What is Atyrau?
{{Infobox settlement | official_name = Atyrau | native_name = {{native name|kk|Атырау|italics=off}} | native_name_lang = Kazakh | settlement_type = City | image_skyline = Акимат Атырау .jpg | imagesize = 250px | image_caption = The government building | image_flag = Flag of Atyrau, Kazakhstan.svg | image_seal = Coat of arms of Atyrau.svg | image_map = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Kazakhstan#Europe#Asia | pushpin_label_position = bottom | pushpin_mapsize = 280 | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Kazakhstan##Location in Europe##Location in Asia | subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] | subdivision_type1 = [[Regions of Kazakhstan|Region]] | subdivision_name = {{flag|Kazakhstan}} | subdivision_name1 = [[Atyrau Region]] | established_title = Founded | established_date = 1640 | established_title2 = City status | established_date2 = 1885 | government_type = | leader_title = Akim <small>([[mayor]])</small> | leader_name = Shakir Keikin<ref>{{Cite web|language=ru|url=https://www.zakon.kz/6399502-naznachen-akim--atyrau.html|title=Назначен аким Атырау|website=www.zakon.kz|date=2023-07-10|access-date=}}</ref> | area_magnitude = | area_total_sq_mi = | area_total_km2 = | area_land_sq_mi = | area_land_km2 = | area_urban_sq_mi = | area_urban_km2 = | area_metro_km2 = | area_metro_sq_mi = | population_as_of = 2023 | population_footnotes = | population_total = 316449 | population_urban = | population_metro = 401628 | population_density_sq_mi = | population_density_km2 = auto | timezone = [[GMT+5]] | utc_offset = | timezone_DST