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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 .
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.
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.). Kazakhstan declared itself an independent country on December 16, 1991, the last Soviet republic to do so. Its communist-era leader, Nursultan Nazarbayev, became the country's new president.
Kazakhstan's dominant ethnic group, the Kazakhs, traces its origin to the 15th century, when after disintegration of Golden Horde, number of Turkic and Turco-Mongol tribes united to establish the Kazakh Khanate. With a cohesive culture and a national identity, they constituted an absolute majority on the land until Russian colonization.
China invested US$19.2 billion in Kazakhstan between 2005-2020, according to its embassy in the country, with some 56 China-backed projects worth nearly US$24.5 billion due for completion by 2023.
A passenger on the Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed in Kazakhstan told Reuters that there was at least one loud bang as it approached its original destination of Grozny in southern Russia.
Patel has railed against the so-called "Deep State," naming Sullivan as a member. When pressed on if that pick concerns him, Sullivan dodged. "I'm not going to speak to President-elect Trump's ...
Karaganda (UK: / ˌ k ær ə ˈ ɡ æ n d ə /, US: / ˌ k ɑːr ə ˈ ɡ ɑː n d ə /; Russian: Караганда [kərəɡɐnˈda]), also known as Karagandy (UK: / ˌ k ær ə ˈ ɡ æ n d i /, US: / ˌ k ɑːr ə ˈ ɡ ɑː n d i /; Russian: Караганды [kərəɡɐnˈdɨ]; Kazakh: Қарағанды / Qarağandy [qɑrɑˌʁɑnˈdə] ⓘ) (also sometimes romanized as Qaraghandy), is ...