Astana

Kazakhstan

Astana is the capital city of Kazakhstan. With a population of 1.7 million within the city limits, it is the second-largest in the country after Almaty, the national capital until 1997. The city lies on the banks of the Ishim river in the north of Kazakhstan and is located within the Akmola Region but is self-administering.

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Country: Kazakhstan
Population: 345,604
Latitude: 51.18° N
Longitude: 71.43° E

Which way is Astana from…

From Paris, Astana lies at 60° to the north-east, 4,756 km as the crow flies.

Paris	60° north-east	4,756 km
London	61° north-east	4,764 km
New York	21° north	9,261 km
Madrid	51° north-east	5,685 km
Rome	56° north-east	4,496 km
Montreal	22° north	8,752 km
Saint-Denis, Réunion	10° north	8,164 km

Bearings as the crow flies (great circle), measured from north. From somewhere else, the bearing changes: that’s the whole game.

Oùcécap’s take

London, Brussels and Astana share a latitude. On a flat map, then, you would aim from London due east, at 90°; your compass says 61°, north-east, 4,764 km away. From New York, the effect is even stronger: 84° on the map, 21° on the compass, north, because the shortest route crosses Greenland.