Ak Orda Presidential Palace
Template:Infobox building The Akorda (Template:Lang-kk/Aqorda, اقوردا - "the white horde") Presidential Palace is the official workplace of the President of Kazakhstan, located in the capital city of Astana. Akorda Presidential Palace was built within three years,<ref name="astana">Template:Cite web</ref> and officially opened in 2004. It was built by the Mabetex group.,<ref name="mabetex">Template:Cite web</ref> founded by Behgjet Pacolli 3rd President of Kosovo and 1st Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo.
Situated on the left bank of the Ishim (Esil) River, it is the president’s place of work and houses the staff of the Presidential Administration; it is not the president’s place of residence.<ref name="brummell">Paul Brummell, Bradt Kazakhstan (Bradt Travel Guide, 2008), 92.</ref> The palace includes a blue and gold dome topped with a spire. This golden statue atop the dome includes a sun with 32 rays at its apex, and also includes a steppe eagle flying beneath the sun.<ref name="mabetex"/><ref name="brummell"/>
The building's height (including the spire) is 80 meters.<ref name="astana"/> The first floor includes a Grand Central Hall, the Hall of Press Conferences, the Gala Hall, and the Winter Garden.<ref name="astana"/> The second floor includes offices,<ref name="astana"/> while the third floor is used for international events, and includes various halls (Marble Hall; Golden Hall; Oval Hall; Oriental Hall, built in the form of a yurt;<ref name="astana"/> the Hall of Extended Negotiations).<ref name="astana"/> The fourth floor includes a Dome Hall, meeting hall for the Government of the Republic, and the Library.<ref name="astana"/>
The color gold features prominently throughout the complex and twenty-one types of marble were used for the floor patterns.<ref name="mabetex"/>
Gallery
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Akorda at night
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2006 series 10,000 tenge note featuring Akorda
