Astana previous name: Akmolinsk (since 1824); Ţelinograd (1961-1991); Aqmola (1991-1997), with an estimated population of 750,000 inhabitants (2008), is the third largest city, and from 10decembrie1997, capital of Kazakhstan . Name Astana (the Kazakh “capital”) was chosen because it is easy to pronounce in many languages. Source: http://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astana
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