Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan is in Central Asia, with its capital at Astana and an area of about 2,724,900 km². Explore its flag, anthem, population, GDP ranking, government, natural resources, provinces and major cities on an interactive 3D globe.
- Official name
- Republic of Kazakhstan
- Capital
- Astana
- Region
- Asia · Central Asia
- Area
- 2,724,900 km²
- Languages
- Kazakh, Russian
- Currencies
- Kazakhstani tenge (KZT)
- Government
- Unitary presidential republic
- Natural resources
- major deposits of petroleum, natural gas, coal, iron ore, manganese, chrome ore, nickel, cobalt, copper, molybdenum, lead, zinc, bauxite, gold, uranium
- Industries
- oil, coal, iron ore, manganese, chromite, lead, zinc, copper, titanium, bauxite, gold, silver, phosphates, sulfur, uranium, iron and steel; tractors and other agricultural machinery, electric motors, construction materials
- Main exports
- crude petroleum, gold, radioactive chemicals, refined copper, copper ore
First-level divisions (17)
- Akmola
- East Kazakhstan
- Jambyl
- Karaganda
- Mangystau
- North Kazakhstan
- Nur-Sultan
- Turkistan
- West Kazakhstan
- Aktobe
- Almaty
- Almaty
- Atyrau
- Baikonur
- Kostanay
- Kyzylorda
- Pavlodar
Major cities
- Almaty (population 1,209,000)
- Shymkent (population 465,392)
- Karaganda (population 451,800)
- Taraz (population 358,153)
- Nur-Sultan (population 345,604)
- Pavlodar (population 329,002)
- Oskemen (population 319,067)
- Semey (population 311,353)
- Kyzylorda (population 300,000)
- Aktobe (population 262,457)
- Kostanay (population 236,901)
- Petropavl (population 228,238)
- Oral (population 209,788)
- Atyrau (population 182,753)
- Temirtau (population 170,600)