Kazakhstan: all about this country and its main places!

General information

Culture

There are UNESCO listed sites: Saryarka – Steppe and Lakes of Northern Kazakhstan, Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi, Petroglyphs within the Archaeological Landscape of Tamgaly.

Education

This nation has a number of interesting universities, including Nazarbayev University. The average length of time residents spend in school is 16 years (including tertiary education).

Economy

In 2021 the GDP was $197,112,255,360 USD, which ranks it number 53 in the world. The currency ISO code is KZT and the currency symbol is лв.

Geography

Astana serves as this nation's capital and the country shares a border with China, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan. The area of the country is 2,724,900 km², they use a postcode system and the main cities are: Тараз, Павлодар, Семей, Туркестан, Караганда. Here are the different languages spoken in the country: Kazakh, Russian.

Population

There are 17,753,200 inhabitants, or 0.24% of the population of planet earth. 31.60 years is the median age in this country and the birth growth rate is at 0.73%.

Good to know

For more information about this country, check https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazakhstan. The domain name ".kz" is used by the country's websites, the ISO code is KZ, phone numbers start with +76

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