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Almaty Location in Kazakhstan
Coordinates: 43°16′39″N 76°53′45″E  /  43.27750°N 76.89583°E  / 43.27750; 76.89583
Country	Kazakhstan
First settled	10?9t century BC
Foondit	1854
Incorporatit (ceety)	1867
Govrenment
? Akim (mayor)	Akhmetzhan Yesimov
Area
? Total	324.8 km 2 (125.4 sq mi)
Elevation	500?1700 m (1640?5577 ft)
Population   (1 August 2010) [1]
? Total	1,477,564
? Density	4152/km 2 (10,750/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+6 ( UTC+6 )
Postal code	050000?050063
Area code(s)	+7 727 [2]
ISO 3166-2	ALA
License plate	A
Website	http://www.almaty.kz

Almaty ( Kazakh : Алматы / Almatı / ?????? ), an aa kent bi its umwhile names Verny (Roushie: Верный , "Faithful," prior tae 1921) an Alma-Ata ( Roushie : Алма?-Ата? , 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 .

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