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Fast Facts
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Annual Temperatures
a- January; High: -2 C° (32 F°) Low -9.6 C° (15 F°) b- February; High: 1.4 C° (35 F°) Low -8.4 ° (17 F°) c- March
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Exchange Rates
The currency used is the Kazakhstan Tenge (KZT).
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Almaty Residents
A major portion of the population is Sunni Muslim. You will find people who are friendly to talk to, willing to help you out even if you are weak on the local language. English is usually not commonly understood, but the residents help you along if you use bodily sign language and creative sounds when expressing your opinion or asking for something. For example, in a street green grocery market, you may draw a fruit or vegetable shape in the air, or point to a similar looking object, or take a drawing along. The locals usually respond with a good sense of humor, and try to help as best as they can.
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Public Holidays
New Year Holidays - 1-2 January International Women’s Day - 8 March Nauryz Meiramy (Spring Festival Celebration) - 22 March Day of Unity of the Peoples of Kazakhstan - 1 May Victory Day - 9 May Constitution Day - 30 August Republic Day - 25 October Independence Day Celebrations- 16-17 December
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Visa Information
All foreign residents require a business or tourist visa to enter into Kazakhstan. To gain a visa before arrival, apply to the Kazakhstan foreign mission/embassy/consulate in your region.
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When To Go
Most probably, you will first hear the name Almaty if you have an international event to attend there, or if you randomly stumble upon it on a travel website. Almaty is not a very popular vacation destination, but its tourism industry is just beginning to blossom, and it has every reason to become one of the top leisure travel destinations in the next few years.
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Almaty Today
Almaty today is the largest city in Kazakhstan, with a current population of 1.3 million people. The city was initially called Alma-ata, from 1921 to 1993. It enjoyed the status of capital of the Kazakh ASSR (Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic) from 1929 onwards, and later the capital of Kazakhstan after the fall of Soviet Russia. The capital was shifted to the Kazakh city of Astana in 1998 to ease in administrative matters, but Almaty retains its position as the country’s financial and cultural center.
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Almaty History
Almaty is one of the few ancient cities of the world. The region in which this city lies was inhabited as early as during the Bronze Age, at around 1000 – 900 BC. This was a time of livestock rearing and farming mainly, and these skills were passed down traditionally over the centuries to settlers till during the late Middle Ages.
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