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Kazakstan
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Size: Approximately 2,717,300 square kilometers.
Topography: Substantial variation according to region;
Altay and Tian Shan ranges in east and northeast, about 12 percent of
territory, reach elevation of nearly 7,000 meters; more than
three-quarters of territory desert or semidesert, with elevations below
sea level along Caspian Sea coast in far west.
Climate: Continental and very dry except in eastern
moun-tains, where snowfall heavy; wide temperature variation between
winter and summer.
Data as of March 1996
Formal Name: Republic of Kazakstan.
Short Form: Kazakstan.
Term for Citizens: Kazakstani(s).
Capital: Almaty, scheduled to move to Aqmola 1998.
Date of Independence: December 16, 1991.
Geography
Size: Approximately 2,717,300 square kilometers.
Topography: Substantial variation according to region;
Altay and Tian Shan ranges in east and northeast, about 12 percent of
territory, reach elevation of nearly 7,000 meters; more than
three-quarters of territory desert or semidesert, with elevations below
sea level along Caspian Sea coast in far west.
Climate: Continental and very dry except in eastern
moun-tains, where snowfall heavy; wide temperature variation between
winter and summer.
Data as of March 1996
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