What is Almaty?
{{Infobox Settlement |official_name = Almaty |native_name = Алматы |image_skyline = |image_size = 300px |image_flag = Flag of Almaty.svg |image_seal = Coat of arms of Almaty.svg |pushpin_map = Kazakhstan |pushpin_label_position = bottom |pushpin_mapsize = 280 |pushpin_map_caption = Location in Kazakhstan |subdivision_type = [[Countries of the world|Country]] |subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of Kazakhstan|Province]] |subdivision_name = {{flag|Kazakhstan}} |subdivision_name1 = [[Almaty Province]] |established_title = First settled |established_date = [[10th century BC|10th]]-[[9th century BC]] |established_title2 = Founded |established_date2 = [[1854]] |established_title3 = Incorporated ([[city]]) |established_date3 = [[1867]] |government_type = |leader_title = Akim <small>([[mayor]])</small> |leader_name = [[Erbolat Dosaev]] |area_total_sq_mi= |area_total_km2=324.8 |area_land_sq_mi= |area_land_km2= |area_water_sq_mi= |area_water_km2= |area_urban_sq_mi= |area_urban_km2= |area_metro_km2= |area_metro_sq_mi= |population_as_of = 2005 |population_total = 1,226,300 |population_density_sq_mi= |population_density_km2=3776 |timezone = [[Bhutan Time|BTT]] |utc_offset = +6 |coordinates = {{coord|43|16|39|N|76|53|45|E||display=title}} |elevation_m=500 - 1700 |elevation_ft=1640 - 5577 |postal_code_type = Postal code |postal_code = 050000 - 050063 |area_code = +7 727<ref>{{Cite web |title=CODE OF ACCESS |url=http://www.almaly.almaty.kz/page.php?page_id=93&lang=2&news_id=483 |access-date=2008-08-25 |archive-date=2014-08-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814121849/http://www.almaly.almaty.kz/page.php?page_id=93&lang=2&news_id=483 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |website = http://www.almaty.kz |footnotes = }} '''Almaty''' ({{lang-kk|Алматы}}; formerly known as ''Alma-Ata'' ('''Алма-Ата'''), also ''Verniy'', (Верный)) is the largest