Official name: Republic of Kazakhstan
Head of State: President H.E Mr.Nursultan Abishevich NAZARBAYEV
National Day: 25th of October (Republic Day- 1990)
Capital: Astana (since June 1998)
Area: 2,724,,900 sq. km
Land boundaries: 12,012 km
Border countries:

China 1,533 km, Kyrgyzstan 1,051 km, Russia 6,846 km, Turkmenistan  379 km, Uzbekistan 2,203 km
Coast line:

None (landlocked)
(Note: Kazakhstan borders the Aral Sea (1,015 km) and the Caspian Sea (1,894 km) )
Climate: Continental, very cold winters and hot summers, arid and semi-arid
Natural resources:

Major deposits of petroleum, coal, iron ore, manganese, chrome ore, nickel, cobalt, copper, molybdenum, lead, zinc, bauxite, gold, uranium

Land use:
Arable land: 15%
Meadows and pastures:  57%
Forest and woodland:  4%
Other:  24%
Irrigated land:  23,080 sq Km (1990)
Agricultural products: Grain, mostly spring wheat, cotton; wool, meat
Population: 15.3 million (2006)
Population growth rate: 1.1% (2006)
Ethnic composition:
Kazakhs 42%
Russians 37%
Ukrainians 5%
Germans 5%
Uzbeks 2%
Tatars 2%
Others:  7%
Religions:
Muslim 50%
Russian Orthodox 40%
Protestant 2%
Others 8%
Languages:

Kazakh official language spoken by over 50% of the population, Russian (language of inter-ethnic communication) spoken by four-fifth of population and used  in everyday business

Literacy:
Total 99.5 %

Currency :

Tenge(KZT), introduced on 15 November 1993

Exchange Rate :

132.88 (KZT / 1US$) Annual Average (2005)
GDP : 81003,5 Million US$ (2006)
GDP per capital : 5291.6 US$ (2006)
GDP growth rate : 10.7 % (2006)
Inflation rate : 8.6 % (2006)
Unemployment rate : 7.8 % (2006)
Total Import : 23676,9  million US $ (2006)
Total Export : 38250,3 million US $ (2006)
Foreign Direct Investment : 6143 million US $ (2006)
Total External Debt  : 1776.6 million US $ (2006)
Natural Resources Oil and gas, coal, iron ore, manganese, chrome ore, nickel, cobalt, copper, molybdenum, lead, zinc, bauxite, gold, silver, aluminium, uranium, potassium, cadmium, salt and construction materials
Agriculture Products: Grain (mostly spring wheat), cotton; wool, livestock
Main Industries:

Oil, coal, manganese, chromite, lead, zinc, copper, titanium, bauxite, gold, silver, phosphates, sulfur, iron and steel, nonferrous metal, tractors and other agricultural machinery, electric motors, construction materials

Electricity:

Capacity: 17,380,000 kW
Production: 65.7 billion kWh
Consumption per capita: 3,700 kWh (1995)

Transportation:
Railways: 13,841 km in common carrier service; does not include industrial lines.
Highways: 87,873 km public roads.
Waterways: 4,002 km on the Syr  Dariya River and Ertis River
Ports:  Aktau (Shevchenko), Atyrau (Gur'yev), Ust-Kamenogorsk, Semey (Semipalatinsk)
Air-strips:  352

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