![logo](/img/xlogo_small.webp.pagespeed.ic.Rif_4bzYCq.webp)
Privacy
Nur-Sultan | |
---|---|
State | |
Country | |
Capital | |
Population | 0 |
Nur-Sultan (Kazakh pronunciation: [nʊɾ sʊltɑn], Cyrillic: Нұр-Сұлтан; see also other names), known between 1998 and 2019 as Astana (Kazakh pronunciation: [ɑstɑnɑ], Cyrillic: Астана), is the capital city of Kazakhstan. In March 2019, it was renamed Nur-Sultan in honour of the departing Kazakh president, Nursultan Nazarbayev. It stands on the banks of the Ishim River in the northern part of Kazakhstan, within the Akmola Region, though administered as a city with special status separately from the rest of the region. A 2020 official estimate reported a population of 1,165,983 within the city limits, making it the second-largest city in the country, after Almaty, the previous capital, between 1991 and 1997.The original city of Akmola (then Astana from 1998, and from 2019 Nur-Sultan) became the capital of Kazakhstan in 1997, and since then has developed economically into one of the most modern cities in Central Asia.
Naha | |
---|---|
State | |
Country | |
Capital | |
Population | 319167 |
Naha (那覇市, Naha-shi, Japanese: [naꜜha], Okinawan: Nāfa or Nafa) is the capital city of the Okinawa Prefecture, the southernmost prefecture of Japan.
As of 1 June 2019, the city has an estimated population of 317,405 and a population density of 7,939 persons per km2. The total area is 39.98 km2.
Naha is a city on the East China Sea coast of the southern part of Okinawa Island, the largest of Okinawa Prefecture.
Ouargla (ورقلة) is the capital city of Ouargla Province in the Sahara Desert in southern Algeria....
Gujranwala (Punjabi, Urdu: گوجرانوالہ) is a city and capital of Gujranwala Division located in...
West is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite...
Kalamazoo is a city in the southwest region of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is the county seat...