| 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) |
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| 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 |
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| Coast line: |
None
(landlocked) |
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| 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 |
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| Land use: |
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| Agricultural products: | Grain,
mostly spring wheat, cotton; wool, meat |
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| Population: |
15.3
million (2006) |
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| Population growth rate: | 1.1% (2006) | ||||||||||||||
| Ethnic composition: |
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| Religions: |
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| 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 |
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| Literacy: |
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Currency
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Tenge(KZT),
introduced on 15 November 1993 |
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Exchange Rate
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132.88 (KZT / 1US$) Annual Average (2005) |
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| GDP : | 81003,5 Million US$ (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 |
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| Electricity: |
Capacity:
17,380,000 kW |
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Transportation: |
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