Astana

Astana, in the on the banks of the Esil river, is the capital and the second largest city of the country. Modern Astana is a planned city, designed by Japanese architect Kisho Kurokawa.
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  • Type: City with 1,600,000 residents
  • Description: capital of Kazakhstan
  • Also known as: Qaraötkel
  • Historically known as: Akmola”, “Akmolinsk”, “Aqmola”, “Astana”, “Bozok”, “Nur-Sultan”, “Tselinograd”, and “阿斯塔纳
  • Address: Астана, 010000
  • Postal codes: 010000 and 010000

Places of Interest

Highlights include Astana Arena and Khan Shatyr.

Stadium
The is a football stadium in Astana, Kazakhstan. The stadium holds 30,000 and has a retractable roof. It serves as the national stadium for the Kazakhstan national football team.

Shopping center
is a transparent tent-shaped Entertainment Center located in Astana, the capital city of . Built in a neo-futurist style, the architectural project was unveiled by the first President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev on December 9, 2006.

Theater building
is an opera house in Astana, , on the basis of an executive order of Nursultan Nazarbayev.

Astana

Latitude
51.1282° or 51° 7′ 42″ north
Longitude
71.4307° or 71° 25′ 50″ east
Population
1,600,000
Elevation
358 metres (1,175 feet)
Inception
1830
IATA airport codes
TSE and NQZ
United Nations Location Code
KZ AST
Open location code
9J3H4CHJ+77
Open­Street­Map ID
node 27548009
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1526273
Wiki­data ID
Q1520
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In Other Languages

From Abkhazian to Zulu—“Astana” goes by many names.
  • Abkhazian: Астана
  • Abkhazian: Нур-Султан
  • Achinese: Astana
  • Achinese: Nur-Sultan
  • Adyghe: Акмола
  • Adyghe: Акмолинск
  • Adyghe: Астана
  • Adyghe: Нур-Султан
  • Adyghe: Целиноград
  • Afrikaans: Akmola
  • Afrikaans: Akmolinsk
  • Afrikaans: Astana
  • Afrikaans: Noersoeltan
  • Afrikaans: Tselinograd
  • Albanian: Astana
  • Albanian: Astanaja
  • Albanian: Nur-Sultan
  • Albanian: Nursultan
  • Amharic: ኑር-ሡልታን
  • Amharic: ኑርሡልታን
  • Amharic: አስታና” (historical)
  • Arabic: آستانا” (historical)
  • Arabic: أستانا
  • Arabic: أَسْتَانَة
  • Arabic: أستانة” (historical)
  • Arabic: أسطانا” (historical)
  • Arabic: أقمولة
  • Arabic: استانا” (historical)
  • Arabic: الأستانة
  • Arabic: نور سلطان” (historical)
  • Aragonese: Akmola
  • Aragonese: Astaná
  • Aragonese: Nursultano
  • Armenian: Ակմոլա
  • Armenian: Ակմոլինսկ
  • Armenian: Աստանա” (historical)
  • Armenian: Նուրսուլթան” (historical)
  • Armenian: Ցելինոգրադ
  • Arpitan: Astana
  • Arpitan: Nur-Sultan
  • Asturian: Akmola
  • Asturian: Akmolinsk
  • Asturian: Astaná
  • Asturian: Nur-Sultan
  • Asturian: Tselinograd
  • Avaric: Астана
  • Awadhi: अस्ताना
  • Awadhi: नूर्सुल्तान
  • Aymara: Nur-Sultan
  • Azerbaijani: Astana” (historical)
  • Azerbaijani: Nur-Sultan
  • Balinese: Astana
  • Balinese: Nursultan
  • Bashkir: Астана
  • Bashkir: Нур-солтан
  • Basque: Astana” (historical)
  • Basque: Nur-Sultan
  • Belarusian: Акмала
  • Belarusian: Акмалінск
  • Belarusian: Акмола
  • Belarusian: Астана
  • Belarusian: Нур-Султан
  • Belarusian: Цалінаград
  • Bengali: আস্তানা” (historical)
  • Bengali: নুর-সুলতান
  • Betawi: Astana
  • Bosnian: Astana” (historical)
  • Bosnian: Nur-Sultan
  • Breton: Astana
  • Breton: Nur-Sultan
  • Bulgarian: Акмола
  • Bulgarian: Акмолинск
  • Bulgarian: Астана” (historical)
  • Bulgarian: Нур Султан
  • Bulgarian: Нур-Султан
  • Bulgarian: Нурсултан
  • Bulgarian: Целиноград
  • Burmese: နျူ-ဆူလ်တန်မြို့
  • Catalan: Akmolà
  • Catalan: Akmólinsk
  • Catalan: Aqmola
  • Catalan: Astana
  • Catalan: Astanà” (historical)
  • Catalan: Nur-Sultan” (historical)
  • Catalan: Nursultan
  • Catalan: Tselinograd
  • Cebuano: Astana
  • Cebuano: Nur-Sultan
  • Central Bikol: Astana
  • Central Bikol: Nur-Sultan
  • Central Kurdish: ئاستانا” (historical)
  • Central Kurdish: نورسوڵتان
  • Central Kurdish: نوورسوڵتان
  • Chechen: Астана
  • Chinese: Astana
  • Chinese: 亚克摩林
  • Chinese: 切利诺格勒
  • Chinese: 切利諾格勒
  • Chinese: 努尔-苏丹
  • Chinese: 努尔苏丹
  • Chinese: 努爾-蘇丹
  • Chinese: 努爾蘇丹
  • Chinese: 阿克莫拉
  • Chinese: 阿斯塔納
  • Chinese: 阿斯塔纳
  • Church Slavic: Астана
  • Chuvash: Астана
  • Crimean Tatar: Astana
  • Crimean Tatar: Nur-Sultan
  • Croatian: Astana
  • Czech: Akmola
  • Czech: Akmolinsk
  • Czech: Astana” (historical)
  • Czech: Celinograd
  • Czech: Nur-Sultan” (historical)
  • Czech: Nursultan
  • Danish: Astana” (historical)
  • Danish: Nur-Sultan” (historical)
  • Dimli (individual language): Astana
  • Dimli (individual language): Nur-Sultan
  • Dutch: Akmolinsk
  • Dutch: Aqmola
  • Dutch: Astana” (historical)
  • Dutch: Noer-Soeltan” (historical)
  • Dutch: Noersoeltan
  • Dutch: Nur-Sultan
  • Dutch: Tselinograd
  • Eastern Mari: Астана
  • Eastern Mari: Нур-Султан
  • Egyptian Arabic: نور سلطان
  • Erzya: Астана ош
  • Erzya: Астана
  • Erzya: Нур-Султан
  • Esperanto: Akmolinsko
  • Esperanto: Akmolo
  • Esperanto: Astano” (historical)
  • Esperanto: Celinogrado
  • Esperanto: Nur-Sultano” (historical)
  • Esperanto: Nursultano
  • Estonian: Astana” (historical)
  • Estonian: Nur-Sultan” (historical)
  • Fiji Hindi: Astana
  • Fiji Hindi: Nur-Sultan
  • Fiji Hindi: Nursultan
  • Finnish: Astana” (historical)
  • Finnish: Nur-Sultan
  • French: Akmola
  • French: Akmolinsk
  • French: Noursoultan
  • French: Tselinograd
  • French: Astana” (historical)
  • French: Nour-Soultan” (historical)
  • Gagauz: Astana
  • Gagauz: Nur-Sultan
  • Galician: Akmola
  • Galician: Astana
  • Galician: Nur-Sultan
  • Georgian: ასტანა” (historical)
  • Georgian: ნურ-სულთანი
  • Georgian: ნურსულთანი
  • German: Akmolinsk
  • German: Aqmola
  • German: Zelinograd
  • German: Astana” (historical)
  • German: Nur-Sultan” (historical)
  • Greek: Aστάνα” (historical)
  • Greek: Αστανά
  • Greek: Αστάνα
  • Greek: Νουρ-σουλτάν
  • Greek: Νουρ-Σουλτάν
  • Greek: Νουρσουλτάν
  • Gujarati: અસટાના
  • Gujarati: નર્સલ્ટન
  • Haitian: Astana
  • Haitian: Nur-Sultan
  • Hakka Chinese: Astana
  • Hakka Chinese: Nur-Sultan
  • Hausa: Akmola
  • Hausa: Akmolinsk
  • Hausa: Aqmola
  • Hausa: Astana
  • Hausa: Nur-Sultan
  • Hausa: Tselinograd
  • Hebrew: אסטנה” (historical)
  • Hebrew: אקמולה
  • Hebrew: אקמולינסק
  • Hebrew: נור-סולטן
  • Hebrew: צלינוגרד
  • Hindi: अस्ताना
  • Hindi: नूर-सुल्तान
  • Hindi: नूर्सुल्तान
  • Hungarian: Akmola
  • Hungarian: Akmolinszk
  • Hungarian: Asztana” (historical)
  • Hungarian: Celinográd
  • Hungarian: Nur-Szultan
  • Icelandic: Astana” (historical)
  • Icelandic: Nur-Sultan
  • Ido: Astana
  • Ido: Nur-Sultan
  • Iloko: Astana
  • Iloko: Nur-Sultan
  • Indonesian: Astana, Kazakstan
  • Indonesian: Astana” (historical)
  • Indonesian: Nur-Sultan, Kazakstan
  • Indonesian: Nur-Sultan
  • Indonesian: Nursultan, Kazakstan
  • Indonesian: Nursultan
  • Ingush: Астана
  • Interlingua: Astana
  • Interlingua: Nur-Sultan
  • Interlingue: Astana
  • Interlingue: Nur-Sultan
  • Irish: Astana
  • Irish: Nur-Sultan
  • Italian: Akmola
  • Italian: Astana” (historical)
  • Italian: Nur-Sultan” (historical)
  • Japanese: アクモラ
  • Japanese: アクモリンスク
  • Japanese: アスタナ” (historical)
  • Japanese: ツェリノグラード
  • Japanese: ヌル-スルタン
  • Japanese: ヌル=スルタン
  • Japanese: ヌルスルタン
  • Javanese: Astana, Kazakhstan
  • Javanese: Astana
  • Javanese: Nur-Sultan
  • Javanese: Nursultan, Kazakhstan
  • Kabardian: Астана
  • Kabardian: Нур-Султан
  • Kadazan Dusun: Astana
  • Kadazan Dusun: Nur-Sultan
  • Kadazan Dusun: Nursultan
  • Kannada: ಅಸ್ಟಾನ
  • Kannada: ಅಸ್ತಾನ
  • Kannada: ನ-ಸುಲ್ತಾನ್
  • Kannada: ನಸುಲ್ತಾನ್
  • Kannada: ನೂರ್-ಸುಲ್ತಾನ್
  • Kara-Kalpak: Astana
  • Kara-Kalpak: Nur-Sultan
  • Kazakh: Aqmola
  • Kazakh: Aqmolinsk
  • Kazakh: Astana
  • Kazakh: Nūr-Sūltan
  • Kazakh: Tselinograd
  • Kazakh: Ақмола
  • Kazakh: Ақмолинск
  • Kazakh: Астана” (historical)
  • Kazakh: Нұр-Сұлтан” (historical)
  • Kazakh: Целиноград
  • Khmer: នុរស៊ុលតង់
  • Khmer: អាស្តាណា
  • Kinyarwanda: Astana
  • Kinyarwanda: Nur-Sultan
  • Kinyarwanda: Nursultan
  • Kirghiz: Астана
  • Kirghiz: Нур-султан
  • Kirghiz: Нурсултан
  • Komi-Permyak: Астана
  • Komi-Permyak: Нур-Султан
  • Komi: Astana
  • Komi: Астана
  • Kongo: Astana
  • Kongo: Nur-Sultan
  • Korean: 누르술탄
  • Korean: 누르쑬딴
  • Korean: 아스타나” (historical)
  • Korean: 아크몰라
  • Korean: 아크몰린스크
  • Korean: 첼리노그라드
  • Kurdish: Astana
  • Kurdish: Nur-Sultan
  • Kurdish: Nursultan
  • Ladino: Astana
  • Ladino: Nur-Sultan
  • Ladino: Nursultan
  • Latin: Astana
  • Latin: Leucotaphium
  • Latin: Nursultanopolis
  • Latvian: Astana
  • Latvian: Nursultana
  • Lezghian: Акмола
  • Lezghian: Акмолинск
  • Lezghian: Астана
  • Lezghian: НурсултӀан
  • Lezghian: Целиноград
  • Ligurian: Astana
  • Ligurian: Nur-Sultan
  • Ligurian: Nursultan
  • Lingua Franca Nova: Astana
  • Lingua Franca Nova: Nur-Sultan” (historical)
  • Lingua Franca Nova: Nursultan
  • Literary Chinese: 努爾蘇丹
  • Literary Chinese: 阿斯塔納
  • Lithuanian: Astana” (historical)
  • Lithuanian: Nur-Sultanas
  • Lithuanian: Nursultanas
  • Livvi: Astana
  • Livvi: Nur-sultan
  • Lombard: Astana
  • Lombard: Nur-Sultan
  • Lower Sorbian: Astana
  • Lower Sorbian: Nur-Sultan
  • Luxembourgish: Astana” (historical)
  • Luxembourgish: Nur-Sultan
  • Luxembourgish: Nursultan
  • Macedo-Romanian: Astana
  • Macedo-Romanian: Nur-Sultan
  • Macedo-Romanian: Nursultan
  • Macedonian: Астана
  • Macedonian: Нур-Султан
  • Maithili: अस्ताना
  • Maithili: नूर-सुल्तान
  • Malagasy: Astana
  • Malagasy: Nur-Sultan
  • Malay: Astana
  • Malay: Nur-Sultan
  • Malay: Nursultan
  • Malay: استانا
  • Malay: نور سلطان
  • Malayalam: അസ്താന
  • Malayalam: നൂർ സൂൽത്താൻ
  • Malayalam: നൂർ-സുൽത്താൻ
  • Malayalam: നൂർസുൽത്താൻ
  • Maltese: Astana
  • Maltese: Nur-Sultan
  • Maltese: Nursultan
  • Manx: Akmola
  • Manx: Akmolinsk
  • Manx: Aqmola
  • Manx: Astana
  • Manx: Nur-Sultan
  • Manx: Tselinograd
  • Maori: Astana
  • Maori: Atāna
  • Maori: Nur-Sultan
  • Marathi: अस्ताना
  • Marathi: नुरसुल्तान
  • Mazanderani: آستانه” (historical)
  • Min Dong Chinese: Astana
  • Min Nan Chinese: Astana
  • Min Nan Chinese: Nursultan
  • Minangkabau: Astana
  • Mingrelian: ასტანა
  • Mingrelian: ნურსულთანი
  • Moksha: Астана
  • Mongolian: Астана
  • Mongolian: Нур-султан
  • Mongolian: Нурсултан
  • Moroccan Arabic: أسطانا
  • Moroccan Arabic: نور سولطان
  • Navajo: Haltso Hatsohítah
  • Nepali: अस्टाना
  • Nepali: अस्ताना
  • Northern Frisian: Astana
  • Northern Frisian: Nur-Sultan
  • Northern Luri: آستانٱ” (historical)
  • Northern Luri: آستانه” (historical)
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Akmola
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Akmolinsk
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Astana
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Nur-Sultan
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Nursultan
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Tselinograd
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Astana
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Nursultan
  • Norwegian: Astana” (historical)
  • Norwegian: Nur-Sultan” (historical)
  • Novial: Astana
  • Novial: Nur-Sultan
  • Occitan (post 1500): Astana
  • Occitan (post 1500): Nor-soltan
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): ܢܘܪ ܣܘܠܛܐܢ
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): Astana
  • Oriya: ଅସ୍ତାନା
  • Ossetian: Астана
  • Ossetian: Нур-Султан
  • Panjabi: ਅਸਤਾਨਾ
  • Panjabi: ਨਰਸੂਲਤਾਨ
  • Panjabi: ਨੂਰ-ਸੁਲਤਾਨ
  • Papiamento: Astana
  • Papiamento: Nur-Sultan
  • Papiamento: Nursultan
  • Persian: آستانا
  • Persian: آستانه” (historical)
  • Persian: نورسلطان” (historical)
  • Piemontese: Astana
  • Piemontese: Nur-Sultan
  • Piemontese: Nursultan
  • Polish: Akmoła
  • Polish: Akmolińsk
  • Polish: Astana” (historical)
  • Polish: Celinograd
  • Polish: Nur-Sułtan
  • Portuguese: Nur Sultã
  • Portuguese: Nur-Sultã
  • Portuguese: Astana” (historical)
  • Portuguese: Nur-Sultan” (historical)
  • Pushto: استانه” (historical)
  • Quechua: Astana” (historical)
  • Quechua: Nur-Sultan
  • Quechua: Nursultan
  • Romanian: Astana
  • Romanian: Nur-Sultan
  • Romanian: Nursultan
  • Romanian: Țelinograd
  • Russia Buriat: Астана
  • Russia Buriat: Нур-Султан
  • Russian: Акмола
  • Russian: Акмолинск
  • Russian: Астана
  • Russian: Нур-Султан” (historical)
  • Russian: Целиноград
  • Rusyn: Астана
  • Rusyn: Нур-Султан
  • Sakizaya: Asetana
  • Samogitian: Astana
  • Samogitian: Nursultans
  • Santali: ᱱᱩᱨᱼᱥᱩᱞᱛᱟᱱ
  • Sardinian: Astana
  • Sardinian: Astanà
  • Scots: Astana, Kazakhstan
  • Scots: Astana
  • Scots: Nur-Sultan
  • Scots: Nursultan
  • Scottish Gaelic: Astana
  • Scottish Gaelic: Nur-Sultan
  • Serbian: Astana
  • Serbian: Астана” (historical)
  • Serbian: Нур-Султан” (historical)
  • Serbian: Нурсултан
  • Serbo-Croatian: Astana
  • Serbo-Croatian: Nur-Sultan
  • Shona: Astana
  • Shona: Nur-Sultan
  • Shona: Nursultan
  • Sicilian: Astana” (historical)
  • Sicilian: Nur-Sultan
  • Sicilian: Nursultan
  • Silesian: Astana
  • Silesian: Nur-Sultan
  • Silesian: Nursultan
  • Sindhi: آستانه
  • Sindhi: نور سلطان
  • Sinhala: අස්තානා
  • Sinhala: ඇස්ටනා
  • Sinhala: නූර්-සුල්තාන්
  • Sinhala: නූර්සුල්තාන්
  • Slovak: Astana” (historical)
  • Slovak: Nur-Sultan
  • Slovenian: Astana” (historical)
  • Slovenian: Nur-Sultan
  • Slovenian: Nursultan
  • South Azerbaijani: آستانا” (historical)
  • South Azerbaijani: نورسلطان” (historical)
  • South Azerbaijani: نورسولتان
  • Spanish: Astaná” (historical)
  • Spanish: Nur-Sultán” (historical)
  • Swahili: Astana
  • Swahili: Nur-Sultan
  • Swahili: Nursultan
  • Swedish: Astana” (historical)
  • Swedish: Nur-Sultan
  • Swedish: Nursultan
  • Tagalog: Astana
  • Tagalog: Nur-Sultan
  • Tagalog: Nursultan
  • Tajik: Нур-султон
  • Tajik: Нурсултон
  • Tajik: Остона” (historical)
  • Talysh: Astana
  • Tamil: அஸ்டானா
  • Tamil: அஸ்தானா
  • Tamil: ஆஸ்தான
  • Tamil: நுர்-சுல்தான்
  • Tamil: நுர்சுல்தான்
  • Tamil: நூர் சுல்தான்
  • Tatar: Астана
  • Tatar: Нур-Солтан” (historical)
  • Tatar: Нурсолтан
  • Telugu: అస్తానా
  • Telugu: నూర్-సుల్తాన్
  • Thai: นูร์-ซุลตัน
  • Thai: นูร์ซุลตัน
  • Thai: อักโมลา
  • Thai: อัสตานา
  • Tibetan: ནུར་སུལྟན
  • Tibetan: ཨ་སི་ཐ་ན།
  • Turkish: Akmola
  • Turkish: Astana” (historical)
  • Turkish: Nur-Sultan” (historical)
  • Turkmen: Astana
  • Turkmen: Nur-Sultan
  • Turkmen: Nursultan
  • Tuvinian: Астана
  • Tyap: Akmola
  • Tyap: Astana
  • Tyap: A̱tana
  • Tyap: Nuru-Sutan
  • Udmurt: Астана
  • Uighur: Astana
  • Uighur: ئاستانا
  • Uighur: نۇرسۇلتان” (historical)
  • Ukrainian: Ак-Мола” (historical)
  • Ukrainian: Акмола” (historical)
  • Ukrainian: Акмолінськ” (historical)
  • Ukrainian: Астана” (historical)
  • Ukrainian: Нур-Султан” (historical)
  • Ukrainian: Цілиноград” (historical)
  • Upper Sorbian: Astana
  • Upper Sorbian: Nur-Sultan
  • Urdu: آستانہ” (historical)
  • Urdu: نور سلطان
  • Urdu: نورسلطان” (historical)
  • Uzbek: Nur-Sulton
  • Uzbek: Ostona
  • Venetian: Astana
  • Venetian: Nur-Sultan
  • Veps: Astan
  • Veps: Nur-Sultan
  • Vietnamese: Astana
  • Vietnamese: Nur-Sultan
  • Vietnamese: Nursultan
  • Vlaams: Astana
  • Vlaams: Nur-Sultan
  • Vlax Romani: Astana
  • Volapük: Astana” (historical)
  • Volapük: Nur-Sultan
  • Võro: Astana
  • Võro: Nur-Sultan
  • Waray (Philippines): Astana
  • Waray (Philippines): Nur-Sultan
  • Welsh: Astana
  • Welsh: Nur-Sultan
  • Western Armenian: Ասթանա
  • Western Armenian: Աստանա
  • Western Frisian: Astana
  • Western Frisian: Nur-Sultan
  • Western Mari: Астана
  • Western Panjabi: آستانا
  • Western Panjabi: آستانہ” (historical)
  • Western Panjabi: نور سلطان” (historical)
  • Wolof: Astana
  • Wolof: Nur-Sultan
  • Wu Chinese: 努尔苏丹
  • Wu Chinese: 阿斯塔纳
  • Yakut: Астана
  • Yiddish: אסטאנא
  • Yiddish: נורסולטאַן
  • Yoruba: Astana
  • Yoruba: Nur-Sultan
  • Yue Chinese: 努爾蘇丹
  • Yue Chinese: 阿斯塔納
  • Zhuang: Astana
  • Zulu: i-Astana
  • Astana
  • ma tomo Asatana
  • Nur-Sultan
  • Nursultan

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Astana”. Photo: Ken and Nyetta, CC BY 2.0.