Kazachstan

Republic of Kazakhstan Қазақстан Республикасы  (Kazakh) Qazaqstan Respwblïkası Республика Казахстан  (Russian) Respublika Kazakhstan
Flag Emblem
Anthem: Менің Қазақстаным Meniñ Qazaqstanım My Kazakhstan
Location of  Kazakhstan  (green)
Capital	Astana 51°10′N 71°26′E / 51.167°N 71.433°E / 51.167; 71.433
Largest city	Almaty
Official languages	Kazakh (official state language) Russian (using as official)
Ethnic groups (2010)	63.6% Kazakh 23.3% Russian 2.9% Uzbek 2.0% Ukrainian 1.4% Uyghur 1.2% Tatar 1.1% German 4.5% others
Demonym
Government	Unitary dominant-party presidential republic
• President	Nursultan Nazarbayev
• Prime Minister	Bakhytzhan Sagintayev
Legislature	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
• Reconstituted as the Republic of Kazakhstan	10 December 1991
• Independence declared from the Soviet Union	16 December 1991
• Recognized	26 December 1991
• Current Constitution	30 August 1995
Area
• Total	2,724,900 km2 (1,052,100 sq mi) (9th)
• Water (%)	1.7
Population
• 8 January 2017 estimate	18,050,488 (64th)
• Density	6.49/km2 (16.8/sq mi) (227th)
GDP (PPP)	2016 estimate
• Total	$460 billion (42nd)
• Per capita	$25,669 (50th)
GDP (nominal)	2014 estimate
• Total	$225.619 billion (50th)
• Per capita	$12,950 (54th)
Gini (2013)	26.4 low
HDI (2014)	0.788 high · 56th
Currency	Tenge (₸) (KZT)
Time zone	West / East (UTC+5 / +6)
Drives on the	right
Calling code	+7-6xx, +7-7xx
ISO 3166 code	KZ
Internet TLD	.kz .қаз

Kazakhstan (US ⁱ/kæzækˈstæn, ˌkɑːzɑːkˈstɑːn/, UK /ˌkæzəkˈstɑːn, -ˈstæn/;Kazakh: Қазақстан, tr. Qazaqstan, IPA: [qɑzɑqˈstɑn]; Russian: Казахстан, tr. Kazakhstan), officially the Republic of Kazakhstan (Kazakh: Қазақстан Республикасы, tr. Qazaqstan Respwblïkası; Russian: Республика Казахстан, tr. Respublika Kazakhstan), is a transcontinental country in northern Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Kazakhstan is the world's largest landlocked country, and the ninth largest in the world, with an area of 2,724,900 square kilometres (1,052,100 sq mi). Kazakhstan is the dominant nation of Central Asia economically, generating 60% of the region's GDP, primarily through its oil/gas industry. It also has vast mineral resources.