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Definition: Astana |
AstanaNoun1. Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: AstanaSynonym: capital of Kazakhstan (n). (additional references) |
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geography
The city is located in central Kazakhstan on the Ishim River.economy
Leather-tanning is Astana's major industry. Astana forms a special economic zone. history
The city was founded as a fortress called Akmolinsk in 1824. In 1961, it was renamed Tselinograd and made capital of the Soviet Virgin Lands Territory (Tselinny Kray). After Kazakhstan gained its independence, the city and the region were renamed Aqmola ("White Grave", 1991), and in 1994, it was designated as the future capital of the newly-independent country. After the capital was moved there from Almaty in 1997, the city was again renamed.
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Children | Kazakhstan | There have been some improvements to facilitate access in Almaty and Astana, such as wheelchair ramps. (references) |
Civil Liberties | Kazakhstan | Discussions were underway at year's end to find a location for a new synagogue in Astana. (references) |
Kazakhstan | In June the Government simplified foreign citizens' visa registration by establishing an OVIR office at the Almaty and Astana international airports. (references) | |
Economic History | Kazakhstan | As in Astana, office/apartment facilities can cost anywhere from $15,000-50,000. (references) |
Kazakhstan | The Government of Kazakhstan transferred its capital from Almaty to Astana on June 10, 1998. (references) | |
Kazakhstan | In June 2001, the Government established a special economic zone in the capital city of Astana. (references) | |
Political Economy | Kazakhstan | Kazakhstan is divided into 14 Oblasts and the two municipal districts of Almaty and Astana. (references) |
Kazakhstan | Two senators are selected by each of the elected assemblies (Maslikhats) of Kazakhstan's 16 principal administrative divisions (14 regions, or Oblasts, plus the cities of Astana and Almaty). (references) | |
Political Rights | Kazakhstan | In February 2000, a team of OSCE representatives visited Astana to discuss the final OSCE report on the parliamentary elections; government officials agreed during the visit to an OSCE proposal for a series of roundtable discussions of the electoral reforms recommended in the report. (references) |
Trade | Kazakhstan | As of mid-2001, there has not been a noticeable shift of the banking community to Astana and the National Bank has no plans to move to the new capital. (references) |
Kazakhstan | Interested parties should contact: Hong Wang, Resident Representative, Asian Development Bank, 144 Abal Ave., Astana, Kazakhstan 473000, Tel: 7 (3172) 391-088; Fax: 7 (3172) 391-087, E-mail: hongwang@adb.org. In the U.S., contact: Cantwell Walsh, U.S. Commercial Liaison to the Asian Development Bank; Fax: (632) 890-9713, e-mail: cwalsh@doc.gov. (references) | |
Women | Kazakhstan | During the year, new domestic violence units opened within the Almaty and Astana police departments. (references) |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
astana | 59 |
astana hotel | 11 |
astana kazakhstan | 8 |
air astana | 6 |
astana channel.com | 2 |
astana pesaka | 2 |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-n-s-t" | |
-1 letter: antas, asana. | |
-2 letters: anas, ansa, anta, ants, tans. | |
-3 letters: aas, ana, ant, sat, tan, tas. | |
-4 letters: aa, an, as, at, na, ta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-a-n-s-t" | |
+1 letter: anatase, atamans, canasta. | |
+2 letters: adamants, amanitas, anapaest, anatases, ataghans, athanasy, canastas, cantalas, cantatas, fantasia, lantanas, marantas, tantaras, tarantas, tartanas, yatagans. | |
+3 letters: abradants, amaranths, anapaests, anathemas, aquanauts, artisanal, assailant, astrakhan, caponatas, cavatinas, databanks, fantasias, galavants, katakanas, panatelas, phantasma, rataplans, samaritan, sanatoria, sanitaria, standaway, tamanduas, tarlatans, vanadates, vanaspati, yataghans. | |
+4 letters: advantages, agapanthus, anabaptism, anaplastic, anastigmat, antiasthma, antinausea, assailants, assonantal, astrakhans, athanasies, catamarans, catatonias, charlatans, dalmatians, euthanasia, hamantasch, harmattans, inamoratas, intranasal, manganates, manhattans, manzanitas, phantasmal, samaritans, sanitarian, saturnalia, scarlatina, syntagmata, tantalates, tarantases, tarantulas, vanaspatis. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 73 74 61 6E 61 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- ... - .- -. .- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01110011 01110100 01100001 01101110 01100001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A s t a n a |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0073 0074 0061 006E 0061 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)358586678067 |
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