What is "beyneu"

Beyneu is an auyl and the administrative center of Beyneu District in Mangystau Region in western Kazakhstan.

Beyneu first 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 up north in Kasura, there is a Chevron oil plant. The gas pipeline metering station at Beyneu on the border with Uzbekistan. Trains from Russia to Uzbekistan and Tajikistan also passes from it.