DESTINATION KAZAKHSTAN
The life expectancy of Astana resi-
dents increased by nearly 10 years
and reached 75 years whereas back in
1997 the life expectancy was only 65.6
years. The share of SMEs in the GRP structure
of the city of Astana increased 4-fold
and amounted to 57.4% (in 2005 - 13%),
which is the highest among the regions
of Kazakhstan.
All these indicators would not be so
significant without the appropriate de-
velopment of social infrastructure. The capital is the leader in terms of con-
struction in the country. After Astana ac-
quired the status of the capital, 17.7 mil-
lion square meters of housing was built in
the city with the participation of domestic
and foreign construction companies.
The index of industrial production in-
creased 36 times and reached 549.4
billion tenge while in 1997 it was at
15.1 billion tenge.
In order to expand the industrial po-
tential through high-tech and environ-
mentally friendly production, we are
planning to create Industrial Park No.
2, with an area of 443 hectares.
The subjects of small and medium busi-
ness within the city produce 20% of all
business and services for this sector in
the country. The volume of output in-
creased 23 times and reached 4 trillion
tenge as opposed to the 177.8 billion
tenge in 2006.
The number of employees in this sector
increased 3.3 times to 326,500 people
instead of the 98,700 in 1997.
Over 20 years, one trillion 600 billion
tenge was invested into the housing
construction, introducing 1,265 multi-
apartment complexes with almost 180
thousand apartments. Over the past
five years in Astana, more than 9 million
square meters of housing has been in-
troduced. In fact, throughout these five
years the city was built for 300 thousand
people. This is the average regional cen-
ter that appeared in Astana.
In Astana over the years, 1,172 indus-
trial, social, cultural and social facilities
were built.
Since the transfer of the capital in As-
tana, many unique architectural objects
have been constructed.
Improvement of
infrastructure and public
services
2018 will be ‘green breakthrough’ for the
city. In the midst of 20th year anniversary,
the Akimat focuses on massive planting
of greenery all over the city, creating con-
venient public places for citizens and fam-
ily leisure.
Breakdown of alleys, parks and squares
on the right riverside of the city is very im-
portant for us. The territories with taken
down old houses were not given for com-
mercial purposes and objects (housing,
restaurants, hotels, etc.). We are building
squares and boulevards equipped with
playgrounds for children in accordance
with the citizens' needs.
This year the left riverbank will have 13
squares and 5 more – in the next year.
Construction of botanical garden and
linear park, reconstruction of Aray park
is finishing soon. Altogether these 18 ob-
jects will have 85 amusement places, 115
sport simulators, 18 football and basket-
ball fields and tennis courts, 17 km of bike
tracks, 30 fountains, 12 km of running
tracks, 2 skate fields. I am sure this all will
improve the quality of city life.
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