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Capital
Kazakhstan — 34 years of data
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 |