| LC control no. | n 98095393 |
|---|---|
| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | Astana (Kazakhstan) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | Kazakhstan--Astana |
| Variant(s) | Astana qalasy (Kazakhstan) Астана (Kazakhstan) |
| See also | Akmola (Kazakhstan) Nur-Sultan (Kazakhstan) |
| Biography/History note | Astana is the capital of Kazakhstan. Founded in 1830 as Akmoly, it became Akmolinsk in 1832, Tselinograd in 1961, Akmola (Aqmola) in 1992, Astana in 1998, Nur-Sultan in 2019, and then again Astana in September 2022. |
| Beginning date | 1998-05-06 2022-09-17 |
| Ending date | 2019-03-22 |
| Associated country | Kazakhstan |
| Special note | Non-Latin script reference not evaluated. |
| Found in | U.S. Board on Geog. Names, For. Names Committee papers, Sept. 29, 1998 (current entry: Aqmola [Kazakh]; Akmola [conventional]: PPL, 51°10ʹN, 71°30ʹE; recommended entry: Astana: PPLC [i.e. country capital], 51°10ʹN, 71°30ʹE) U.S. Board on Geog. Names, Foreign Names Committee report, Oct. 20, 1998 (Astana as the new capital of Kazakhstan was approved) Admin net--Kazakhstan, WWW 03-19-99 (Astana was officially designated as the new capital of Kazakhstan on 10 June 1998 by the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan N. Nazarbaev) Otan on the web, WWW 03-19-99 (Akmola was officially renamed as Astana by Presidentail decree on May 6, 1998. Astana is the Kazakh word for capital) Foreign names information bulletin, Nov. 30, 1998 (Astana [short form] qalasy--AMD1 (KZ05), 51°10ʹN 71°30ʹE) GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (ppl; 51°10ʹ52ʺN 071°25ʹ40ʺE) Wikipedia, September 7, 2015 (Astana (Kazakh: Астана = Astana); capital of Kazakhstan; founded in 1830 as the settlement of Akmoly; in 1832, the settlement was granted a town status and renamed Akmolinsk; on 20 March 1961, the city was renamed to Tselinograd; in 1992, it was renamed Akmola; on 10 December 1997, Akmola replaced Almaty to become the capital of Kazakhstan. On 6 May 1998, it was renamed Astana, which means "the capital" in Kazakh; 51°10ʹN 71°26ʹE) Nūr-Sūltan ăkīmdīrī (Kazakh version), viewed on March 27, 2019: under Baspasȯz ortalyghy (March 23, 2019, the president of Kazakhstan has decreed that Astana shall be renamed Nūr-Sūltan) Wikipedia, November 10, 2022 (Astana, previously known as Akmolinsk, Tselinograd, Akmola and most recently Nur-Sultan, is the capital city of Kazakhstan; After the capital of Kazakhstan was moved to Akmola on 10 December 1997, the city was consequently renamed Astana in 1998. On 10 June 1998, Astana was presented as the capital internationally; In March 2019, Kazakhstan renamed its capital Astana to Nur-Sultan to honour the country's outgoing long-term authoritarian president, Nursultan Nazarbayev. In September 2022, after a number of controversies and unrest resulting in Nazarbayev's resignation from the Security Council of Kazakhstan, the name of the capital was changed back to Astana) The world factbook, via WWW, November 10, 2022 (under Kazakhstan: capital: Astana; coordinates: 51 10 N, 71 25 E; note: on 17 September 2022, Kazakhstan changed the name of its capital city from Nur-Sultan back to Astana; this was not the first time the city had its name changed; founded in 1830 as Akmoly, it became Akmolinsk in 1832, Tselinograd in 1961, Akmola (Aqmola) in 1992, Astana in 1998, and Nur-Sultan in 2019) Geographic names server, November 10, 2022 (Astana, capital of an independent state, Kazakhstan, first-order administrative division: Nur-Sultan; variants: Akmola, Akmolinsk, Aqmola, Nur-Sultan, Qaraötkel, Tselinograd, Астана = Astana, Нур-Султан = Nur-Sultan, Нұр-Сұлтан = Nūr-Sūltan; latitude 51:10:00, longitude 71:27:00; decimal degrees 51.166666, 71.45; also lists Nur-Sultan, first-order administrative division, variants: Nur-Sultan Qalasy, Gorod Nur-Sultan, Astana, Astana Qalasy, Gorod Astana, Астана = Astana, Астана Қаласы = Astana Qalasy, Город Астана = Gorod Astana, Город Нур-Султан = Gorod Nur-Sultan, Нур-Султан = Nur-Sultan, Нұр-Сұлтан = Nūr-Sūltan, Нұр-Сұлтан Қаласы = Nūr-Sūltan Qalasy) |
| Not found in | LC data base, 03-19-99 (hdg.: Akmola (Kazakhstan)) |
| Geographic area code | a-kz--- |
| Invalid LCCN | n 99054175 |
 |  |  |
View this record in: MARCXML | LC Authorities & Vocabularies | VIAF (Virtual International Authority File)
