. No wonder the emblem of the city of sturgeon and oil derrick.
Today Atyrau - the main hydrocarbon region of Kazakhstan, the largest center for oil and gas, a promising market of the investment. Well, black caviar from Atyrau is well-known in the CIS and Europe.
In 1991, Atyrau oblast was renamed in Atyrau, the regional center of Guryev, in the city of Atyrau.
The population of the city is 263.8 thousand.