Cities that outlived their original names
Astana is no more. The Kazakh capital didn’t vanish overnight, but its name has. The city is now called Nursultan in honor of the country’s longtime leader Nursultan Nazarbayev, who announced on Tuesday he was stepping down after some 30 years in office. Cities are living, breathing entities in a constant state of transformation. They evolve and expand – and sometimes they grow into a new name. Here’s a quick quiz for travel pundits and hardcore trivia fans about cities around the globe whose initial names have long been erased off the map.