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Official country name
Republic of Kazakhstan
Short name
Kazakhstan
Local names
Qazaqstan Respublikasy (long)
Qazaqstan (short)
Qazaqstan (short)
Former name
Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic
Nationality
Kazakhstani(s) (noun) Qazaqstan (adjective)
Languages spoken
Kazakh (Qazaq, state language) 64.4%, Russian (official, used in everyday business, designated the ""language of interethnic communication"") 95% (2001 est.)
Capital
Astana
Government type
republic; authoritarian presidential rule, with little power outside the executive branch
Population
15,340,533 ranked 63, (data 2008)
Geography
Russia leases approximately 6,000 sq km of territory enclosing the Baykonur Cosmodrome; in January 2004, Kazakhstan and Russia extended the lease to 2050. The lowest point is Vpadina Kaundy -132 m.
Coastline
Coastline 0 km. Kazakhstan borders the Aral Sea, now split into two bodies of water (1,070 km), and the Caspian Sea (1,894 km)
Land borders
12,185km, China 1,533 km, Kyrgyzstan 1,224 km, Russia 6,846 km, Turkmenistan 379 km, Uzbekistan 2,203 km.
Administrative divisions
14 provinces (oblystar, singular - oblys) and 3 cities* (qalalar, singular - qala); Almaty Oblysy, Almaty Qalasy*, Aqmola Oblysy (Astana), Aqtobe Oblysy, Astana Qalasy*, Atyrau Oblysy, Batys Qazaqstan Oblysy (Oral), Bayqongyr Qalasy*, Mangghystau Oblysy (Aqtau), Ongtustik Qazaqstan Oblysy (Shymkent), Pavlodar Oblysy, Qaraghandy Oblysy, Qostanay Oblysy, Qyzylorda Oblysy, Shyghys Qazaqstan Oblysy (Oskemen), Soltustik Qazaqstan Oblysy (Petropavlovsk), Zhambyl Oblysy (Taraz)
administrative divisions have the same names as their administrative centers (exceptions have the administrative center name following in parentheses); in 1995, the Governments of Kazakhstan and Russia entered into an agreement whereby Russia would lease for a period of 20 years an area of 6,000 sq km enclosing the Baykonur space launch facilities and the city of Bayqongyr (Baykonur, formerly Leninsk); in 2004, a new agreement extended the lease to 2050
Independence
16 December 1991 (from Soviet Union)