List of renamed cities in Kazakhstan
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The following is the list of cities in Kazakhstan
that underwent a name change in the past.
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...
that underwent a name change in the past.
- Yasi → Shavgar (?) → Turkestan (Kazakh: Түркістан)Hazrat-e Turkestan-References:*Hill, John E. Through the Jade Gate to Rome: A Study of the Silk Routes during the Later Han Dynasty, 1st to 2nd Centuries CE. BookSurge, Charleston, South Carolina. ISBN 978-1-4392-2134-1.*Hulsewé, A. F. P. and Loewe, M. A. N. 1979...
(?) - Novopetrovskoye → Fort Alexandrovsky (1857) → Fort-Shevchenko (1939)
- Ayakoz → Sergiopol (1860) → Ayagoz (Kazakh: Аягөз) (1939)
- Aktau → Shevchenko (1964) → Aktau (Kazakh: Ақтау)AktauAktau , formerly known as Shevchenko , is a city in Kazakhstan's Mangyshlak Peninsula and country's only seaport on the Caspian Sea. It is the capital of Mangystau Province in western Kazakhstan...
(1991) - Dzharkent → Panfilov (1942) → Zharkent (Kazakh: Жаркент)ZharkentJarkent or Zharkent , formerly known as Panfilov and Dzharkent , is a town in Almaty Province, Kazakhstan, the administrative center of Panfilov District. It is located near the Ili river. Its approximate coordinates are ....
(1991) - Guryev → Atyrau (Kazakh: Атырау)AtyrauAtyrau , known as Guryev until 1991, is a city in Kazakhstan, and the capital of Atyrau Province. It is located at the mouth of the Ural River, 2700 kilometers west of Almaty and 350 kilometers east of the Russian city of Astrakhan. Other transliterations include Aterau, Atirau, Atyraw, Atyraou,...
(1991) - Yaitsk → Uralsk (1775) → Oral (Kazakh: Орал)Oral, KazakhstanOral , Uralsk in Russian, formerly known as Yaitsk , is a city in northwestern Kazakhstan, at the confluence of the Ural and Chogan Rivers close to the Russian border. As it is located on the western side of the Ural river, it is considered geographically in Europe. It has a population of 350,000...
(1991) - Verniy → Alma-Ata (1921) → Almaty (Kazakh: Алматы)AlmatyAlmaty , also known by its former names Verny and Alma-Ata , is the former capital of Kazakhstan and the nation's largest city, with a population of 1,348,500...
(1992) - Dzhezkazgan → Zhezkazgan (Kazakh: Жезқазған) (1992)
- Novy Uzen → Zhanaozen (Kazakh: Жаңаөзен)ZhanaözenJanaozen or Zhanaozen , formerly known as Novy Uzen , is a town in the Mangystau Province of Kazakhstan located south-east of Aqtau city. The name of the town means "new river" in Kazakh. The population is 51,100 . The absolute location of Janaozen is latitude.- External links :*...
(1992) - Ust-Kamennaya → Ust-Kamenogorsk (1868) → Oskemen (Kazakh: Өскемен)OskemenOskemen and Ust-Kamennaya , is the capital of the East Kazakhstan Province. It is served by the Ust-Kamenogorsk Airport.-History:...
(1992) - Chu → Shu (Kazakh: Шу)Shu, KazakhstanShu , formerly known as Chu , is a city in Jambyl Province of Kazakhstan, the administrative center of Shu District.The city is located on the river of the same name, and is populated by approximately 35,000 people.-Transportation:...
(1992) - Yermak → Aksu (Kazakh: Ақсу)Aksu, KazakhstanAksu , formerly known as Yermak , is a city in Kazakhstan, in Pavlodar Province, located 50 km to the south of Pavlodar on the left bank of the Irtysh River. The municipality borders Aktogay District in the north, Bayanaul District, May District, Lebyazhin District in the south, Pavlodar...
(1993) - Kokchetav → Kokshetau (Kazakh: Көкшетау)KokshetauKokshetau , formerly known as Kokchetav is the administrative center of Akmola Province, northern Kazakhstan. It has a population of 125,225 .-Geography:Astana, the new capital of Kazakhstan, is distant 1245 km south-eastwards...
(1993) - Gavrilovka → Taldy-Kurgan (1920) → Taldykorgan (Kazakh: Талдықорған)TaldykorganTaldykorgan , formerly known as Taldy-Kurgan , is the administrative center of Almaty Province, Kazakhstan. It has a population of 118,400 . Most of the people are Kazakhs.-Education:...
(1993) - Chimkent → Shymkent (Kazakh: Шымкент)ShymkentShymkent , formerly known as Chimkent , is the capital city of South Kazakhstan Province, the most populated region in Kazakhstan. It is the third most populous city in Kazakhstan behind Almaty and Astana with a population of 629,600 . A major railroad junction on the Turkestan-Siberia Railway, the...
(1993) - Leninsk → Baikonur (Kazakh: Байқоңыр)BaikonurBaikonur , formerly known as Leninsk, is a city in Kyzylorda Province of Kazakhstan, rented and administered by the Russian Federation. It was constructed to service the Baikonur Cosmodrome and was officially renamed Baikonur by Russian president Boris Yeltsin on December 20, 1995.The shape of the...
(1995) - Ak-Mechet → Fort-Perovsky (1853) → Perovsk (1858) → Kyzyl-Orda (1925) → Kyzylorda (Kazakh: Қызылорда) (1996)
- Alexeyevka → Akkol (Kazakh: Ақкөл)AkkolAkkol , formerly known as Alexeyevka , is a town in northern Kazakhstan. It is located 100 km north of the national capital Astana. The town is the administrative centre of Akkol District of Akmola Province, and has a population of 30 230 . Most of the people are Kazakhs and Russians. There...
(1997) - Kustanay → Kostanay (Kazakh: Қостанай)KostanayKostanay , formerly known as Kustanay and Nikolayevsk , is a city located in the northern part of Kazakhstan at the Tobol River. The population living in Kostanay is 301,317 people. Kostanay is the capital of Kostanay Province.-Public institutions:In Kostanay there are 8 higher educational...
(1997) - Talas → Aulie-Ata (1856) → Mirzoyan (1936) → Jambul (1938) → Zhambyl (1993) → Taraz (Kazakh: Тараз)TarazTaraz , is a city and a center of the Jambyl Province in Kazakhstan. It is located in the south of Kazakhstan, near the border with Kyrgyzstan, on the Talas River...
(1997) - Akmolinsk → Tselinograd (1961) → Akmola (1992) → Astana (Kazakh: Астана)AstanaAstana , formerly known as Akmola , Tselinograd and Akmolinsk , is the capital and second largest city of Kazakhstan, with an officially estimated population of 708,794 as of 1 August 2010...
(1998) - Aktyubinsk → Aktobe (Kazakh: Ақтөбе)AktobeAktobe , formerly known as Aktyubinsk , is a city on the Ilek River in Kazakhstan. With a population of 277,700, it is the capital of Aktobe Province. Aktobe has a mixed ethnic community, including Kazakhs, Russians, Ukrainians, Tatars, Uyghurs, Chechens, Armenians, Jews and Greeks...
(1999) - Ridder → Leningorsk (1941) → Ridder (Kazakh: Риддер) (2002)
- Semipalatinsk → Semey (Kazakh: Семей)SemeySemey , formerly known as Semipalatinsk and Alash-kala , is a city in Kazakhstan, in the northeastern province of East Kazakhstan, near the border with Siberia, around north of Almaty, and southeast of the Russian city of Omsk, along the Irtysh River.-History:The first settlement was in 1718,...
(2007)