Information About Kazakhstan:
Full Name: Republic of Kazakhstan
Population: 16.2 million (46% rural and 54% urban)
Capital: Astana
Largest City: Almaty
Area: 1 million square miles
Area Comparative: slightly less than 4 times the size of Texas
Land Boundaries: Total- 12,012 km
Border Countries: China 1,533 km
Kyrgyzstan 1,051 km
Russia 6,846 km
Turkmenistan 379 km
Uzbekistan 2,203 km
Climate: continental, cold winters and hot summers, arid and semiarid
Natural Resources: major deposits of petroleum, natural gas, coal, iron ore, manganese, chrome
ore, nickel, cobalt, copper, molybdenum, lead, zinc, bauxite, gold, and uranium
Main Exports: oil, ferrous and nonferrous metals, machinery, chemicals, grain, wool, meat, coal
Natural Hazards: earthquakes in the south and mudslides around Almaty
Life Expectancy: men- 62.5 years women- 73.4 years
Monetary Unit: Kazakhstani Tenge (pronounced tang-gay)
Internet Domain: .kz
International Dialling Code: +7
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