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Change of oblast names and boundaries from 1954 to today Over the last 60 years, both the distribution and names of regions of Kazakhstan have changed considerably. Major changes were several fusions and splits between Guryev and Mangystau, Karaganda and Dzhezkazgan, Almaty and Taldy-Kurgan, East Kazakhstan and Semipalatinsk and Kostanay ...
European Kazakhstan geographically lies in Eastern Europe, with its area of over 148,000 square kilometres (57,000 sq mi) (approximately 5.4% of the country’s total land area) which makes Kazakhstan the 14th-largest country in Europe with a population of about 1 million.
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.
Currently for Kazakhstan, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 3 cities and 17 regions. The cities Almaty and Astana are the former and current capitals of the country respectively and have special status equal to the regions. Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is KZ, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Kazakhstan ...
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 .
Rank Region HDI (2022) Very high human development 1: Almaty: 0.831 2: Karaganda Region: 0.823 3: Akmola Region, Kostanay Region, Pavlodar Region, North Kazakhstan Region: 0.816 – Kazakhstan
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.
The Nomad Astana and HC Astana play in the Kazakhstan Hockey Championship. The Snezhnye Barsy of the Junior Hockey League is a junior team of the Barys Astana. [79] Astana annually hosts the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan's Cup ice hockey tournament. [80] The Astana Pro Team, founded in 2007, participates in the UCI World Tour. [81]