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Astana, [a] formerly known as Nur-Sultan, Akmolinsk, Tselinograd, and Akmola, [15] is the capital city of Kazakhstan. With a population of 1,350,228 within the city limits, it is the second-largest in the country after Almaty, which had been the capital until 1997. [16]
Detailed map of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan is located in Central Asia , with a small portion in Eastern Europe . [ 1 ] With an area of about 2,724,900 square kilometers (1,052,100 sq mi) Kazakhstan is more than twice the combined size of the other four Central Asian states and 60% larger than Alaska .
Almaty District (Kazakh: Алматы ауданы, Almaty audany; Russian: Район Алматы), is an administrative subdivision of the city of Astana, Kazakhstan. It was named after the city of Almaty.
Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport [a] (IATA: NQZ, ICAO: UACC), alternatively referred by its previous name as Astana International Airport until 2017 (or simply Astana Airport), is the international airport serving Astana, Kazakhstan, the capital and second most populous city in the country. It is the primary aviation hub for northern ...
Map of Kazakhstan. This is a list of airports in Kazakhstan, sorted by location. Aerodromes here are listed with their 4-letter ICAO code, and 3-letter IATA code (where available). Kazakhstan is a unitary state consisting of seventeen regions. The capital city of Kazakhstan is Astana.
Three cities, Almaty, Shymkent, and the capital city Astana, do not belong to their surrounding regions. On 16 March 2022, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev announced that three new regions would be created. [1] Abai Region was created from East Kazakhstan Region with its capital in Semey.
The following is a list of cities with more than 50,000 inhabitants in Kazakhstan. The names of many places have been changed during the 20th and 21st centuries, sometimes more than once. Wherever possible, the old names have been included and linked to the new ones. As of April 2024, the share of Kazakhstan's urban population is 62.3%. [1]
On February 7, 2018, a 460-hectare cross-strip plot intended for the placement of the city cemetery was transferred to the district from the territory of the Tselinograd district of Akmola Region. [5] On March 16, 2018, most of the district 's territory was transferred to the newly formed Baikonur district and reduced to 67.75 km 2. [6]