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Official name:
Republic of Kazakhstan
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Head of State:
President H.E Mr.Nursultan Abishevich NAZARBAYEV
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National Day:
25th of October (Republic Day- 1990)
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Capital:
Astana (since June 1998)
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Area:
2,724,900 sq. km
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Land boundaries:
12,012 km
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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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Coastline:
None (landlocked)
(Note: Kazakhstan borders the Aral Sea (1,015 km) and the Caspian Sea (1,894 km) )
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Climate:
Continental, very cold winters and hot summers, arid and semi-arid
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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 (1998):
Meadows and pastures:
57%
Irrigated land:
23,080 sq Km
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Population:
15.6 million (2008)
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Population growth rate:
1.1% (2008)
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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:
Tenge(KZT), introduced on 15 November 1993
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Exchange Rate:
120.50 (KZT / 1US$) Annual Average (2008)
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GDP:
140000,0 million US$ (2008)
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GDP per capita:
8435,7 US$ (2008)
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GDP growth rate:
10.7 % (2008)
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Total Imports :
35311.3 million US $ (2008)
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Total Exports :
70582,3 million US $ (2008)
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Foreign Direct Investment :
6500 million US $ (2008)
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Total External Debt :
n/a
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Inflation Rate:
10.5 % (2008)
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Unemployment Rate:
6% (2008)
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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
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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 2007:
Capacity: 17,380,000 kW
Production: 65.7 billion kWh
Consumption per capita: 3,700 kWh
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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)
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