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Astana is the second-coldest national capital in the world after Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, a position formerly held by the capital of Canada, Ottawa, until Astana attained capital city status in 1997. [ 48 ] [ 49 ] Astana has an extreme continental climate with warm summers (featuring occasional brief rain showers) and long, very cold, dry winters.
Kazakhstan, [d] officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, [e] is a landlocked country primarily in Central Asia, with a small portion situated in Eastern Europe. [f] It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbekistan to the south, and Turkmenistan to the southwest, with a coastline along the Caspian Sea.
Module:Location map/data/Kazakhstan is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of Kazakhstan. The markers are placed by latitude and longitude coordinates on the default map or a similar map image.
Detailed map of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan is located in Central Asia , with a small portion in Eastern Europe . [ 1 ] With an area of about 2,724,900 square kilometers (1,052,100 sq mi) Kazakhstan is more than twice the combined size of the other four Central Asian states and 60% larger than Alaska .
The Republic of Kazakhstan is a landlocked sovereign country located across both Central Asia and Eastern Europe. [1] Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world as well as the world's largest landlocked country, [2] it has a territory of 2,727,300 km 2 (greater than Western Europe).
Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport [a] (IATA: NQZ, ICAO: UACC), alternatively referred by its previous name as Astana International Airport until 2017 (or simply Astana Airport), is the international airport serving Astana, Kazakhstan, the capital and second most populous city in the country. It is the primary aviation hub for northern ...
The first American Embassy in Kazakhstan was set up in Alma-Ata (currently Almaty) on 3 February, 1992, with William Harrison Courtney assuming the position as the Chargé d'Affaires ad interim. [1] The Embassy of the United States was originally located in Almaty, the former capital of Kazakhstan.
Baiterek (Kazakh: Бәйтерек, romanized: Bäiterek; "tall poplar tree") is a monument and observation tower in Astana, the capital city of Kazakhstan.A tourist attraction popular with foreign visitors and Kazakhs, it is emblematic of the city, which became capital of the country in 1997.