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Geographical unit:
 
 Entity
 Kazakhstan 
 Main prefix
 UN 
 Time in capital city
 +6 h 
 Time zone
 +5 h, +6 h 
 Continent
 Asia 
 
          Kazakhstan          
 
 Kazakhstan 

 Kazakhstan - contains of following DXCC entities:
 
          Kazakhstan          
 
 Coat of arms 
 Coin 
 Banknote 
 Stamp 
 Satellite image 
 
 Flag 
 Flag description 
Sky blue background representing the endless sky and a gold sun with 32 rays soaring above a golden steppe eagle in the center; on the hoist side is a "national ornamentation" in gold.
 
          Kazakhstan          
 
 Kazakhstan 
 Capital: 
Astana
the government moved from Almaty to Astana in December 1998
 Administrative
 divisions: 
14 provinces (oblystar, singular - oblys) and 3 cities* (qala, singular - qalasy): Almaty Oblysy, Almaty Qalasy*, Aqmola Oblysy (Astana), Aqtobe Oblysy, Astana Qalasy*, Atyrau Oblysy, Batys Qazaqstan Oblysy (Oral), Bayqongyr Qalasy*, Mangghystau Oblysy (Aqtau), Ongtustik Qazaqstan Oblysy (Shymkent), Pavlodar Oblysy, Qaraghandy Oblysy, Qostanay Oblysy, Qyzylorda Oblysy, Shyghys Qazaqstan Oblysy (Oskemen), Soltustik Qazaqstan Oblysy (Petropavlovsk), and Zhambyl Oblysy (Taraz).
Administrative divisions have the same names as their administrative centers (exceptions have the administrative center name following in parentheses). In 1995 the Governments of Kazakhstan and Russia entered into an agreement whereby Russia would lease for a period of 20 years an area of 6,000 sq km enclosing the Baykonur space launch facilities and the city of Bayqongyr (Baykonyr, formerly Leninsk).
 Population: 
16,741,519 (July 2002 est.)
 Languages: 
Kazakh (Qazaq, state language) 64.4%, Russian (official, used in everyday business, designated the language of interethnic communication) 95% (2001 est.)
 Geographic
 coordinates: 
48° 00' N, 68° 00' E
 Area total: 
2,717,300 sq. km
 Land area: 
2,669,800 sq. km
 Water area: 
47,500 sq. km
 Total land
 boundaries: 
12,012 km
 Borders
 with neighbor
 countries: 
China 1,533 km, Kyrgyzstan 1,051 km, Russia 6,846 km, Turkmenistan 379 km, Uzbekistan 2,203 km
 Coastline: 
0 km (landlocked)
Kazakhstan borders the Aral Sea, now split into two bodies of water (1,070 km), and the Caspian Sea (1,894 km)
 Elevation
 extremes: 
Vpadina Kaundy -132 m - Khan Tangiri Shyngy (Pik Khan-Tengri) 6,995 m
 Internet
 country code: 
.kz
 Currency: 
tenge (KZT)
 Name -
 conventional
 long form: 
Republic of Kazakhstan
 Name -
 conventional
 short form: 
Kazakhstan
 Name - local
 long form: 
Qazaqstan Respublikasy
 Name - local
 short form: 
none
 Former name: 
Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic
 Independence: 
16 December 1991 (from the Soviet Union)
 Constitution: 
adopted by national referendum 30 August 1995, first post-independence constitution was adopted 28 January 1993
 Government
 type: 
republic
 National
 holiday: 
Republic Day, 25 October (1990)
 
          Kazakhstan          

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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