Question: aktau is located in which country?
Answer: Aktau (Kazakh: Ақтау, romanized: Aqtaý; Russian: Актау) is a city in Kazakhstan, located on the Eastern shore of the Caspian Sea. Its current name means "white mountain" in Kazakh, which may be due to its cliffs that overlook the Caspian. From 1964 to 1991 city was known as Shevchenko (Russian: Шевченко).