Kazakhstan
| Republic of Kazakhstan Қазақстан Республикасы
Qazaqstan Respublïkası Республика Казахстан Respublika Kazakhstan Kazakh Eli |
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| Anthem: Менің Қазақстаным (Meniñ Qazaqstanım (transcription)) "My Kazakhstan" |
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| Capital | Astana 51°10′N 71°25′E / 51.167°N 71.417°E |
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| Largest city | Almaty | |||||
| Official languages | Kazakh (1st official language) Russian (2nd official language) |
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| Ethnic groups | (2009 census) 63.1% Kazakh 23.7% Russian 2.9% Uzbek 2.1% Ukrainian 1.4% Uyghur 1.3% Tatar 1.1% German 4.5% Other [1] |
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| Demonym | Kazakhstani[2] | |||||
| Government | Presidential republic | |||||
| - | President | Nursultan Nazarbayev | ||||
| - | Prime Minister | Karim Massimov | ||||
| Independence from the Soviet Union | ||||||
| - | Kazakh Khanate | 1465 | ||||
| - | Alash Autonomy | December 13, 1917 | ||||
| - | Kazakh SSR | December 5, 1936 | ||||
| - | Declared | December 16, 1991 | ||||
| - | Finalized | December 25, 1991 | ||||
| Area | ||||||
| - | Total | 2,724,900 km2 (9th) 1,052,085 sq mi |
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| - | Water (%) | 1.7 | ||||
| Population | ||||||
| - | 2011 estimate | 16,600,000[1] (62nd) | ||||
| - | 2009 census | 16,004,800[1] | ||||
| - | Density | 5.94/km2 (224th) 15.39/sq mi |
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| GDP (PPP) | 2011 estimate | |||||
| - | Total | $214.840 billion[3] | ||||
| - | Per capita | $13,060[3] | ||||
| GDP (nominal) | 2011 estimate | |||||
| - | Total | $180.147 billion[3] | ||||
| - | Per capita | $10,951[3] | ||||
| Gini (2008) | 28.8[4] low |
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| HDI (2010) |  0.714[5]high · 66th |
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| Currency | Tenge ( ) (KZT) |
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| Time zone | West/East (UTC+5/6) | |||||
| Drives on the | right | |||||
| Calling code | +7-6xx, +7-7xx | |||||
| Internet TLD | .kz | |||||
Kazakhstan is a country in the middle of Eurasia. Its official name is the Republic of Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan is the ninth biggest country in the world. Before the end of the Soviet Union, it was called "Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic". The president of the country since 1991 is called Nursultan Nazarbayev. Astana is the capital city of Kazakhstan. Almaty was the capital before 1998.
Russia leases (rents) the land for the Baykonur Cosmodrome (site of Russian spacecraft launches) from Kazakhstan.
Geography[change | change source]
Kazakhstan has no ocean shoreline, but borders the Caspian Sea, which boats can use to get to the neighboring countries. The Caspian Sea is an Endorheic basin without connections to the ocean.
Russia has the longest border with Kazakhstan. Other countries next to Kazakhstan are China, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan.
Provinces[change | change source]
Kazakhstan is divided into 14 provinces. The provinces are divided into districts.
Almaty and Astana cities have the status of State importance and are not in any province.[2] Baikonur city has a special status because it is currently being leased to Russia with Baikonur cosmodrome until 2050.[2]
Each province is headed by an Akim (provincial governor) appointed by the president. Municipal Akims are appointed by province Akims. The Government of Kazakhstan moved its capital from Almaty to Astana on December 10, 1997.
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Population[change | change source]
The population of Kazakhstan is 17 165 000. It takes the 62th place in the List of countries by population. Average density is almost 6 people/km2 ( List of countries by population density).
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References[change | change source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Перепись населения Республики Казахстан 2009 года. Краткие итоги. (Census for the Republic of Kazakhstan 2009. Short Summary)" (in Russian). Republic of Kazakhstan Statistical Agency. http://www.stat.kz/p_perepis/Documents/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%8C%20%D1%80%D1%83%D1%81.pdf. Retrieved 10 December 2010.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 CIA World Factbook: Kazakhstan.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Kazakhstan". International Monetary Fund. http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2011/02/weodata/weorept.aspx?pr.x=21&pr.y=18&sy=2009&ey=2016&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=country&ds=.&br=1&c=916&s=NGDPD%2CNGDPDPC%2CPPPGDP%2CPPPPC%2CLP&grp=0&a=. Retrieved 2011-10-01.
- ↑ CIA World Factbook: Field listing, Distribution of family income – Gini index
- ↑ "Human Development Report 2010". United Nations. 2010. http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/HDR_2010_EN_Table1.pdf. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
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