About the city

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Almaty is the cradle of Kazakh independence, the largest city in Kazakhstan, a cultural, business and financial center located at the foot of the Trans-Ili Alatau. In addition, Almaty is an attractive, dynamically developing center of mountain and eco tourism in Central Asia. The official history of Almaty is almost 170 years old. However, there are historical hypotheses that there were large settlements on the site of the city, which are at least 1000 years old. The great Kazakh ethnographer Shokan Valikhanov wrote that in the Middle Ages “Almaty was known for its trade and stood on the high road.” There are also earlier mentions of the toponym “Almaty” in the chronicles. Unofficially, Almaty is also called the “homeland of apples”. This is where the name comes from. The current Almaty appeared as the Verny fortress in 1854. In 1921, the city was renamed Alma-Ata. From 1936 to 1997 - the capital of Kazakhstan. Since 1993 it has been officially called Almaty. Today more than 2.2 million people live here. The climate is continental, the average annual temperature in Almaty is +10 °C.

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