Almaty: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: Official Tourism Site of Almaty, Kazakhstan. Jul 10, 2026
Add new Web site: GeoHistory Today - Kazakhstan’s Capitals: Two Cities of History and Modern Business. Dec 22, 2025
Add new Web site: Official Tourism Site of Almaty, Kazakhstan. Nov 11, 2025
Article revised and updated. Sep 19, 2025
Add new Web site: CNN Travel - How a drab Soviet metropolis became Central Asia’s capital of cool. Nov 12, 2024
Map added. Jun 23, 2023
Updated to reflect that Kazakhstan's capital is now called “Astana.” Sep 22, 2022
Changed spelling of “Uighur” to “Uyghur.” Jul 06, 2021
Changed spelling of “Nursultan” to “Nur-Sultan.” Feb 25, 2021
Updated population data and changed mention of "Astana" to "Nursultan." Mar 22, 2019
Add new Web site: UNESCO Creative Cities Network - Almaty. Jan 23, 2019
Media added. Jun 21, 2016
Media added. Aug 12, 2010
Population data updated. Jul 16, 2009
Article revised. Oct 09, 1998
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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