15:16, 10 January 2013 | GMT +5
Almaty to build sport area for 2017 World Student Games: Nazarbayev
ALMATY. January 10. KAZINFORM Today President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has opened a new comprehensive school in Alatau district of Almaty city, Kazinform correspondent Erlik Erzhanuly reports.

"Alatau district is about to become the largest populated area with 300-400 thousand people residing in it. Manufacturing companies and all institutions providing services to population will concentrate there. Besides, a special sport area for the 2017 World Student Games (Winter Universiade) will be constructed in the district," Kazakh President said.
The floor area of the new school is 8 600 sq.m. The total cost of the three-storey building has amounted to 1.6 billion tenge. This is the ninth school and one of the 40 education institutions that have been built in the district over the last couple of years.