Geographical position: Kazakhstan is located in Central Asia, northwest of China; a small portion west of the Ural River in eastern-most Europe.
The country’s climate is continental, cold winters and hot summers, arid and semiarid.
Languages: Kazakh (Qazaq, state language) 64.4%, Russian (official, used in everyday business, designated the "language of interethnic communication") 95%.
Astana is the capital of Kazakhstan.
Surface: 2,717,300 sq km
Population: 15,185,844
System of government: republic; authoritarian presidential rule, with little power outside the executive branch
Capital: Astana
Religion: Muslim 47%, Russian Orthodox 44%, Protestant 2%, other 7%
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