Almaty is a province of Kazakhstan. Its capital is Taldykorgan, which has a population of 98,000. The province itself has 860,000 people. It is Kazakhstan's fifth largest province. Image File history File links Kazakhstan-Almaty. ... Kazakhstan is divided into 14 provinces oblystar (singular - oblys): Note: in 1995 the Governments of Kazakhstan and Russia entered into an agreement whereby Russia would lease for a period of 20 years an area of 6,000 sq km enclosing the Bayqongyr (Baykonur) space launch facilities and the city of... Taldykorgan (Kazakh:Taldyqorghan) is a city in Kazakhstan. ...

Geography

The largest city in Central Asia, Almaty has just more than 2 million residents. Enclosed in but politically separate from Almaty Province is Almaty the city, Kazakhstan's largest city and former capital (during Soviet times and early post-independence Kazakhstan). Almaty Province borders Kyrgyzstan and the Xinjiang (East Turkestan) region of the People's Republic of China. The province also touches three other Kazakh provinces: Zhambyl Province, to the West; Qaraghandy Province, to the Northeast; and East Kazakhstan Province (Shyghys Qazaqstan) to the north. Almaty Province has an area of 224,000 square kilometers. Lake Balkhash (Balqash Koli in Kazakh) takes up part of the northwest of the province. Also, the Tian Shan Mountains extend from China and Kyrgyzstan into Almaty. Charyn Canyon, Ili river, Bartogai and Kapchagai seas, Kaindy and Kolsai lakes, Lake Issyk are located in the province. Map showing Almatys location in Kazakhstan Almaty Orthodox church Mosque Almaty (Алматы; formerly known as Alma-Ata, also Vernyj, Vyernyi (Верный) in Imperial Russia) is the largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of 1,185,900 (2004) (8% of the population of Kazakhstan) citizens. ... Motto: Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь! (Transliterated: Proletarii vsekh stran, soedinyaytes!) (Russian: Workers of the world, unite!) Anthem: The Internationale (1922-1944) Hymn of the Soviet Union (1944-1991) Capital (and largest city) Moscow None; Russian de facto Government Federation of Soviet Republics  - Last President Mikhail Gorbachev  - Last Premier Ivan Silayev Establishment October Revolution   - Declared... For the county in Shanxi province, see Xinjiang County. ... Flag of East Turkistan East Turkistan (Sherqiy Türkistan in Uyghur, Doğu Türkistan in Turkish) was the name of two shortlived states in Central Asia; the first one existed from 1932 to 1934, while the second one existed from 1944 to 1949. ... Zhambyl is a province of Kazakhstan. ... A compass rose with west highlighted This article refers to the cardinal direction; for other uses see West (disambiguation). ... Qaraghandy is a province of Kazakhstan. ... East Kazakhstan (Shyghys Qazaqstan) is a province of Kazakhstan. ... Lake Balkhash from space, April 1991 Lake Balkhash: NASA image, taken 18 April 2000 by SeaWiFS Lake Balkhash, or Lake Balqash, is a large lake in southeastern Kazakhstan, the second largest in Central Asia after the Aral Sea. ... Kazakh, also Kazak, Qazaq, Khazakh, Kosach, and Kaisak (Қазақ тілі in Cyrillic, Qazaq tili in the Latin alphabet, and قازاق تءىلءي in the Arabic alphabet) is a Western Turkic language closely related to Kyrgyz, Nogai and Karakalpak. ... The Tian Shan (Chinese: 天山; Pinyin: Tiān Shān; celestial mountains) mountain range is located in Central Asia, in the border region of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region of western China. ... Charyn Canyon is an 80km canyon in Kazakhstan on the Charyn River 200km east of Almaty close to the Chinese border. ... The Ili River is a river in Kazakhstan and in the western part of the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, in northwestern China. ... A view of Kaindy Lake. ... Issyk Kul (also Ysyk Köl) is an endorheic lake in the northern Tien Shan mountains in northwestern Kyrgyzstan. ...

Lake Balkhash Almaty is in the bottom-right. Not visible on the image.

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Provinces of Kazakhstan
Provinces: Almaty | Aqmola | Aqtöbe | Atyrau | East Kazakhstan (Shyghys Qazaqstan) | Mangghystau | North Kazakhstan (Soltustik Qazaqstan) | Pavlodar | Qaraghandy | Qostanay | Qyzylorda | South Kazakhstan (Ongtüstik Qazaqstan) | West Kazakhstan (Batys Qazaqstan) | Zhambyl Metropolitan Cities: Almaty | Astana | Baikonur