Kazakhstan to rename country’s capital Astana as Nursultan

Kazakhstan’s parliament voted to rename the country’s capital Astana as Nursultan

Kazakhstan’s parliament today voted to rename the country’s capital Astana as Nursultan in honour of longtime ruler Nursultan Nazarbayev, a day after he resigned as president.

The state-owned Kazinform news agency said after a parliamentary vote Astana is now officially renamed Nursultan.

Kazakhstan’s new interim president Kassym-Jomart Tokayev proposed renaming the capital.Astana replaced Kazakhstan’s largest city Almaty as the capital in 1997.