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Noun

1. akmola, astana, capital of kazakhstan

remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998

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Astana

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noun
the capital of Kazakhstan, in the N of the country; replaced Almaty as capital in 1997; an important railway junction. Pop: 758 961 (2015 est)
. Former names: ()in until 1961 Akmolinsk or ()in 1961–94 Tselinograd or ()in 1994–98 Akmola

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Astana

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capital of Kazakhstan, in the N part: pop. 245,000

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Astana

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The capital of Kazakhstan, in the north-central part of the country. Founded as a fortress in 1824, it was a small mining town until the 1950s when it became the center of a vast agricultural project initiated by Nikita Khrushchev. The capital was shifted from Almaty in 1997.

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