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Alatau City: Can Kazakhstan Build Regional Economic Hub from Scratch

By Ayana Birbayeva  on 4 September 2026

ALMATY – Kazakhstan is betting that Alatau City can evolve from a planned development outside Almaty into a regional economic hub. Backed by a special legal regime and billions of dollars in proposed investment, the project seeks to combine manufacturing, logistics, technology and finance with new transport and digital...