Kazakhstan Capital City Name Change

The order to change the capital city s name.

Kazakhstan capital city name change. Kazakhstan s capital astana has been renamed nursultan in honour of long time leader nursultan nazarbayev who stepped down as president on tuesday but has retained his influence over the state. Astana which means capital in kazakh became the capital of kazakhstan in 1997 taking over from almaty still the country s commercial hub and largest population centre. At its founding in 1830 as a russian fortress the city was called akmola kazakh for white tomb. On 6 may 1998 it was renamed astana which means capital city in kazakh.

123rf kazakhstan s newly named nursultan has some of the world s most impressive modern architecture. The order to change the city s name from astana was issued on saturday by the. Social media users in neighbouring russia have also been mocking the name change by adding nursultan to popular film titles. On 20 march 2019 the capital again was renamed from astana to its current name nur sultan in honor of the long ruling kazakh president nursultan nazarbayev shortly after his resignation.

Nur sultan is not the first name change that the kazakh capital has undergone. The change was made in honour of president nursultan nazarbayev who stepped down yesterday after almost 30 years in. In 1961 it was renamed to tselinograd virgin lands city after a soviet program to boost agricultural output and stop food shortages. The capital city of kazakhstan has had a name change.

The kazakh parliament voted on wednesday to change the name of the capital astana to nursultan. A day after kazakhstan s authoritarian leader nursultan nazarbayev resigned after 30 years in power the country s parliament voted to rename the capital astana after him. Kazakhstan has renamed its capital astana as nur sultan in honour of the country s longtime president who resigned in a surprise move earlier this week.