Explanation
The capital city of Kazakhstan has been renamed as Nursultan.
Nursultan is the new name of Astana, the capital city of Kazakhstan. The city was renamed in March 2019 in honor of the country's long-serving leader, Nursultan Nazarbayev, who resigned as president in the same month after nearly three decades in power. The decision to rename the city was announced by the country's new president, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, as a tribute to Nazarbayev's contributions to the development of Kazakhstan.
Astana was previously known as Akmolinsk, Tselinograd, Akmolinsk, and Akmola before it was renamed as Astana, which means "capital city" in Kazakh, in 1997. The city has been the capital of Kazakhstan since 1997, when it replaced Almaty as the country's administrative and political center.
The renaming of Astana to Nursultan is a symbolic gesture that reflects the country's deep respect and gratitude towards Nazarbayev, who played a key role in shaping Kazakhstan's modern identity and its emergence as a regional power.
