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Kazakhstan
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Kazakhstan,[lower-alpha 2] officially the Republic of Kazakhstan,[lower-alpha 3] is a landlocked country mostly in Central Asia, with a small part in Europe.[lower-alpha 4] It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbekistan to the south, and Turkmenistan to the southwest, with a coastline along the Caspian Sea. Its capital is Astana. Kazakhstan is the world's ninth-largest country by land area and the largest landlocked country in the world. It has a population of 20 million people[13] and one of the lowest population densities in the world, at fewer than 6 people per square kilometre (16 people/sq mi). Ethnic Kazakhs constitute a majority of the population, while ethnic Russians form a significant minority. Officially secular, Kazakhstan is a Muslim-majority country, although ethnic Russians in the country form a sizeable Christian community.
Republic of Kazakhstan | |
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| Anthem: Менің Қазақстаным (Kazakh) Menıñ Qazaqstanym "My Kazakhstan" | |
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| Capital | Astana 51°10′N 71°26′E |
| Largest city | Almaty 43°16′39″N 76°53′45″E |
| Official languages | |
| Ethnic groups | |
| Religion |
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| Demonym(s) | Kazakh Kazakhstani[lower-alpha 1] |
| Government | Unitary semi-presidential republic under an authoritarian government[6] |
| Kassym-Jomart Tokayev | |
| Älihan Smaiylov | |
| Legislature | Parliament |
| Senate | |
| Majilis | |
| Formation | |
| 1465 | |
| 13 December 1917 | |
| 26 August 1920 | |
| 19 June 1925 | |
| 5 December 1936 | |
• Declaration of sovereignty | 25 October 1990 |
• Reconstituted as the Republic of Kazakhstan | 10 December 1991 |
• Independence from the USSR | 16 December 1991 |
| 26 December 1991 | |
| 30 August 1995 | |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,724,900 km2 (1,052,100 sq mi) (9th) |
• Water (%) | 1.7 |
| Population | |
• 2023 estimate | 20,000,000[7] (62nd) |
• Density | 7/km2 (18.1/sq mi) (236th) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2023 estimate |
• Total |  $654.050 billion[8] (41st) |
• Per capita | $32,712[8] (57th) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2023 estimate |
• Total | $259.292 billion[8] (53th) |
• Per capita | $12,968[8] (69th) |
| Gini (2018) |  27.8[9]low |
| HDI (2021) |  0.811[10]very high · 56th |
| Currency | Tenge (₸) (KZT) |
| Time zone | UTC+5 / +6 (West / East) |
| ISO 3166 code | KZ |
| Internet TLD | |
The territory of Kazakhstan has historically been inhabited by nomadic groups and empires. In antiquity, the nomadic Scythians inhabited the land, and the Achaemenid Persian Empire expanded towards the southern region. Turkic nomads have inhabited the country from as early as the 6th century. In the 13th century, the territory was subjugated by the Mongol Empire under Genghis Khan. In the 15th century, as a result of disintegration of the Golden Horde, the Kazakh Khanate was established. By the 18th century, Kazakh Khanate disintegrated into three jüz which were absorbed and conquered by the Russian Empire; by the mid-19th century, the Russians nominally ruled all of Kazakhstan as part of the Russian Empire and liberated the slaves of the Kazakhs in 1859.[14] Following the 1917 Russian Revolution and subsequent Russian Civil War, the territory was reorganized several times. In 1936, it was established as the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic within the Soviet Union. Kazakhstan was the last of the Soviet republics to declare independence during the dissolution of the Soviet Union from 1988 to 1991.
Human rights organizations have described the Kazakh government as authoritarian, and regularly describe human rights in Kazakhstan as poor. The country dominates Central Asia economically and politically, generating 60 percent of the region's GDP, primarily through its oil and gas industry; it also has vast mineral resources.[15] Kazakhstan has the highest Human Development Index ranking in the region. It is de jure a democratic, unitary, constitutional republic;[16] however, it is de facto an authoritarian regime[17][18] with no free elections.[19] Nevertheless, there have been incremental efforts at democratization and political reform since the 2019 resignation of President Nursultan Nazarbayev. Kazakhstan is a member state of the United Nations, World Trade Organization, Commonwealth of Independent States, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, Eurasian Economic Union, Collective Security Treaty Organization, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Organization of Turkic States, and International Organization of Turkic Culture.
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