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Almaty, [a] formerly Alma-Ata, [b] is the largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population exceeding two million residents within its metropolitan area. [8] Located in the foothills of the Trans-Ili Alatau mountains in southern Kazakhstan, near the border with Kyrgyzstan, Almaty stands as a pivotal center of culture, commerce, finance and innovation.
The conference marked the 40th anniversary of the Alma-Ata Declaration, and united world leaders to affirm that strong primary health care is essential to achieve universal health coverage. [6] The conference resulted in the adoption of the Astana Declaration on Primary Health Care that reaffirmed and extended the Alma-Ata Declaration. [7]
The Alma-Ata Protocols were the founding declarations and principles of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). The leaders of Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus had agreed to the Belovezha Accords on 8 December 1991, declaring the Soviet Union dissolved and forming the CIS.
Alma-Ata Region, the predecessor of today's Almaty Region, was created from the historical region of Zhetysu on March 10, 1932. Its capital was Alma-Ata ( Almaty ). Several times during the Soviet period, the north-eastern part of the region, centered on Taldyqorğan , was separated from Alma-Ata Region, forming a separate Taldy-Kurgan Region ...
Till 1990, it was the part of Kazakh Department of Civil Aviation, and then reorganized into "Alma-Ata Airport" in 1991. Since 1993, it has run as an independent business unit. In 1994, it was reorganized into OJSC "Almaty Airport" and later renamed to JSC Almaty International Airport.
It was renamed to the Palace of the Republic by the Cabinet of Ministers of the Kazakh SSR in December 6, 1991 by the proposal of the Kazakh SSR State Committee for Culture. The palace was also place for International Primary Health Care meeting where the Alma-Ata Declaration was adopted in 1978. [3] [4]
MEGA Alma-Ata was opened on 25 October 2006 and is located at 247a Rozybakiev Street. The total area of the center is 175,300 m 2, and the commercial area is 80,470 m 2.The total amount to the project was 70 million dollars, and its implementation took 2.5 years.
Now the observatory has four telescopes, which are used to observe galaxies, stars, planets and geostationary satellites. The observatory is located on the territory of the institute, located on the Kamenskoye plateau, within the city. Periodically in the literature there is the name "Alma-Ata Observatory", and the bus stop is called "Observatory".