Beyneu () is a

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and the administrative center of

Beyneu District Beyneu District ( kk, Бейнеу ауданы, Beineu audany) is a district of Mangystau Region in south-western Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the auyl of Beyneu. The district's population was 68,285 in 2018. The Cens ...

Mangystau Region Mangystau ( kk, Маңғыстау облысы, Mañğystau oblysy; russian: Мангистауская область, Mangistauskaya oblast) is a region of Kazakhstan. Its capital is Aktau (a seaport), which has a population of 183,350 (2017); ...

in western

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. Beyneu first began to expand in the 1970s from a village to a city with the discovery of

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in the area. There is a railway station, and further up north in Kasura, there is a

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plant. The

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of the

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metering station at Beyneu on the border with

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. Trains from Russia to Uzbekistan and

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also pass through it.

References

Populated places in Mangystau Region {{Kazakhstan-geo-stub