Sister cities
Twinned with Almaty
11 of 17 in this atlas
Almaty maintains formal town-twinning ties spanning a wide geographic range, from Central Asian neighbors like Bishkek and Tashkent to cities as distant as Mogadishu, Jeddah, Daegu, and Riga. Most of these pairings are mutual, with both sides naming each other, though the links to Tashkent and Ürümqi are one-sided, recognized by Almaty but not formally reciprocated in this atlas's records.
In this atlas11
Twinned in total17
Not reciprocated2
Twinned with Almaty
| City | Country | Distance | Lists back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antalya | TR | 3,943 km | yes |
| Bishkek | KG | 193 km | yes |
| Daegu | KR | 4,434 km | yes |
| Istanbul | TR | 3,908 km | yes |
| Jeddah | SA | 4,235 km | yes |
| Mogadishu | SO | 5,545 km | yes |
| Riga | LV | 3,943 km | yes |
| Saint Petersburg | RU | 3,610 km | yes |
| Tashkent | UZ | 670 km | not listed |
| Ürümqi | CN | 863 km | not listed |
| Vilnius | LT | 3,877 km | yes |
2 of these do not list Almaty back. Twinning is declared independently by each municipality, so one-sided pairs are common — and usually more interesting than the mutual ones.