Beyneu Explained

Official Name:Beyneu
Native Name:Beineu
Бейнеу
Pushpin Map:Kazakhstan
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Mapsize:280
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Kazakhstan
Population Total:40 344
Coordinates:45.3247°N 55.1958°W

Beyneu is a village and the administrative center of Beyneu District in Mangystau Region in western Kazakhstan.

Beyneu began to expand in the 1970s from a village to a city with the discovery of oil in the area. There is a railway station and, further north in Kasura, there is a Chevron oil plant. The gas pipeline of the Central Asia–Center gas pipeline system metering station at Beyneu on the border with Uzbekistan. Trains from Russia to Uzbekistan and Tajikistan pass through it.

Climate

Beyneu has a highly continental[1] desert climate (Köppen: BWk)[2] with very cold winters and very hot summers.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Continental Climate and Continentality . Snow . Richard . SpringerLink . Encyclopedia of World Climatology . 13 January 2024 .
  2. Table 1 Overview of the Köppen-Geiger climate classes including the defining criteria. . Nature: Scientific Data . en.