Today, there are 2349 streets in the city, 56 of them with repeated names, 39 streets with obsolete names, and 324 streets without names.

In accordance with the instruction of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan To .Tokayev, based on a joint decision of the akimat and maslikhat of Shymkent, Astana Avenue was renamed to Nursultan Nazarbayev Avenue. At the same time, in accordance with the requirements of the legislation, proposals for street names were proposed for consideration by the city maslikhat without names-303 and the microdistrict-22, requiring changes in the name-54, the total number-359.