name: Qazaqstan Respublïkasi / Respublika Kazakhstan area: 2,724,900 km2 population: 17,309,000 density: 6.35/km2 government style: dominant party presidential republic capital: Astana (700,000) main towns: Almaty, Karagandy, Shymkent, Semey, Pavlodar, Aktobe, Öskemen main religion: Islam, Christian main languages: Kazakh & Russian (officials), Uyghur, Tatar, Uzbek highest point: Khan Tengry (7,010 m) currency: Tenge (0.005 USD) |