Almaty

This article is about the city. For the region, see Almaty Region.

Almatу
Алматы
City
Skyline of Almaty from Köktöbe
Abay Opera House
Ascension Cathedral
KBTU Building
Kok Tobe cable car
Panfilov Street Esplanade
Flag of Almatу
Flag
Coat of arms of Almatу
Coat of arms
Nicknames: 
"Southern Capital", "Apple City", "Big Apple", "ALA"
Almatу is located in Kazakhstan
Almatу
Almatу
Location in Kazakhstan
Almatу is located in Continental Asia
Almatу
Almatу
Almatу (Continental Asia)
Coordinates: 43°14′24″N 76°54′54″E / 43.24000°N 76.91500°E / 43.24000; 76.91500
CountryKazakhstan
First settled1000–801 BC
Founded1854
Incorporated (city)1867
Subdivisions8 districts
Government
 • BodyCity Mäslihat
 • AkimErbolat Dosaev
Area
 • City
752 km2 (290 sq mi)
 • Metro
9,395 km2 (3,627 sq mi)
Highest elevation
1,700 m (5,600 ft)
Lowest elevation
500 m (1,600 ft)
Population
 (1 April 2024)[2]
 • City
2,249,500[1]
 • Density2,990/km2 (7,750/sq mi)
GDP
[3]
 • CityKZT 19,155 billion
US$ 41.5 billion (2022)
 • Per capitaKZT 8,985,600
US$ 19,461 (2022)
Time zoneUTC+5 (UTC+5)
Postal code
050000–050063
Area code+7 727[4]
ISO 3166 codeALA
Vehicle registration02 (A – on older plates)
HDI (2022)0.831[5]
very high · 1st
ClimateDfa

Almaty,[a] formerly Alma-Ata,[b] is the largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of over two million.[8] It was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to 1936, while the country was an autonomous republic of the Russian SFSR, then from 1936 to 1991, a union republic of the Soviet Union and finally from 1991, an independent state.[9] In 1997, the government relocated the capital to Akmola (now called Astana).

Almaty is still the major commercial, financial, and cultural centre of Kazakhstan, as well as its most populous and most cosmopolitan city.[10] The city is located in the mountainous area of southern Kazakhstan near the border with Kyrgyzstan in the foothills of the Trans-Ili Alatau at an elevation of 700–900 m (2,300–3,000 feet), where the Large and Small Almatinka rivers run into the plain.[11] The city, just like Astana and Shymkent, does not belong to any region and is officially a "city of republican significance".

The city has been part of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network in the area of music since November 2017.[12]

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  2. ^ "KAZAKHSTAN: Administrative Division". citypopulation.de. Archived from the original on 21 January 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  3. ^ DOSM. "Department of Statistics Kazakhstan". stat.gov.kz. Archived from the original on 2 January 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  4. ^ "Code of Access". Almaly.almaty.kz. Archived from the original on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
  5. ^ "Sub-national HDI – Area Database – Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Archived from the original on 23 September 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Almaty Definition & Meaning". Britannica Dictionary. Encyclopaedia Britannica. Archived from the original on 17 June 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  7. ^ "Almaty". Dictionary.com Unabridged (Online). n.d. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  8. ^ "Об изменении численности населения Республики Казахстан с начала 2017 года до 1 декабря 2017 года (Citizenship of the Republic of Kazakhstan ... to 1 December 2017)" (in Russian). Stat.gov.kz. 4 January 2018. Archived from the original on 23 January 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  9. ^ "Население". Stat.kz. Archived from the original on 4 January 2013. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
  10. ^ Brummell, Paul; Oleynik, Maria (2018). Kazakhstan. Bradt Travel Guides. p. 26. ISBN 9781784770921. Archived from the original on 28 June 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  11. ^ "Almaty, Kazakhstan" Archived 20 November 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Encyclopædia Britannica
  12. ^ "Almaty included into network of the creative cities of UNESCO" (in Russian). Retrieved 3 October 2018.[permanent dead link‍]


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