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Almaty

 
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A city of Kazakhstan in the southeast part of the country near the border of Kyrgyzstan. Founded in the 1850s as a Russian fort and trading post, the city served as the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to 1997 and is the commercial and cultural center of the country. Population: 1,180,000.

 

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Britannica Concise Encyclopedia: Almaty
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City (pop., 1999: 1,129,400), southeastern Kazakhstan. Formerly the capital of Kazakhstan, it lost its capital status in 1995 to Aqmola (now Astana). The modern city was founded in 1854, when the Russians established a military fortification on the site of the ancient city of Almaty, destroyed by the Mongols in the 13th century. With the coming of the railroad in 1930, its population grew rapidly. In World War II (1939 – 45), heavy industry expanded widely as factories were evacuated to the site from European Russia. The city remains a major industrial centre.

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Almaty (əlmä'tē), formerly Alma-Ata (ăl'mə-ətä'), city (1993 pop. 1,176,000), capital of Almaty prov., Kazakhstan, in the foothills of the Trans-Ili Alatau. A terminus of the Turkistan-Siberia RR, Almaty is the industrial, financial, and cultural center of Kazakhstan and was for many years its capital; in 1997 the capital of Kazakhstan was moved to Astana. Leading industries include fruit canning, meatpacking, tobacco processing, and the repair of railroad equipment. Most of the inhabitants are ethnic Russians, with Kazakhs the next largest group. The city was founded in 1854 as a Russian fort and trade center known as Verny. It has been repeatedly struck by earthquakes and mud slides during its long history. Almaty has a university and is the site of the Kazakh Academy of Sciences. To the east is Ile-Alatau National Park.

Dialing Code: The telephone dialing code for: Almaty, Kazakhstan
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The country code is: 7
The city code is: 327

Local Time: Almaty, Kazakhstan
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It is 8:44 PM, December 7, in Almaty (Kazakhstan).

Translations: Alma-Ata
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n. - Alma-Ata, Almaty

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Deutsch (German)
n. - Alma Ata, Almaty

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n. - Alma ata

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n. - 阿拉木圖

한국어 (Korean)
알마티의 다른 이름; 알마-아타 (2000년 까지 중앙 아시아의 카자흐스탄 공화국의 수도)

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אלמה אטא, אלמאטי‬

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