Kurmangazy, Atyrau Region

Kurmangazy or Qūrmanğazy (Kazakh: Құрманғазы [qʊrmɑ́nʁɑzə́]), known before 2018 as Ganyushkin(o) (Kazakh: Ганюшкин; Russian: Ганюшкино), is the administrative center of the Kurmangazy District, Atyrau Region, Kazakhstan.

Kurmangazy is in the west of Atyrau and close to the north shore of the Caspian Sea and the Kazakhstan–Russia border.

It is in the area west of the Ural River and thus in the European part of Kazakhstan.

[1] It was named after Kazakh composer Qūrmanğazy Sağyrbaev.

Kurmangazy has a cold desert climate (Köppen climate classification BWk) with cold winters and warm summers.