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2,7 million square kilometers 9 th largest country
Kazakhstan is located in the centre of the Eurasian continent. Its territory is as large as 2 million 724,9 thousand square kilometers and accordingly it occupies the ninth place in the world by its size. In the North and West the republic has common borders with Russia km (the longest continuous overland border in the world), in the East with China km, in the South with Kyrgyzstan km, with Uzbekistan km and with Turkmenistan km.
Neighborhood: Russia China Kyrgyzstan Uzbekistan Turkmenistan Caspian Sea.
Capital The capital is Astana, where it was moved from Almaty in 1997
Ancient period ( VIII BC – V AD): Saks(Scythians), Uysun, Kangly, Huns Middle ages (V – XVIII c.): Turk Empire Karakhanids The Empire of Genghis Khan Golden Horde Tamerlane Empire New history (XIX-now): Part of Russian Empire (XIX-1920) Part of Soviet Union( ) Independent Republic of Kazakhstan (1991-now)
1: Tomiris – Scythian Queen 2: Karakhanids – First Turk Muslims 3: Genghis khan 4: Tamerlan
Population: 16,9 million Ethnic groups: 131 Density: 5,94/km 2 =15,39/sq mi
Ethnic Groups Kazakhstan has a population of 17.7 million, with 131 ethnicities, including Kazakh, Russian, Ukrainian, German, Uzbek, Tatar, and Uyghur. Around 63% of the population are Kazakhs.
The nature of Kazakhstan is beautiful in its own way. It is severe, since the majority of the territory consists of deserts 164,000,000 ha (44%) and semi-deserts (14%). Only 26% of the territory is occupied by steppe zones and 5,5% (21,000,000 ha) by forest ones. There is Sary- Arka – a yellow steppe in the central part of the country and the Turgai plateau to the west from it. The territory of Kazakhstan is so vast that it occupies the Urals in the West and the Altai and Tarbagatai in the East. The Ustyurt plateau and the Caspian sea coast are located in the South-West. The eastern part of Kazakhstan reaches the northern Tien-Shan.
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