Kazakhstan
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Access To Food Still Difficult For Tajik Families...techniques. Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan are all prone to a variety of disasters triggered by natural hazards, according to the ISDR, which maintains an office in the Tajik capital, Dushanbe. The... In this article: FAO, United Nations, UN World Food Programme, Tajikistan, U.S., Potato, Climate change, International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, and Geneva |
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GlobalPost | November 10, 2009
Going to the beach, Iranian-style
...Sea is the largest lake in the world. The sea is bordered by Kazakhstan in the northeast, Turkmenistan in the southeast, Azerbaijan in the southwest, Russia in the northwest and Iran in the south. The Caspian is abundant in oil and gas...
In this article: Iran, Caspian Sea, Tehran, Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Tourism, Turkey, and Bandar-Abbas
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Offshore | 5 days ago
Caspian states move to finalize convention
...convention TEHRAN -- Azerbaijan, Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Iran intend to finalize a draft of the convention on the legal status of the Caspian Sea, according to Iran's Petroenergy Information Network. The document,...
In this article: Iran, Caspian Sea, Tehran, Russia, Azerbaijan, and Turkmenistan
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boston.com - Latest world news | October 23, 2009
Turkmen-China gas pipeline nears completion
...of Russian gas monopoly Gazprom, at a cost of around $600 million. The new pipeline, still under construction, will cross Uzbekistan and then Kazakhstan before reaching China. Turkmenistan has hailed the pipeline as key to reducing its...
In this article: China, Turkmenistan, Russia, Gazprom, Uzbekistan, All rights reserved, Natural gas, Stroitransgaz, European Union, and Caspian Sea
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The Australian | November 12, 2009
Emerging From Economic Crisis At UN Forum
...Programme for the Economies of Central Asia (SPECA) Economic Forum, comprising Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. The main challenges faced by the region in the short- and medium-term...
In this article: United Nations, Deforestation, International Federation of Journalists, Central Asia, Samoa, Unicef, Buddhist, and HMAS Tobruk
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Reuters | October 07, 2009
U.S. raising Central Asia supply role in Afghanistan
...Central Asia. Trade ministers from five Central Asia countries -- Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan -- and Afghanistan are in Washington this week for talks on expanding trade and investment. Earlier this year,...
In this article: United States, Central Asia, Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, U.S. Department of Defense, Goods and services, Thomson Reuters, Washington, and NATO
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San Diego Union-Tribune | October 09, 2009
Turkmenistan denies entry to Peace Corps
...LEONARD, The Associated Press ALMATY, Kazakhstan The reclusive Central Asian nation of Turkmenistan has denied entry to dozens of Peace Corps volunteers, the organization's country director said Friday. The decision to bar 47 volunteers...
In this article: Peace Corps, Turkmenistan, Saparmurat Niyazov, Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov, United States, Natural gas, American University in Bulgaria, American University of Central Asia, Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Russia
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Full print edition | September 24, 2009
Central Asia's five stans: Nations without a cause
Overlook; 480 pages; $35. Duckworth; GBP25. Buy from Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk THE Central Asian "stans", as Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan are known by the Western diplomats and oilmen who frequent them,...
In this article: Central Asia, Amazon.com, Socialism, Capitalism, Genghis Khan, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan
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Oil & Gas Journal | November 08, 2009
Special Report: Improved oil, gas demand, price forecasts raise drilling rig trend
The countries with the main active rigs in this region are Azerbaijan with 13 (1 land, 12 offshore), Kazakhstan with 64 (60 land, 4 offshore), Russia with 312 (307 land, 5 offshore), and Turkmenistan with 9 (6 land, 3 offshore). In...
In this article: Baker Hughes Inc., Smith International, US, Canada, Abu Dhabi, Alberta, Anadarko Petroleum Corp., Range Resources Corp., and Africa
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Times Online | September 30, 2009
China keeps oil deals flowing with $1bn Kazakh acquisition$
...of crude could be at stake in the negotiations. Kazakhstan currently exports oil to China via a pipeline with a capacity of 73 million barrels per year, but there are plans to double this. Chinese businesses are also active in neighbouring...
In this article: China, China National Petroleum Corporation, Renewable Energy, Central Asia, Beijing, Uranium, China Investment Corporation, Noble Group, and International Power
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Kazakhstan, also Kazakstan (Қазақстан, Qazaqstan, IPA: /qɑzɑqˈstɑn/; Russian: Казахстан, Kazakhstán, ), officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a Eurasian country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world as well as the world's largest landlocked country, it has a territory of 2,727,300 km² (greater than Western Europe). It is bordered by Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and China. The country also borders on a significant part of the Caspian Sea.
Vast in size, the land in Kazakhstan is very diverse in types of terrain: flatlands, steppes, taigas, rock-canyons, hills, deltas, mountains, snow-capped mountains, and deserts. Kazakhstan has the 62nd largest population in the world, with a population density of less than 6 people per square kilometre (15 per sq. mi.).
For most of its history the territory of modern-day Kazakhstan has been inhabited by nomadic tribes. By the 16th century the Kazakhs emerged as a distinct group, divided into three hordes. The Russians began advancing into the Kazakh steppe in the 18th century, and by the mid-19th century all of Kazakhstan was part of the Russian Empire. Following the 1917 Russian Revolution, and subsequent civil war, the territory of Kazakhstan was reorganized several times before becoming the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic in 1936, a part of the USSR. During the 20th century, Kazakhstan was the site of major Soviet projects, including Khrushchev's Virgin Lands campaign, the Baikonur Cosmodrome, and the Semipalatinsk "Polygon", the USSR's primary nuclear weapon testing site.
- Name:
- Kazakhstan
- Conventional Long Name:
- Republic of Kazakhstan
- Local Name:
- Қазақстан Республикасы
- Capital:
- Astana
- Language:
- Russian
- Kazakh
- Largest City:
- Almaty
- Government type:
- Presidential republic
- Founding Date:
- January 01, 1465
- Formations:
- Finalized
- Area:
- 1,052,085
- GDP (per capita PPP):
- $167.622 billion
- GDP (per capita PPP) Rank:
- 69th
- GDP (nominal):
- $104.850 billion
- GDP (nominal per capita) Rank:
- 65th
- GPD (nominal) Rank:
- 55th
- GDP (nominal per capita):
- $6,748
- Time Zone:
- West/East
- Currency:
- Tenge ()
- Demonym:
- Kazakhstani
- Drives On:
- right
- Currency (code):
- KZT
- Country Calling Code:
- 7
- ccTLD:
- .kz
- Anthem:
- Менің Қазақстаным
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