Day of the Capital is a public holidays in Kazakhstan.
This day is officially celebrated since 2009.
The first capital of Kazakhstan was Almaty, which is today the largest city in Kazakhstan.
On July 6, 1994 the Supreme Council made decision to move the capital to Astana.
President Nursultan Nazarbayev approved this decision in 1997 and signed Presidential Decree on this issue on May 6, 1998.
The same decree foresaw changing of name of the city from Akmoly to Astana.
Day of the Capital is celebrated from the day, when the city gained its status.
Initially the day was celebrated on the city level only, and the original date was June 10.
The decision to move the date of the holiday to July 6, the day of the parliamentary decision, was made in 2006.
Day of the Capital gained status of a national holiday on July 8, 2008.
