beauty shots of Almaty Kazakhstan 2023

Almaty (/ælˈmɑːti/[5] or /ˈælməti/;[6] Kazakh: Алматы / Almatı, Kazakh pronunciation: [ɑlmɑˈtə] ⓘ; Russian: Алматы, Russian pronunciation: [ɐlmɐˈtɨ]) is the largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of over 2 million.[7] It was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to 1936, while the country was an autonomous republic of the Soviet Union, then from 1936 to 1991, a union republic and finally from 1991, an independent state.[8] In 1997, the government relocated the capital to Akmola (present-day Astana).
Almaty is still the major commercial, financial, and cultural centre of Kazakhstan, as well as its most populous and most cosmopolitan city.[9] The city is located in the mountainous area of southern Kazakhstan near the border with Kyrgyzstan in the foothills of the Trans-Ili Alatau at an elevation of 700-900 m (2,300-3,000 feet), where the Large and Small Almatinka rivers run into the plain.[10] The city, just like Astana and Shymkent, does not belong to any region and is officially a "city of state importance".
The city has been part of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network in the area of music since November 2017.[11] The city was the host for a 1978 international conference on Primary Health Care where the Alma Ata Declaration was adopted, marking a paradigm shift in global public health.
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