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Kazakhstan |
General Profile
Location: Central Asia, northwest of China; a small portion west of the Ural River in eastern-most Europe
Area: total: 2,717,300 sq km
land: 2,669,800 sq km
water: 47,500 sq km
Climate: continental, cold winters and hot summers, arid and semiarid
Terrain: extend from the Volga to the Altai Mountains and from the plains in western Siberia to oases and desert in Central Asia
Capital: Astana
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), Zhambyl Oblysy (Taraz)
Population: 15,185,844 (2005 est.)
Ethnic groups: Kazakh (Qazaq) 53.4%, Russian 30%, Ukrainian 3.7%, Uzbek 2.5%, German 2.4%, Tatar 1.7%, Uygur 1.4%, other 4.9%
Nationality: noun: Kazakhstani(s)
adjective: Kazakhstani
Languages: Kazakh (Qazaq, state language), Russian (official, used in everyday business)
Religions: Muslim 47%, Russian Orthodox 44%, Protestant 2%, other 7%
Literacy: 98.4%
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Political Profile
Government type: republic
Executive branch:
• chief of state: President Nursultan A. NAZARBAYEV (elected president December 1991)
• head of government: Prime Minister Daniyal AKHMETOV (since June 2003); First Deputy Prime Minister Akhmetzhan YESIMOV (since May 2004)
• cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the president
• elections: president elected by popular vote for a seven-year term
National Holiday: 16 December (1991)
ACD Member: ACD Member since 2003
Prime Mover (PM) on Working Group: None
Co-Prime Mover on Working Group: Energy Security, Agriculture, Transport Linkage
Kazakhstan government official web site : www.government.kz
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Economical Profile
Currency (code): tenge (KZT)
GDP: $132.7 billion (2005 est.)
GDP per capita: $8,700 (2005 est.)
Exports - commodities: oil and oil products, ferrous metals, chemicals, machinery , grain,wool, meat, coal
Exports - partners: Russia , Bermuda , Germany , China , France , Italy
Imports - commodities: machinery and equipment, metal products, foodstuffs
Imports - partners: Russia , China , Germany , France , Ukraine
Agriculture - products: grain (mostly spring wheat), cotton; livestock
Industries: oil, coal, iron ore, managanses, chromite, lead, zinc, copper, titanium, bauxite, gold, silver, phosphates, sulfer, iron and steel; tractors and other agricultural machinany electric motors, construction materials
Source: The World Fact Book 2005 (www.cia.gov) |
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