Nauryzbay district is a district of

Almaty Almaty (; kk, Алматы; ), formerly known as Alma-Ata ( kk, Алма-Ата), is the List of most populous cities in Kazakhstan, largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of about 2 million. It was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to ...

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 ...

History

Since when the lands of the

Karasay District Karasay District ( kz, Қарасай ауданы, ; russian: Карасайский район, former Kaskelen District) is a district of Almaty Region in Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontine ...

were annexed to Alma-Ata, there was a significant increase in the territory and population of the Auezov district, on July 2, 2014, at the extraordinary XXIX session of the Maslikhat, it was decided to form a new, eighth district from part of the lands of the Auezov and Bostandyq Districts. The area was named after the Kazakh batyr-commander Nauryzbai — who participated in the liberation battles against the Dzungarian invaders in the XVIII century.

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