Republic o Kazakhstan | |
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Location o Kazakhstan (green) | |
Caipital | Noursoultan 51°10′N 71°26′E / 51.167°N 71.433°E |
Lairgest ceety | Almaty |
Offeecial leids | |
Ethnic groups (2016.[2]) | |
Demonym(s) | Kazakh[3] |
Govrenment | Unitar dominant-pairty presidential constitutional republic |
• Preses | Kassym-Jomart Tokayev (Қасым-Жомарт Тоқаев) |
Oljas Bektenov (Олжас Бектенов) | |
Legislatur | Parliament |
Senate | |
Mazhilis | |
Formation | |
1456 | |
13 December 1917 | |
26 August 1920 | |
19 June 1925 | |
5 December 1936 | |
• Declared Sovereignty | 25 October 1990 |
• Reconstitutit as the Republic o Kazakhstan | 10 December 1991 |
• Declared Unthirldom frae the USSR | 16 December 1991 |
26 December 1991 | |
30 August 1995 | |
Aurie | |
• Total | 2,724,900 km2 (1,052,100 sq mi) (9t) |
• Water (%) | 1.7 |
Population | |
• 8 January 2017 estimate | 18,050,488[4] (64t) |
• Density | 6.49/km2 (16.8/sq mi) (227t) |
GDP (PPP) | 2016 estimate |
• Total | $460 billion[5] (42nt) |
• Per capita | $25,669[5] (53rd) |
GDP (nominal) | 2014 estimate |
• Tot | $225.619 billion[5] (50t) |
• Per capita | $12,950[5] (54t) |
Gini (2013) | 26.4[6] law |
HDI (2014) | 0.788[7] heich · 56th |
Currency | Tenge (₸) (KZT) |
Time zone | UTC+5 / +6 (West / East) |
Drivin side | right |
Cawin code | +7-6xx, +7-7xx |
ISO 3166 code | KZ |
Internet TLD |
Kazakhstan, alsae spellt Kazakstan or Khazakhstan (Kazakh: Қазақстан, Qazaqstan. Roushie: Казахстан, Kazakhstán), kent offeecially as the Republic o Kazakhstan is a kintra that raxes ower a muckle amoont o laund in Northren an Central Eurasie. An wee bit o the kintra, Wast o the Ural River is pairt o Eastren Europe. It haes laund mairches wi Roushie, Cheenae, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan an Turkmenistan. It wis ance ane o the republics o the umwhile Soviet Union but is nou pairt o the Commonwalth o Independent States.