KARAKALPAK of Atyrau

Photo of bridge to Atyrau Kazakhstan by Zhanna Lorde. CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
  • POPULATION: 700
  • LANGUAGE: Karakalpak
  • RELIGIOUS BACKGROUND: Islam
  • PROGRESS: 0% Christian; 0% Evangelical
  • BIBLE TRANSLATION: Complete

One of Kazakhstan’s two major sports, Atyrau sits at the moutn of the Ural River on the Caspian Sea, with Europe on one side and Asia on the other. A major oil and gas center, Atyrau attacts workers from other regions, including Karakalpakstan is a semi-autonomous region within Uzbekistan. The Karakalpak people are more closely related to the Kazakhs than Uzbeks.

Prayer Request:

Pray for laborers, open doors and people of peace.

Map showing Atyrau Kazakhstan and Karakalpakstan

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