Akbulak ( kk, Ақбұлақ, ''Aqbūlaq'') or Akbulak Micro District is a western suburb of
Almaty in
Almaty Region of south-eastern
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...
. Akbulak lies off the M33 highway and has a notable New Russian Orthodox church.
History
Akbulak is part of a residential area of south-western Almaty which are known as "Microdistricts". They constitute formal areas of the city and developed between the 1960s and 1980s during the Soviet era as residential areas,
as the city grew into the largest in Kazakhstan, being the capital of the country at the time before it was moved to
Astana
Astana, previously known as Akmolinsk, Tselinograd, Akmola, and most recently Nur-Sultan, is the capital city of Kazakhstan.
The city lies on the banks of the Ishim River in the north-central part of Kazakhstan, within the Akmola Region, tho ...
.
Economy
According to the government of Auezov district, the length of the street in Akbulak microdistrict totals 32 kilometers.
[Akim's Government of Auezov District](_blank)
/ref> In recent years there has been considerable improvement in infrastructure in Akbulak; 3 kilometers of Sharipov Street were asphalted in 2007 and were 11 streets asphalted in 2008.
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Populated places in Almaty Region
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