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Country Overview
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Largest Cities
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City
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Population
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Estimated
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Almaty
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2,000,900
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2020
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Astana
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345,604
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2020
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Karagandy
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451,800
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2020
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| Region: |
Asia |
| Population: |
19,091,948 |
| Area Total: |
2,717,300km2 |
| Area Land: |
2,669,800km2 |
| Coast Line: |
0km |
| Capital: |
Astana |
| Climate: |
continental, cold winters and hot summers, arid and semiarid. |
| Languages: |
Kazak (official) Russian (spoken by two-thirds of population and used in everyday business) |
| Currency: |
tenge |
| Holiday: |
Independence Day is 16 December (1991), Republic Day is 25 October, Victory Day is 9 May |
Average Daily Temperature
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| January: |
°C / 10.50°F |
| July: |
°C / 73.30°F |
| Annual Rainfall: |
mm / 11.6" |
Boundaries
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Russia
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6,846 km
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Uzbekistan
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2,203 km
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China
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1,533 km
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Kyrgyzstan
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1,051 km
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Turkmenistan
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379 km
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Ethnic Divisions
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Kazakh
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53.40%
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Russian
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30.00%
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other
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6.60%
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Ukrainian
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3.70%
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Uzbek
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2.50%
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German
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2.40%
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Uighur
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1.40%
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Religions
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Muslim
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47.00%
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Russian Orthodox
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44.00%
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other
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7.00%
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Protestant
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2.00%
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