Kazakhstan Nur-Sultan (Astana) - Situated on the banks of the Ishim River in the northern part of of Kazakhstan, the nation's capital and second largest city (after Almaty), was named Nur-Sultan in March 2019 (in honor of departing Kazakh president Nursultan Nazarbayev). Formerly known as Astana (between 1998 and 2019), the planned city (designed from the master...
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