Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan, alsae spellt Kazakstan or Khazakhstan (Kazakh: Қазақстан, Qazaqstan. Roushie: Казахстан, Kazakhstán), kent offeecially as the Republic o Kazakhstan is a kintra that raxes ower a muckle amoont o laund in Northren an Central Eurasie. An wee bit o the kintra, Wast o the Ural River is pairt o Eastren Europe. It haes laund mairches wi Roushie, Cheenae, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan an Turkmenistan. It wis ance ane o the republics o the umwhile Soviet Union but is nou pairt o the Commonwalth o Independent States.

Republic o Kazakhstan Қазақстан Республикасы  (Kazakh) Qazaqstan Respublikasy Республика Казахстан  (Roushie) Respublika Kazakhstan
Banner Emblem
Anthem: Менің Қазақстаным Mening Qazaqstanym My Kazakhstan
Location o  Kazakhstan  (green)
Caipital	Noursoultan 51°10′N 71°26′E
Lairgest ceety	Almaty
Offeecial leids	Kazakh (offeecial state leid) Roushie (uisin as offeecial)[1]
Ethnic groups (2016.[2])	66.48% Kazakh 20.61% Roushie 12.91% ithers
Demonym(s)	Kazakh[3]
Govrenment	Unitar dominant-pairty presidential constitutional republic
• Preses	Kassym-Jomart Tokayev (Қасым-Жомарт Тоқаев)
• Prime Meenister	Oljas Bektenov (Олжас Бектенов)
Legislatur	Parliament
• Upper house	Senate
• Lower house	Mazhilis
Formation
• Kazakh Khanate	1456
• Alash Autonomy	13 December 1917
• Kirghiz ASSR	26 August 1920
• Kazak ASSR	19 June 1925
• Kazakh SSR	5 December 1936
• Declared Sovereignty	25 October 1990
• Reconstitutit as the Republic o Kazakhstan	10 December 1991
• Declared Unthirldom frae the USSR	16 December 1991
• Recognized	26 December 1991
• Current Constitution	30 August 1995
Aurie
• Total	2,724,900 km2 (1,052,100 sq mi) (9t)
• Water (%)	1.7
Population
• 8 January 2017 estimate	18,050,488[4] (64t)
• Density	6.49/km2 (16.8/sq mi) (227t)
GDP (PPP)	2016 estimate
• Total	$460 billion[5] (42nt)
• Per capita	$25,669[5] (53rd)
GDP (nominal)	2014 estimate
• Tot	$225.619 billion[5] (50t)
• Per capita	$12,950[5] (54t)
Gini (2013)	26.4[6] law
HDI (2014)	0.788[7] heich · 56th
Currency	Tenge (₸) (KZT)
Time zone	UTC+5 / +6 (West / East)
Drivin side	right
Cawin code	+7-6xx, +7-7xx
ISO 3166 code	KZ
Internet TLD	.kz .қаз