Almaty

Almaty Alma-Ata Алматы Алма-Ата
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Almaty Location in Kazakhstan
Coordinates: 43°16′39″N 76°53′45″E
Country	Kazakhstan
First settled	10–9t century BC
Foondit	1854
Incorporatit (ceety)	1867
Govrenment
• Akim (mayor)	Akhmetzhan Yesimov
Area
• Total	324.8 km2 (125.4 sq mi)
Elevation	500–1700 m (1640–5577 ft)
Population  (1 August 2010)
• Total	1,477,564
• Density	4152/km2 (10,750/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+6 (UTC+6)
Postal code	050000–050063
Area code(s)	+7 727
ISO 3166-2	ALA
License plate	A
Website	http://www.almaty.kz

Almaty (Kazakh: Алматы / Almatı / الماتى), an aa kent bi its umwhile names Verny (Roushie: Верный, "Faithful," prior tae 1921) an Alma-Ata (Roushie: Алма́-Ата́, atween 1921 an 1992), is the umwhile caipital an still lairgest ceety in Kazakhstan, wi a population o 1,348,500 (1 September 2008). This represents 9% o the population o the kintra.

It wis the caipital o the Kazakh SSR an its successor Kazakhstan frae 1929 tae 1997. Despite losin its status as the caipital tae Nursultan in 1997, Almaty remains the major commercial centre o Kazakhstan. It is locatit in soothren Kazakhstan, near the mairch wi Kyrgyzstan.