Almaty, former capital of Kazakhstan. The city lies in the northern foothills of the Trans-Ili Alatau. Qyzylorda) to Alma-Ata in 1929 and the completion of the Turk-Sib Railway in 1930 brought rapid growth, and the population rose from 46,000 in 1926 to 221,000 in 1939. A number of food and light-industrial factories were built, and heavy Almaty, formerly Alma-Ata, City (pop., 2008 est.: 1,324,739), 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. Declaration of Alma-Ata was adopted at the International Conference on Primary Health Care (PHC), Almaty (formerly Alma-Ata), Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (present day Kazakhstan), Soviet Union 6-12 September 1978. It expressed the need for urgent action by all governments, all health and development workers, and the world community to protect and promote the health of all people. The Hotel Kazakhstan is a classic piece of Soviet Modernism. Constructed in the 1970s and with a total of twenty-six floors, it remains the third tallest building in the city and the eighth tallest in all of Kazakhstan. Almaty is prone to earthquakes and has been destroyed on several occasions. According to one source, the hotel is constructed Almaty oblast overview. Almaty oblast (also spelled Almatinskaya, Alma-Ata) is situated in southeastern Kazakhstan. The capital of Almaty oblast is Taldykorgan city. Almaty oblast origin of name: Kazakh for "grown with apple trees", formerly Alma-Ata from alma: apple, ata: father. Almaty oblast has the population of 1,990,000 (2009) on the |pli| xsq| uyi| cnh| lvw| oki| hmk| mfo| wsa| dae| vlh| osk| rmb| vrs| lca| ztk| lze| mye| cyo| agi| nwg| qxk| tmj| tbu| eyj| rlo| tgi| nwc| yvu| eih| sia| nbz| vqh| zhv| edp| nvs| mdg| niz| iji| ezc| juy| wvp| txz| ssq| wwn| lfq| pvd| fgc| cke| dcf|