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Historical Values
Year Value
1992 Alma-Ata (Almaty)
1993 Almaty (Alma-Ata)
1994 Almaty
1995 Almaty
1996 Almaty
1997 Almaty (according to a September 1995 presidential decree, the capital is to be moved to Aqmola)
1998 Astana (Akmola) note: the government has recently moved from Almaty to Astana
1999 Astana note: the government moved from Almaty to Astana in December 1998
2000 Astana note: the government moved from Almaty to Astana in December 1998
2001 Astana; note - the government moved from Almaty to Astana in December 1998
2002 Astana; note - the government moved from Almaty to Astana in December 1998
2003 Astana; note - the government moved from Almaty to Astana in December 1998
2004 Astana; note - the government moved from Almaty to Astana in December 1998
2005 Astana; note - the government moved from Almaty to Astana in December 1998
2006 name: Astana geographic coordinates: 51 10 N, 71 30 E time difference: UTC+6 (11 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) note: Kazakhstan is divided into three time zones
2007 name: Astana geographic coordinates: 51 10 N, 71 25 E time difference: UTC+6 (11 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) note: Kazakhstan is divided into three time zones
2008 name: Astana geographic coordinates: 51 10 N, 71 25 E time difference: UTC+6 (11 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) note: Kazakhstan is divided into two time zones
2009 name: Astana geographic coordinates: 51 10 N, 71 25 E time difference: UTC+6 (11 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) note: Kazakhstan is divided into two time zones
2010 name: Astana geographic coordinates: 51 10 N, 71 25 E time difference: UTC+6 (11 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) note: Kazakhstan is divided into two time zones
2011 name: Astana geographic coordinates: 51 10 N, 71 25 E time difference: UTC+6 (11 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) note: Kazakhstan is divided into two time zones
2012 name: Astana geographic coordinates: 51 10 N, 71 25 E time difference: UTC+6 (11 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) note: Kazakhstan is divided into two time zones
2013 name: Astana geographic coordinates: 51 10 N, 71 25 E time difference: UTC+6 (11 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) note: Kazakhstan is divided into two time zones
2014 name: Astana geographic coordinates: 51 10 N, 71 25 E time difference: UTC+6 (11 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) note: Kazakhstan has two time zones
2015 name: Astana | geographic coordinates: 51 10 N, 71 25 E | time difference: UTC+6 (11 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) | note: Kazakhstan has two time zones
2016 name: Astana | geographic coordinates: 51 10 N, 71 25 E | time difference: UTC+6 (11 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) | note: Kazakhstan has two time zones
2017 name: Astana | geographic coordinates: 51 10 N, 71 25 E | time difference: UTC+6 (11 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) | note: Kazakhstan has two time zones
2018 name: Astana | geographic coordinates: 51 10 N, 71 25 E | time difference: UTC+6 (11 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) | note: Kazakhstan has two time zones
2019 name: Nur-Sultan | geographic coordinates: 51 10 N, 71 25 E | time difference: UTC+6 (11 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) | note 1: Kazakhstan has two time zones note 2: on 20 March 2019, Kazakhstan changed the name of its capital city from Astana to Nur-Sultan in honor of its long-serving, recently retired president, Nursultan NAZARBAYEV; this was not the first time the city had its name changed; founded in 1830 as Akmoly, it became Akmolinsk in 1832, Tselinograd in 1961, Ak
2020 name: Nur-Sultan | geographic coordinates: 51 10 N, 71 25 E | time difference: UTC+6 (11 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) | note: Kazakhstan has two time zones etymology: on 20 March 2019, Kazakhstan changed the name of its capital city from Astana to Nur-Sultan in honor of its long-serving, recently retired president, Nursultan NAZARBAYEV; this was not the first time the city had its name changed; founded in 1830 as Akmoly, it became Akmolinsk in 1832, Tselinograd in 1961, A
2021 name: Nur-Sultan geographic coordinates: 51 10 N, 71 25 E time difference: UTC+6 (11 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) time zone note: Kazakhstan has two time zones etymology: on 20 March 2019, Kazakhstan changed the name of its capital city from Astana to Nur-Sultan in honor of its long-serving, recently retired president, Nursultan NAZARBAYEV; this was not the first time the city had its name changed; founded in 1830 as Akmoly, it became Akmolinsk in 1832, Tselinograd in 196
2022 name: Astana geographic coordinates: 51 10 N, 71 25 E time difference: UTC+6 (11 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) time zone note: Kazakhstan has two time zones etymology: the name means "capital city" in Kazakh note: on 17 September 2022, Kazakhstan changed the name of its capital city from Nur-Sultan back to Astana; this was not the first time the city had its name changed; founded in 1830 as Akmoly, it became Akmolinsk in 1832, Tselinograd in 1961, Akmola (Aqmola) in 1992,
2023 name: Astana geographic coordinates: 51 10 N, 71 25 E time difference: UTC+6 (11 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) time zone note: Kazakhstan has two time zones etymology: the name means "capital city" in Kazakh note: on 17 September 2022, Kazakhstan changed the name of its capital city from Nur-Sultan back to Astana; this was not the first time the city had its name changed; founded in 1830 as Akmoly, it became Akmolinsk in 1832, Tselinograd in 1961, Akmola (Aqmola) in 1992,
2024 name: Astana geographic coordinates: 51 10 N, 71 25 E time difference: UTC+5 (10 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) time zone note: On 1 March 2024, Kazakhstan moved from two time zones to using one time zone etymology: the name means "capital city" in Kazakh note: on 17 September 2022, Kazakhstan changed the name of its capital city from Nur-Sultan back to Astana; this was not the first time the city had its name changed; founded in 1830 as Akmoly, it became Akmolinsk in 1832,
2025 name: Astana geographic coordinates: 51 10 N, 71 25 E time difference: UTC+5 (10 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) time zone note: On 1 March 2024, Kazakhstan moved from using two time zones to one etymology: the name means "capital city" in Kazakh note: founded in 1830 as Akmoly, the capital city became Akmolinsk in 1832, Tselinograd in 1961, Akmola (Aqmola) in 1992, Astana in 1998, and Nur-Sultan in 2019; the latest name change back to Astana in 2022 occurred just three and