Proper noun
Aktau
A city (population 160,000), Kazakhstan's main seaport on the Caspian Sea. Official city name 1963-64 and since 1991.
"A summit of the heads of the Caspian states is planned to be held in Aktau. Source: Internet
Prominent labor leaders Amin Yeleusinov and Nurbek Kushakbaev were in late January and sent from the oil town of Aktau to a detention facility in Astana, over 1,000 miles away. Source: Internet
These and other problems were discussed at Kazakhstan-Russia: Caspian Cooperation, a roundtable conference that took place in Aktau (Kazakhstan) on October 14 and 15. Source: Internet