Nearly all chlorine in the Earth's crust is in the form of ionic chloride compounds, which includes table salt. It is the second most abundant halogen and 21st most abundant chemical element in Earth's crust.
Geography [edit]. Almaty Region is the region which surrounds the city of Almaty. The region borders Kyrgyzstan and Xinjiang in the People's Republic of China. The region also touches three other Kazakh provinces: Jambyl Region to the west, Karaganda Region to the northwest, and East Kazakhstan Region to the north.Almaty Region has an area of 224,000 square kilometres.n the region's northeast, it shares the four lakes of the Alakol Depression (Lakes Alakol, Sasykkol, Koshkarkol, and Zhalanashkol) with East Kazakhstan Region. Other lakes within the region include Bartogay Lake and Kapshagay lakes, Lake Issyk, Kaindy and Kolsai lakes.
Almaty (Kazakh: Ð°Ð»Ð¼Ð°ÑÑ/AlmatÄ±; Russian: Ð°Ð»Ð¼Ð°ÑÑ, [Él.mÉ.ËtÉ]), formerly known as Alma-Ata (Russian: Ð°Ð»Ð¼Ð°-Ð°ÑÐ°) and VernÉ¨y (Pre-Reform Russian: Ð²Ñ£ÑÐ½ÑÐ¹), is the largest city in Kazakhstan.Despite losing its status as the capital to Astana in 1997, Almaty remains the major commercial and cultural centre of Kazakhstan, as well as its biggest population center.The city is located in the mountainous area of southern Kazakhstan.rom 1936 to 1991, it was the capital of Kazakh SSR, and from 1991 to 1997, it was the capital of Kazakhstan. Almaty remains the largest, most developed, and most ethnically and culturally diverse city in Kazakhstan.