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Astana - Wikipedia

With a population of 1,622,245 within the city limits, it is the second-largest in the country after Almaty, which was the national capital until 1997. [15] . The city lies on the banks of the Ishim river in the north...

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Astana – Travel guide at Wikivoyage

Astana (formerly known as Aqmola, Tselinograd and Nur-Sultan), in the north of Kazakhstan on the banks of the Esil river (better known by its Russian name Ishim), is the capital and the second largest city of the country.