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Almaty

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Full name	Almaty
Official name	Almaty
Native name	Alma-Ata Алматы Алма-Ата
Country	Kazakhstan
First settled	10 � 9th century BC
Founded	1854
Incorporated (city)	1867
Government
Akim (mayor)	Akhmetzhan Yesimov
Geography
Total Area	125.4 sq mi (324.8 km2)
Metro Area	0 sq mi (\|area_metro_sq_mi= km2)
Elevation	1640 � 5577 ft (499.9 m)
Demography
Total Population	1421868 (August 1, 2010)
Density (pop.)	4152/km² (10753.7/sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	UTC+6 (UTC+6)
Postal code	050000 � 050063
Area code	+7 727
ISO 3166-2	ALA
License plate	A

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Almaty ( ), also known by its former names Verny (Russian: Верный, "Faithful," prior to 1921) and Alma-Ata ( , from 1921), is the former capital of Kazakhstan and the nation's largest city, with a population of 1,348,500 (as of September 1, 2008). This represents approximately 9% of the population of the country.

Almaty was the capital of the Kazakh SSR and its successor Kazakhstan from 1929 to 1997. Despite losing its status as the capital to Astana in 1997, Almaty remains the major commercial center of Kazakhstan. The city is located in a mountainous area of southern Kazakhstan, near the border with Kyrgyzstan.

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