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Pages in category "Tourist attractions in Almaty" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The "Singing Dunes" are located 300 kilometers (190 mi) from Almaty National Park. The area is referred to as the Singing Dunes on account of the rumbling sound emitted from the sand. The Singing Barchan dune is 1.5 km (0.93 mi) long and 120 m (390 ft) high. The barchan is crescent-shaped. When the wind is blowing from the west dispersing the ...
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).
Kazakhstan accepted the convention on 29 April 1994. [3] There are six World Heritage Sites listed in Kazakhstan, with a further 13 on the tentative list. [3] The first site inscribed to the list was the Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi, at the 27th Session of the World Heritage Committee, held in Paris in 2003. [4]
The Almaty Tower or Kök Töbe Tower, the city's television tower, is located on the south-eastern slope of the hill. [2] It was built during 1975 and 1983, and if measured from sea level, this tower is one of the highest in the world – 372 meters tall. It has a couple observation platforms, but they are not open to the public.
Astana Square (Kazakh: Астана Алаңы Astana Alaŋy) or Old Square, formerly known as Red Square and Lenin Square, is a city square in Almaty, Kazakhstan. It is the second largest square in Kazakhstan, after Republic Square. It hosts many public events, concerts, and ceremonies.
The state list of monuments of history and culture of national importance of Almaty city was approved by the Kazakh SSR Government Decree No. 38, January 26, 1982. The list of monuments of local importance was approved by decision No. 2/35 of the executive committee of the Almaty City Council of People's Deputies on January 26, 1984.
The history of the park begins with the creation of the Almaty State Reserve in Zailiisky Alatau in 1931. Initially it occupied an area of 15,000 hectares in the valley of Malaya Almatinka river, in 1935, after increasing the area to 40,000 hectares, and then to 856.7 thousand hectares, it became known as Alma-Ata, covering the whole Zailiisky Alatau ridge.