Head of State: Capital of Kazakhstan is the city of the future
18:40, 5 July 2013
ASTANA. July 5. KAZINFORM Speaking at the solemn session dated to the 15thanniversary of Astana city at the "Astana Opera" State Opera and Ballet Theater Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev said that "Astana is the city of the future, the city of youth."
"Over the last fifteen years, the share of Astana in the country's GDP has risen 45fold. An average salary has increased 10fold and reached KZT 140 thousand. The capital is the city of the future and the city of youth. International centers and intellectual schools have been built here. About 15 thousand students study at 14 universities of Astana city, about a thousand and a half young people have become students of the Nazarbayev University - scientific educational center of the international level," Nursultan Nazarbayev emphasized.