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Kazakhstan

Central Asia

Republic of Kazakhstan

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🗺️ Astana, Kazakhstan

Capital city

📍 51.1605°, 71.4704°View larger map →

📍 Essential Info

CapitalAstana

TimezoneUTC+5 (10 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)

Population20.4M

Governmentpresidential republic

🔌 Practical Info

Driving SideRight

Electrical PlugsVaries

Internet Code.kz

Internet Users93%

GDP per Capita$35,900

🌍 Geography

LocationCentral Asia, northwest of China; a small portion west of the Ural (Oral) River in easternmost Europe

Size Comparisonslightly less than four times the size of Texas

Climatecontinental, cold winters and hot summers, arid and semiarid

Terrainvast flat steppe extending from the Volga in the west to the Altai Mountains in the east and from the plains of western Siberia in the north to oases and deserts of Central Asia in the south

👥 People & Culture

Ethnic GroupsKazakh 71%, Russian 14.9%, Uzbek 3.3%, Ukrainian 1.9%, Uyghurs 1.5%, German 1.1%, Tatar 1.1%, other 4.9%, unspecified 0.3% (2023 est.)

ReligionsMuslim 69.3%, Christian 17.2% (Orthodox 17%, other 0.2%), Buddhism 0.1%, other 0.1%, non-believers 2.3%, unspecified 11% (2021 est.)

Median Age32.1 years

Life Expectancy73.3 years

National HolidayIndependence Day, 16 December (1991)

Cultural Information

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Data sourced from the CIA World Factbook