Almaty

City (pop., 1999: 1,129,400), southeastern Kazakhstan. Formerly the capital of Kazakhstan, it lost its capital status in 1995 to Aqmola (now Astana). The modern city was founded in 1854, when the Russians established a military fortification on the site of the ancient city of Almaty, destroyed by the Mongols in the 13th century. With the coming of the railroad in 1930, its population grew rapidly. In World War II (1939–45), heavy industry expanded widely as factories were evacuated to the site from European Russia. The city remains a major industrial centre.

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Education and academia

• Asia Theological Association
• American Translators Association
• Alberta Teachers' Association, Canada
• Ashcroft Technology Academy, Wandsworth, London, England
• Advanced Technologies Academy, a high school in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Science, technology, and medicine

• Anti-transglutaminase antibodies, in certain autoimmune diseases
• Advanced Technology Attachment (ATA/ATAPI ), an interface for computer storage devices
• Allen Telescope Array, for astronomical observations and search for extraterrestrial intelligence
• Analog telephony adapter, a device for connecting analog telephones to a Voice-over-IP system
• American Telemedicine Association

Transportation

• ATA Airlines, an American low-cost airline based in Indianapolis which operated from 1973 to 2008
• ATA Holdings, now Global Aero Logistics owner of ATA Airlines
• ATA Cruiser, a civil utility aircraft built by Adams-Toman Aircraft Co in the 1920s
• Air Transport Association of America
• Air Transport Auxiliary of the British Royal Air Force
• American Trucking Associations

Sport

• American Taekwondo Association
• Amateur Trapshooting Association
• Archery Trade Association

Modern culture

• Artists' Television Access a non-profit microcinema and art gallery in San Francisco
• Association of Talent Agents, Los Angeles
• American Topical Association, a philatelic organization
• ATA gene, Ancient Technology Activation Gene, in the Stargate science fiction TV series

Other

• Atlantic Treaty Association
• Áta, a village in Hungary
• Athens Trombone Association