Almaty

Almaty is the largest city and the financial and cultural capital of . Though short on grand sights, Almaty is relentlessly pleasant, with upmarket shops, bars, and cafes tucked among lush, tree-lined streets and esplanades, while the snow-capped Trans-Ili Alatau mountains to the south give the city a beautifully dramatic backdrop.
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  • Type: City with 2,330,000 residents
  • Description: largest city of Kazakhstan
  • Also known as: “Almati”, “Almáti”, “City of Almaty”, “Fort Vernoe”, “Fort Verny”, “Fort Vernyi”, “Fort Zailiyskoe”, “Gurban Almatu”, “Gurban-almatu”, “V́ernîy”, “Vernoe”, “Vernoye”, “Verny”, “Vyernoe”, “Vyernoye”, “Vyernyi”, and “Zailiyskoe”
  • Historically known as: “Alma-Ata” and “Vernyy”
  • Address: Алматы
  • Postal code: 050000
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Central Stadium and Central State Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Stadium
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Almaty (Kazakh: Алматы орталық стадионы, romanized: Almaty ortalyq stadiony, simply referred to as the , is a multi-purpose stadium in Almaty, and the largest sports complex in the country.

Museum
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The Central State Museum of Kazakhstan is the largest museum in Almaty, , and one of the largest museums in . When first established in 1931, the museum was located in the Almaty Cathedral.

Church
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The , also known as Zenkov Cathedral, is a Russian Orthodox cathedral located in Panfilov Park in Almaty, . Completed in 1907, the cathedral is made out of wood but without nails.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kok Tobe and Tastak.

Locality
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Köktöbe or Koktyube is a hill in Almaty, Kazakhstan's largest city and former capital. At 1,100 meters above sea level, it is one of the main landmarks of the city and a symbol of Almaty.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Almaty

Latitude
43.2364° or 43° 14′ 11″ north
Longitude
76.9457° or 76° 56′ 45″ east
Population
2,330,000
Elevation
783 metres (2,569 feet)
IATA airport code
ALA
United Nations Location Code
KZ ALA
Open location code
8JMR6WPW+H7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 26544289
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1526384
Wiki­data ID
Q35493
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Almaty” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Almati”
  • Afrikaans: “Almaty”
  • Albanian: “Almati”
  • Amharic: “አልማቲ”
  • Arabic: “ألماتة”
  • Arabic: “ألماتي”
  • Arabic: “ألماطة”
  • Arabic: “أَلْمَاطَة”
  • Aragonese: “Almaty”
  • Armenian: “Ալմա Աթա”
  • Armenian: “Ալմա-Աթա”
  • Armenian: “Ալմաթի”
  • Arpitan: “Almaty”
  • Asturian: “Almaty”
  • Awadhi: “अलमाती”
  • Azerbaijani: “Alma-ata”
  • Azerbaijani: “Almaata”
  • Azerbaijani: “Almatı”
  • Balinese: “Almaty”
  • Bashkir: “Алматы”
  • Basque: “Almaty”
  • Bavarian: “Almaty”
  • Belarusian: “Алма-Ата” (historical)
  • Belarusian: “Алматы”
  • Bengali: “আলমাটি”
  • Bengali: “আলমাতি”
  • Bosnian: “Almati”
  • Bosnian: “Almaty”
  • Breton: “Almaty”
  • Bulgarian: “Алма Ати”
  • Bulgarian: “Алма-ата”
  • Bulgarian: “Алмаати”
  • Bulgarian: “Алмати”
  • Catalan: “Alma Atà”
  • Catalan: “Alma-Atà”
  • Catalan: “Almati”
  • Catalan: “Almaty”
  • Catalan: “Vernyi”
  • Catalan: “Viernyi”
  • Cebuano: “Almaty (kapital sa lalawigan)”
  • Cebuano: “Almaty”
  • Central Kurdish: “ئالماتی”
  • Chechen: “Алма-Ата”
  • Cherokee: “ᎠᎵᎹᏘ”
  • Chinese: “Almaty”
  • Chinese: “维尔尼”
  • Chinese: “蘋果城”
  • Chinese: “阿拉木图”
  • Chinese: “阿拉木图市”
  • Chinese: “阿拉木圖”
  • Chuvash: “Алматы”
  • Corsican: “Almaty”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Almatı”
  • Croatian: “Almati”
  • Czech: “Almaty”
  • Czech: “Věrnyj”
  • Danish: “Almaty”
  • Dutch: “Alma-Ata”
  • Dutch: “Almati”
  • Dutch: “Almatı”
  • Dutch: “Almaty”
  • Eastern Mari: “Алматы”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الماتى”
  • Esperanto: “Almato”
  • Estonian: “Almatinsk”
  • Estonian: “Almatõ”
  • Estonian: “Vernõi”
  • Finnish: “Almati”
  • Finnish: “Almatı”
  • Finnish: “Almaty”
  • French: “Alma-ata”
  • French: “Almaty”
  • French: “Vernoë”
  • Friulian: “Almaty”
  • Gagauz: “Almatı”
  • Galician: “Almati”
  • Georgian: “ალმა ატა”
  • Georgian: “ალმა-ათა”
  • Georgian: “ალმა-ატა”
  • Georgian: “ალმათი”
  • German: “Almaty”
  • German: “KZ-ALA”
  • German: “Wjernoje”
  • German: “Alma-Ata” (historical)
  • German: “Werny” (historical)
  • Greek: “Άλμα Άτα”
  • Greek: “Αλμάτι”
  • Gujarati: “અલ્માટી”
  • Hausa: “Almaty”
  • Hebrew: “אלמא אטא”
  • Hebrew: “אלמאטי”
  • Hebrew: “אלמה אטה”
  • Hebrew: “אלמה-אטה”
  • Hebrew: “אלמטי”
  • Hindi: “अलमा-अता”
  • Hindi: “अलमाती”
  • Hindi: “अल्माटी”
  • Hungarian: “Almati”
  • Hungarian: “Vernij”
  • Hungarian: “Zailijszkoje”
  • Icelandic: “Almaty”
  • Ido: “Almatı”
  • Ido: “Almaty”
  • Iloko: “Almaty”
  • Indonesian: “Almatı”
  • Indonesian: “Almaty”
  • Interlingua: “Almaty”
  • Interlingue: “Almaty”
  • Irish: “Almaty”
  • Italian: “Almaty”
  • Italian: “Verni”
  • Italian: “Vernyi”
  • Japanese: “アルマ・アタ”
  • Japanese: “アルマアタ”
  • Japanese: “アルマティ”
  • Japanese: “アルマトィ”
  • Japanese: “アルマトイ”
  • Japanese: “アルマトゥ”
  • Japanese: “アルマトゥイ”
  • Japanese: “ヴェールヌイ”
  • Japanese: “ヴェルヌイ”
  • Javanese: “Almaty”
  • Kannada: “ಅಲ್ಮಾಟಿ”
  • Kannada: “ಅಲ್ಮಾಟೀ”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Almati”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Almatı”
  • Kazakh: “Almaty qalasy”
  • Kazakh: “Almaty”
  • Kazakh: “Vernyi”
  • Kazakh: “Алматы қаласы”
  • Kazakh: “Алматы”
  • Kazakh: “Верный”
  • Kirghiz: “Алматы”
  • Komi: “Алматы”
  • Kongo: “Almaty”
  • Korean: “알마아타”
  • Korean: “알마트”
  • Korean: “알마티”
  • Kurdish: “Almatî”
  • Ladino: “Almaty”
  • Lak: “Алматы”
  • Latin: “Almata”
  • Latvian: “Alma-ata”
  • Latvian: “Almaata”
  • Latvian: “Almati”
  • Latvian: “Vernija”
  • Lezghian: “Алма-Ата”
  • Lezghian: “Алмата”
  • Lezghian: “Алматы”
  • Ligurian: “Almaty”
  • Limburgan: “Almaty”
  • Lithuanian: “Almata”
  • Lithuanian: “Vernas”
  • Lithuanian: “Zailijskojė”
  • Low German: “Almaty”
  • Luxembourgish: “Almaty”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Almaty”
  • Macedonian: “Алмати”
  • Magahi: “अल्माती”
  • Malagasy: “Almaty”
  • Malay: “Almaty”
  • Malayalam: “അൽമാട്ടി”
  • Maltese: “Almaty”
  • Marathi: “अलमाटी”
  • Marathi: “अल्मा अटा”
  • Marathi: “अल्मा-अटा”
  • Marathi: “अल्माटी”
  • Mazanderani: “آلماتي”
  • Mazanderani: “آلماتی”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Almaty”
  • Minangkabau: “Almaty”
  • Mingrelian: “ალმათი”
  • Moksha: “Алматы”
  • Mongolian: “Алимтай”
  • Mongolian: “Алматы хот”
  • Mongolian: “Алматы”
  • Narom: “Almaty”
  • Navajo: “Neestʼą́dziil”
  • Neapolitan: “Almaty”
  • Northern Frisian: “Almaty (Steed)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Almaty”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Almaty”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Almaty”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vernij”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Verniy”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vernyj”
  • Norwegian: “Almaty”
  • Novial: “Almaty”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Almaty”
  • Oromo: “Almaty”
  • Ossetian: “Алматы”
  • Pampanga: “Almaty”
  • Panjabi: “ਅਲਮਾਟੀ”
  • Panjabi: “ਅਲਮਾਤੀ”
  • Papiamento: “Almaty”
  • Persian: “آلماآتا”
  • Persian: “آلماآتی”
  • Persian: “آلماتی”
  • Persian: “المااتا”
  • Persian: “المااتی”
  • Persian: “الماتی”
  • Picard: “Almaty”
  • Piemontese: “Almaty”
  • Polish: “Ałma Ata”
  • Polish: “Ałma-ata”
  • Polish: “Ałmata”
  • Polish: “Ałmaty”
  • Portuguese: “Alma ata”
  • Portuguese: “Alma Atá”
  • Portuguese: “Alma-ata”
  • Portuguese: “Almati”
  • Portuguese: “Almaty”
  • Pushto: “الماته”
  • Pushto: “الماتی”
  • Romanian: “Almatî”
  • Romanian: “Almaty”
  • Romansh: “Almaty”
  • Russia Buriat: “Алимта”
  • Russia Buriat: “Альмата”
  • Russian: “Алма-Ата” (historical)
  • Russian: “Алма-Аты”
  • Russian: “Алмата”
  • Russian: “Алматы”
  • Russian: “Верное”
  • Russian: “Ве́рное”
  • Russian: “Верный” (historical)
  • Russian: “Гурбан Алматы”
  • Russian: “Заилийское”
  • Russian: “Южная столица Казахстана”
  • Santali: “ᱟᱞᱢᱟᱴᱤ”
  • Sardinian: “Almaty”
  • Scots: “Almaty”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Almaty”
  • Serbian: “Almaty”
  • Serbian: “Алмати”
  • Serbian: “Верниј”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Almati”
  • Sicilian: “Almati”
  • Sicilian: “Almaty”
  • Sicilian: “Ałmaty”
  • Sicilian: “Алматы”
  • Silesian: “Almaty”
  • Silesian: “Ałmaty”
  • Sinhala: “අල්මටි”
  • Sinhala: “අල්මැටි”
  • Slovak: “Alma-Ata”
  • Slovak: “Almati”
  • Slovak: “Almatı”
  • Slovenian: “Almati”
  • Somali: “Almaty”
  • South Azerbaijani: “آلماتی”
  • Spanish: “Alma Ata”
  • Spanish: “Almá-Atá”
  • Spanish: “Almatí”
  • Spanish: “Almaty”
  • Spanish: “Almatý”
  • Standard Moroccan Tamazight: “ⴰⵍⵎⴰⵜⵉ”
  • Swahili: “Almaty”
  • Swedish: “Almatinskij”
  • Swedish: “Almaty”
  • Swedish: “Vernyj”
  • Swedish: “Zailijskij”
  • Swiss German: “Almaty”
  • Tagalog: “Almaty”
  • Tajik: “Алмаато”
  • Tajik: “Олматӣ”
  • Tajik: “Олмотӣ”
  • Tamil: “அல்மாத்தி”
  • Tamil: “அள்மாடி”
  • Tatar: “Алмата”
  • Tatar: “Алматы”
  • Telugu: “ఆల్మాటీ”
  • Thai: “อัลมา-อะตา”
  • Thai: “อัลมาตี”
  • Thai: “อัลมาเตอ”
  • Tibetan: “ཨཱལ་མ་ཊི།”
  • Turkish: “Almaata”
  • Turkish: “Almatı”
  • Turkmen: “Almaty”
  • Tuvinian: “Алматы”
  • Udmurt: “Алма-Ата”
  • Udmurt: “Алматы”
  • Uighur: “Almuta”
  • Uighur: “ئالمۇتا”
  • Ukrainian: “Алма-Ата” (historical)
  • Ukrainian: “Алмати”
  • Ukrainian: “Вірний” (historical)
  • Upper Sorbian: “Almaty”
  • Urdu: “الماتی”
  • Urdu: “الماتے”
  • Uzbek: “Almati”
  • Uzbek: “Olmaota”
  • Venetian: “Almaty”
  • Veps: “Almati”
  • Vietnamese: “Almaty”
  • Vlaams: “Almaty”
  • Volapük: “Almaty”
  • Walloon: “Almaty”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Almaty”
  • Welsh: “Almaty”
  • Western Mari: “Алма-Ата”
  • Western Panjabi: “آلماتی”
  • Wolof: “Almaty”
  • Wu Chinese: “阿拉木图”
  • Yakut: “Алматы”
  • Yiddish: “אלמאטיע”
  • Yiddish: “אַלמאַטיע”
  • Yoruba: “Almaty”
  • Yue Chinese: “阿拉木圖”
  • Zulu: “Almaty”
  • “Alma Ata”
  • “Alma-Ata”
  • “Almata”
  • “Almaty”
  • “Алма Ата”
  • “Алма-Ата”

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