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Kazakhstan Qazaqstan
Respublikasy
Area: 2,717,300
sq km
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Climate: continental,
cold winters and hot summers, arid and semiarid Terrain: extends from
the Volga to the Altai Mountains and from the plains in western Siberia
to oases and desert in Central Asia
Elevation extremes:
lowest point: Vpadina Kaundy -132 m highest point: Zhengis Shingy (Pik
Khan-Tengri) 6,995 m
Geography—note:
landlocked
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Population: 16,824,825
(July 1999 est.)
Ethnic groups:
Kazakh (Qazaq) 46%, Russian 34.7%, Ukrainian 4.9%, German 3.1%, Uzbek
2.3%, Tatar 1.9%, other 7.1% (1996)
Religions: Muslim
47%, Russian Orthodox 44%, Protestant 2%, other 7%
Languages: Kazakh
(Qazaq) (state language) 40%, Russian (official, used in everyday business)
66%
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