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From 1929 to 1936, the city, then known as Alma-Ata, was the capital of the Kazakh ASSR. [13] From 1936 to 1991, Alma-Ata was the capital of the Kazakh SSR.After Kazakhstan became independent in 1991, the city was renamed Almaty in 1993 and continued as the capital until 1997, when the capital was moved to Akmola (renamed Astana in 1998, Nur-Sultan in 2019, and again Astana in 2022).
Almaty Region (Kazakh: Almaty oblysy [ɑɫmɑˈtə ˌwobɫɤˈsə]), formerly known as the Alma-Ata Region until 1993, is a region in Kazakhstan, located in the southeastern part of the country. Its capital, from 1997 to 2022 was the city of Taldyqorğan .
After the administrative reform in 1997, the last change happened since then took place in 1999, when parts of North Kazakhstan that originally belonged to Kokshetau region became part of Akmola. The 1990s merges were in order to dilute the Russian population in the resulting region and to avoid having regions where Russians form a majority.
English: Location of Almaty in Kazakhstan. Date: 31 July 2011: Source: ... This SVG map is part of a locator map series applying the widespread location map scheme.
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 .
The district is located in the very center of the city. For many years this area was the administrative center and the center of the social and cultural life of Almaty. Today, there are 449 industrial enterprises and 624 trade enterprises in the Almaly District.
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.
4 Almaty. 5 Atyrau. 6 East Kazakhstan. 7 Jetisu. 8 Karagandy. 9 Kostanay. 10 Kyzylorda. 11 Mangystau. ... Districts of Kazakhstan (map in English) Districts of ...