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Kazakhstan, [d] officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, [e] is a landlocked country primarily in Central Asia, with a small portion of its territory 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.
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.
In an effort to Russianize the Kazakhs, the Latin alphabet was in turn replaced by the Cyrillic alphabet in 1940 by Soviet interventionists. Today, there are efforts to return to the Latin script, and in January 2021 the government announced plans to switch to the Latin alphabet. [60] Kazakh is a state (official) language in 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 .
Putin's talks in Kazakhstan's capital of Astana follow his trip last month to Kyrgyzstan for a summit of ex-Soviet nations and a visit to China. Speaking at the start of his talks with Kazakhstan ...
Kazakhstan's industrial sector rests on the extraction and processing of these natural resources. [citation needed] The Dissolution of the Soviet Union and the collapse of demand for Kazakhstan's traditional heavy industry products have resulted in a sharp decline of the economy since 1991, with the steepest annual decline occurring in 1994. In ...
Kazakhstan is also part of the EU's Central Asia New Partnership Program. [ 6 ] Currently, Kazakhstan is an observer in the Council of Europe , a full member of the European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission) [ clarification needed ] , a member of the European Higher Education Area , the Union of European Football ...
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.