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Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan, [b] officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, [c] is a landlocked country mostly in Central Asia, with a part in Eastern Europe. [d] 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.
Detailed map of Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan is located in Central Asia (with 4% of the country (108,996 km2) 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.
Astana. Astana, [a] formerly known as Nur-Sultan, Akmolinsk, Tselinograd, and Akmola, [15] is the capital city of Kazakhstan. The city lies on the banks of the Ishim River in the north-central part of Kazakhstan, within the Akmola Region, though administered as a city with special status separately from the rest of the region.
Ethnic demography of Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan is a multiethnic country where the indigenous ethnic group, the Kazakhs, comprise the majority of the population. As of 2024, ethnic Kazakhs are about 71% of the population and ethnic Russians in Kazakhstan are about 14.9%. [1] These are the two dominant ethnic groups in the country with a wide array ...
From 1929 to 1936, the city, then known as Alma-Ata, was the capital of the Kazakh ASSR. [13] From 1936 to 1991, Alma-Ata was the capital of the Kazakh SSR.After Kazakhstan became independent in 1991, the city was renamed Almaty in 1993 and continued as the capital until 1997, when the capital was moved to Akmola (renamed Astana in 1998, Nur-Sultan in 2019, and again Astana in 2022).
Provinces and main cities of Kazakhstan. As of April 2024, the share of Kazakhstan's urban population is 62.3%. [1] The following is a list of cities with more than 50,000 inhabitants in Kazakhstan. The names of many places have been changed during the 20th and 21st centuries, sometimes more than once.
Overview. Official estimates put the population of Kazakhstan at 20,182,003 as of August 2024, of which 62.7% is urban and 37.3% is rural population. [13] In a report released by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) in September 2021, the level of urbanization in Kazakhstan is estimated to reach 69.1% by 2050.
The Kazakhstan–Russia border (Russian: Казахстанско-российская граница, Kazakh: Қазақстан-Ресей шекарасы) is the 7,644-kilometre (4,750 mi) international border between the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation. [1] It is the longest continuous international border in the world ...