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

 

Agricultural products:

Grain, mostly spring wheat, cotton; wool, meat

Population:

15.6 million (2008)

Population growth rate:

1.1% (2008)

Ethnic composition:

Kazakhs

47%

Russians

35%

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 :

120.50 (KZT / 1US$) Annual Average (2008)

GDP :

140000,0 million US$ (2008)

GDP per capital :

8435,7 US$ (2008)

GDP growth rate :

10.7 % (2008)

Inflation rate :

10.5 % (2008)

Unemployment rate :

6% (2008)

Total Import :

35311.3 million US $ (2008)

Total Export :

70582,3 million US $ (2008)

Foreign Direct Investment :

6500 million US $ (2008)

Total External Debt  :

n/a

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

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, Ishim River, Ili River

Ports: 

Aktau (Shevchenko), Atyrau (Gur'yev), Ust-Kamenogorsk, Semey (Semipalatinsk)

Air-strips: 

352

 

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