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Kazakhstan Quick Facts

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Capital of Kazakhstan
Astana, on the Ishim River; the capital moved from Almaty in 1997.
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Largest city
Almaty, in the foothills of the Zailiysky Alatau.
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Size and position
Ninth largest country in the world and the largest landlocked country.
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Land neighbours
Russia, China, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan.
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Highest point
Khan Tengri, about 7,000 m, in the Tian Shan.
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Caspian Sea
The largest enclosed inland body of water; Atyrau and Aktau lie on its coast.
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Aral Sea
Shrank after river water was diverted for irrigation; the Kokaral Dam (2005) helped the northern part.
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Lake Balkhash
Fresh in the west and salty in the east.
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Golden Man
Saka warrior's gold-covered suit found in the Issyk burial mound near Almaty.
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Al-Farabi
Scholar from the Otrar region called the Second Teacher after Aristotle.
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Kazakh Khanate
Founded about 1465 by Kerey and Janibek.
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Three zhuzes
Senior (south-east), Middle (centre, north, east) and Junior (west) hordes.
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Abai Kunanbayev
Poet and thinker (1845 to 1904), author of the Book of Words.
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Alash Orda
Autonomous government of 1917 to 1920 led by Alikhan Bokeikhanov.
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Virgin Lands Campaign
1954 ploughing of the northern steppe for wheat.
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Baikonur
Cosmodrome in Kyzylorda Region; launched Gagarin in 1961 and is leased by Russia.
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Semipalatinsk
Soviet nuclear test site where the first Soviet bomb was exploded on 29 August 1949.
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Independence Day
16 December, marking independence in 1991.
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Currency
The tenge, introduced on 15 November 1993.
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Dombra and kobyz
The plucked two-string lute, and the bowed horsehair fiddle of the shamans.
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Nauryz
Spring new year festival around 21 March; kozhe is made of seven ingredients.
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Beshbarmak
Five fingers: boiled meat over flat noodles.
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Kumys and shubat
Fermented mare's milk and fermented camel's milk.
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Kokpar
Horseback game of carrying a goat carcass to a goal.
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Main exports
Crude oil and gas, plus metals, uranium and grain; Kazakhstan is the largest uranium producer.

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