[:ja]イワン・ワグナー宇宙飛行士がISSから撮影したカザフスタンのアルマトイです。
アルマトイは、カザフスタンの南東部にある、人口153万人の同国最大の都市です。同国における経済・教育・文化の中心地であり、「南の首都」とも呼ばれ、1998年まで同国の首都でした。天山山脈の支脈であるイリ・アラタウ山脈の北麓に位置し、都心部は標高750m-900mの高地に位置し、画像からもわかりますが、町全体が傾斜しています。アルマトイは複数回大地震に見舞われており、アスタナへ遷都された理由の一つに地震の危険性がありました。地震への対策から高層建築物の建設は制限されており、そのために都市の景観が保たれている一面もあります。また、カザフスタンの石油生産量が増加した2003年以後、アルマトイは経済的な恩恵を受けてきました。今日では、アルマトイは同国GDPの20%を占め、主要産業は金融業となっています。
地上の様子はこちらです。
参考文献： Ivan Vagner’s Tweet
地球俯瞰画像を見る： LiVEARTH
[Earthview Wonders] No.1114: Almaty, Kazakhstan🇰🇿
Astronaut Ivan Vagner captured from ISS Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Almaty, former capital until 1998 when it was relocated to Astana, is the largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of about 2 million people, about 11% of the country’s total population. Almaty is still the major commercial and cultural centre of Kazakhstan, as well as its most populous and most cosmopolitan city. The city is located in the mountainous area of southern Kazakhstan near the border with Kyrgyzstan in the foothills of the Trans-Ili Alatau at an elevation of 700–900m. Almaty generates approximately 20% of Kazakhstan’s GDP, accounts for above 20% of government revenues and 60% of bank credits. One of the largest industries in Almaty is finance, and its financial exports make it a large contributor to Kazakhstan’s balance of payments.
The local scenery on the ground is as follows.
Reference: Ivan Vagner’s Tweet
See earthview photo gallery: LiVEARTH[:en][Earthview Wonders] No.1114: Almaty, Kazakhstan🇰🇿
Astronaut Ivan Vagner captured from ISS Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Almaty, former capital until 1998 when it was relocated to Astana, is the largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of about 2 million people, about 11% of the country’s total population. Almaty is still the major commercial and cultural centre of Kazakhstan, as well as its most populous and most cosmopolitan city. The city is located in the mountainous area of southern Kazakhstan near the border with Kyrgyzstan in the foothills of the Trans-Ili Alatau at an elevation of 700–900m. Almaty generates approximately 20% of Kazakhstan’s GDP, accounts for above 20% of government revenues and 60% of bank credits. One of the largest industries in Almaty is finance, and its financial exports make it a large contributor to Kazakhstan’s balance of payments.
The local scenery on the ground is as follows.
Reference: Ivan Vagner’s Tweet
See earthview photo gallery: LiVEARTH[:]