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Alma-Ata
Алматы · Алма-Ата
Alma-Ata's location in the Soviet Union
Alma-Ata's location in the Soviet Union
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CountrySoviet Union
Union republicKazakh SSR
Founded1854
Area
 • Total615 km2 (237 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)
 • Total1,443,400 (capital city)
DemonymAlmatese
Time zoneUTC+5
ISO 3166 codeSU-AMA
Websitealmaatagov.su

Alma-Ata (Russian: Алма-Ата), or Almaty (Kazakh: Алматы is the capital and largest city of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic, with a population of 1.443 million as of the 2019 census. Alma-Ata is the commercial, financial, and cultural centre of Kazakhstan along with Tselinograd.