Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan is the largest of the states of the former Soviet Union apart from Russia, and it dwarfs the other countries of Central Asia and stretches into Eastern Europe.Tap on the map to travel |
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Popular Destinations
Astana
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Astana, in the north of Kazakhstan on the banks of the Esil river, is the capital and the second largest city of the country.
Almaty
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Almaty is the largest city and the financial and cultural centre of Kazakhstan.
Karaganda
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Karaganda is a large city in the Central Highlands of Kazakhstan.
Destinations
Kazakhstani North
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The Kazakhstani North is comprised of the provinces of Kostanay, North Kazakhstan, Pavlodar, and Akmola.
Central Highlands
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The Central Highlands of Kazakhstan is a huge, sparsely populated region larger in area than Pakistan, consisting of the endless steppe of the Aktobe and Karagandy provinces, as well as the western half of East Kazakhstan Province.
Kazakh Desert
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The Kazakh Desert is the southernmost region of Kazakhstan, spanning the vast Qyzylqum and Aral Karakum deserts.
Almaty Province
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Almaty Province is in the southeast of Kazakhstan. The province surrounds the nation's largest city, the former capital Almaty, which is administered separately.
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Kazakhstan
- Type: Country with 19,200,000 residents
- Description: sovereign state in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
- Languages: Kazakh and Russian
- Neighbors: China, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan
- Categories: sovereign state, unitary state, landlocked country, transcontinental country and locality
- Location: Central Asia, Asia
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Latitude of centre
48° northLongitude of centre
68° eastPopulation
19,200,000Area
2,717,300 km² (1,049,155 miles²)Elevation
381 metres (1,250 feet)Capital
Nur-SultanCurrency
Tenge (KZT)Phone code
.kzInternet domain
7OpenStreetMap ID
node 424311521OpenStreetMap Feature
place=countryGeoNames ID
1522867Wikidata ID
Q232Kazakhstan Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Abkhazian: Kazaxestan
- Abkhazian: Ҟазахсҭан
- Achinese: Kazakhstan
- Adyghe: Казахстан
- Afar: Qazaqstan
- Afrikaans: Kasakstan
- Afrikaans: Kazakstan
- Akan: Kazakhstan
- Akan: Kazakstan
- Albanian: Kazakistan
- Albanian: Kazakistani
- Amharic: Kazakhstan
- Amharic: ካዛኪስታን
- Amharic: ካዛክስታን
- Amis: Kazakhstan
- Angika: कजाकिस्तान
- Arabic: Kasahistan
- Arabic: قازاقستان
- Arabic: كازاخستان
- Aragonese: Cazaquistán
- Aragonese: Kasajstán
- Armenian: Ղազախստան
- Armenian: Ղասախիստան
- Arpitan: Cazacstan
- Arpitan: Kazacstan
- Assamese: কাজাখাস্তান
- Asturian: Kazakhistán
- Asturian: Kazakstán
- Atayal: Kazakhstan
- Avaric: Гъазахъистан
- Avaric: Хъазахъистан
- Awadhi: कजाख्स्तान
- Aymara: Qasaq suyu
- Azerbaijani: Kazaxstan
- Azerbaijani: Qazaxıstan
- Balinese: Kazakhstan
- Bambara: Kazakistaŋ
- Banjar: Kazakhstan
- Bashkir: ҠР
- Bashkir: Ҡаҙағстан
- Bashkir: Ҡаҙағстан Республикаһы
- Basque: Kazakhstan
- Bavarian: Kasachstan
- Belarusian: Казахстан
- Bengali: কাজাকস্থান
- Bengali: কাজাখস্তান
- Bengali: কাজাখাস্তান
- Bhojpuri: कज़ाक़िस्तान
- Bhojpuri: कज़ाक़िस्तान रिपब्लिक
- Bhojpuri: कज़ाख़िस्तान
- Bhojpuri: कजाकिस्तान
- Bishnupriya: কাজাখস্তান
- Bislama: Kazakhstan
- Bosnian: Kazahstan
- Bosnian: Republika Kazahstan
- Brahui: Kázaxistán
- Breton: Kazac'hstan
- Breton: Kazakstan
- Buginese: Kazakhstan
- Buginese: ᨀᨍᨀᨔᨈᨊ
- Bulgarian: Казахстан
- Bulgarian: Република Казахстан
- Burmese: ကာဇက်စတန်
- Burmese: ကာဇက်စတန်နိုင်ငံ
- Catalan: Kazakhstan
- Cebuano: Kasahistan
- Cebuano: Kazakhstan
- Cebuano: Khasakstan
- Central Bikol: Kasahistan
- Central Kurdish: کازاخستان
- Chavacano: Kazajistán
- Chechen: Кхазакхстан
- Cherokee: ᎧᏌᎩᏍᏔᏂ
- Cherokee: ᎧᏎᎧᏍᏕᏂ
- Chinese: Hāsàkèsītǎn
- Chinese: Kazakhstan
- Chinese: 哈萨克斯坦/哈薩克
- Chinese: 哈萨克斯坦
- Chinese: 哈萨克斯坦共和国
- Chinese: 哈薩克
- Chinese: 哈薩克共和國
- Chinese: 哈薩克斯坦
- Chinese: 哈薩克斯坦共和國
- Church Slavic: Каꙁахстанъ
- Chuvash: Казахстан
- Cornish: Pow Kasagh
- Cornish: Pow Kazagh
- Corsican: Cosacchistan
- Corsican: Kazachstan
- Corsican: Kazahstan
- Corsican: Kazakistan
- Corsican: Qazaqstan
- Corsican: Quazakistan
- Corsican: Republica di u Kazachstan
- Corsican: Republica di u Kazakistan
- Crimean Tatar: Qazahistan
- Croatian: Kazahstan
- Croatian: Kazakstan
- Czech: Kazachstán
- Dagbani: Kazachstan
- Danish: Kasakhstan
- Danish: Republikken Kasakhstan
- Dhivehi: ކަޒަކިސްތާން
- Dimli (individual language): Qazaxıstan
- Dotyali: कजाख्स्तान
- Dutch: KAZ
- Dutch: KZ
- Dutch: Kazachstan
- Dutch: Qazaqstan
- Dzongkha: ཀ་ཛགས་སཏཱན
- Eastern Mari: Казахстан
- Egyptian Arabic: كازاخستان
- English: KAZ
- English: Qazaqstan
- English: Republic of Kazakhstan
- English: kz
- Erzya: Казахстан Мастор
- Esperanto: KAZ
- Esperanto: Kazaĥio
- Esperanto: Kazaĥstano
- Esperanto: Kazaĥujo
- Esperanto: Respubliko Kazaĥio
- Esperanto: kz
- Estonian: Kasahstan
- Ewe: Kazakhstan
- Ewe: Kazakstan nutome
- Extremaduran: Cazastán
- Faroese: Kasakstan
- Fiji Hindi: Kazakhstan
- Finnish: Kazakstan
- Finnish: Kazakstanin tasavalta
- French: KAZ
- French: KZ
- French: Kazakh.
- French: Kazakhstan
- French: Kazakstan
- French: Qazaqstan
- French: la République du Kazakhstan
- Fulah: Kasakstaan
- Fulah: Kasakstan
- Gagauz: Kazahstan
- Gagauz: Kazakistan
- Galician: Casaquistán - Қазақстан
- Galician: Casaquistán
- Galician: Kazakistán
- Ganda: Kazakisitaani
- Georgian: ყაზახეთი
- German: Kasachstan
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: Kazakhstan
- Goan Konkani: कझाकस्तान
- Greek: Καζακστάν
- Guarani: Kasahitã
- Guarani: Kazajistán
- Guianese Creole French: Kazakstan
- Gujarati: કઝાકિસ્તાન
- Haitian: Kazakstan
- Hakka Chinese: Kazakhstan
- Hausa: Kasakana
- Hausa: Kazakhstan
- Hausa: Kazakistan
- Hausa: Kazakystan
- Hawaiian: Kasakana
- Hebrew: קאזחסטאן
- Hebrew: קזאחסטאן
- Hebrew: קזחסטאן
- Hebrew: קזחסטן
- Hebrew: קזכסטן
- Hebrew: רפובליקת קזחסטן
- Hindi: कज़ाकस्तान
- Hindi: कज़ाख़िस्तान
- Hindi: कजाखस्तान
- Hindi: कस़ाख़िस्तान
- Hungarian: Kazah Köztársaság
- Hungarian: Kazahsztán
- Icelandic: Kasakstan
- Ido: Kazakstan
- Igbo: Kazakhstan
- Iloko: Kazakhstan
- Iloko: Kazakstan
- Inari Sami: Kazakstan
- Inari Sami: Kazakstan täsiväldi
- Indonesian: Kazakhstan
- Indonesian: Republik Kazakhstan
- Ingush: ГІазакхстане
- Interlingua: Kazakhstan
- Interlingue: Kazakstan
- Inuktitut: ᑲᓴᒃᖢᓇ ᓄᓇ
- Irish: An Chasacstáin
- Irish: an Chasacstáin
- Italian: Cazachistan
- Italian: Cosacchia
- Italian: Cosacchistan
- Italian: Kazakhstan
- Italian: Kazakistan
- Jamaican Creole English: Kazaxtan
- Japanese: カザフスタン
- Japanese: カザフスタン共和国
- Javanese: Kasakstan
- Javanese: Kazakhstan
- Kabardian: Къазахъстэн
- Kabiyè: Kazakisitanɩ
- Kabyle: Kazaxestan
- Kalaallisut: Kasakhstani
- Kalmyk: Хасгудин Орн
- Kannada: ಕಜಾಕಸ್ಥಾನ್
- Kannada: ಕಝಾಕಿಸ್ಥಾನ್
- Kara-Kalpak: Qazaqstan
- Karachay-Balkar: Къазакъстан
- Kashmiri: کَزاکِستان
- Kashubian: Kazachstan
- Kazakh: Qazaqstan
- Kazakh: Qazaqstan Respūblīkasy
- Kazakh: Қазақстан
- Kazakh: Қазақстан Республикасы '
- Kazakh: Қазақстан Республикасы
- Kazakh: قازاقستان
- Khmer: កាសាក់ស្ថាន
- Khmer: កាហ្សាក់ស្ថាន
- Kikuyu: Kazakistani
- Kinyarwanda: Kazakisitani
- Kirghiz: kz
- Kirghiz: Казакстан
- Kirghiz: Казакстан Республикасы
- Komi-Permyak: Казахстан
- Komi: Казахстан
- Kongo: Kazakhstan
- Korean: 까자흐스딴
- Korean: 카자흐스탄
- Korean: 카자흐스탄 공화국
- Kurdish: Qazaxistan
- Kurdish: Qezexistan
- Ladin: Casachstan
- Ladino: Kazakistan
- Lak: Казахстан
- Lao: Kazakhstan
- Lao: ຄາຊັກສະຖານ
- Latgalian: Kazaheja
- Latin: Casachia
- Latin: Kazachstania
- Latvian: Kazahstāna
- Lezghian: Къазакъстан
- Ligurian: Kazakistan
- Limburgan: Kazachstan
- Lingala: Kazakisitá
- Lingala: Kazakstáni
- Lingua Franca Nova: Cazacstan
- Literary Chinese: 哈薩克
- Lithuanian: Kazachija
- Lithuanian: Kazachstanas
- Livvi: Kazahstan
- Lojban: kazaksTAN
- Lombard: Kazakistan
- Low German: Kasachstan
- Low German: Kazakstan
- Lower Sorbian: Kazachstan
- Luba-Katanga: Kazakusita
- Lule Sami: Kazakstádna
- Lule Sami: Kazakstánna
- Luxembourgish: Kasachstan
- Macedo-Romanian: Kazahstan
- Macedonian: Казахстан
- Macedonian: Казаџстан
- Madurese: Kazakhstan
- Maithili: कजाख्स्तान
- Malagasy: Kazakhstan
- Malagasy: Kazakstàna
- Malay: KAZ
- Malay: Kazakhstan
- Malay: Qazaqstan
- Malay: Republik Kazakhstan
- Malay: kz
- Malay: قازاقستان
- Malayalam: കസാഖിസ്ഥാൻ
- Malayalam: കസാഖ്സ്ഥാൻ
- Malayalam: ഖസാഖ്സ്ഥാൻ
- Maltese: Każakistan
- Maltese: Repubblika tal-Każakistan
- Maltese: il-Każakistan
- Manipuri: ꯀꯓꯥꯈꯁ꯭ꯇꯥꯟ
- Manx: Yn Chassaghstaan
- Maori: Katatānga
- Marathi: कझाकस्तान
- Mazanderani: قزاخستون
- Mazanderani: قزاخسون
- Mazanderani: قزاقئون
- Mazanderani: قزاقستان
- Mazanderani: قزاقستون
- Mazanderani: قزاقسون
- Mazanderani: قزاق مملکت
- Min Dong Chinese: Kazakhstan
- Min Nan Chinese: Kazakhstan
- Minangkabau: Kazakhstan
- Mingrelian: ყაზახეთი
- Mirandese: Cazaquiston
- Moksha: Казахстан
- Mongolian: Казахстан
- Mongolian: ꯀꯓꯥꯈꯁ꯭ꯇꯥꯟ
- Moroccan Arabic: كازاخستان
- Moroccan Arabic: كازاخيستان
- Nauru: Kadaketan
- Nauru: Kazakhstan
- Navajo: Bilį́į́ʼ Ńdeiltihii Dineʼé Bikéyah
- Nepali: कजाख्स्तान
- Nepali: काजाकस्तान
- Newari: कजाख्स्तान
- North Ndebele: Kazakhstan
- Northern Frisian: Kasachstaan
- Northern Luri: قأزاقئستان
- Northern Sami: Kasakstan
- Northern Sami: Kasakstana dásseváldi
- Northern Sami: Kasakstan dásseváldi
- Northern Sami: Kazakstan
- Northern Sami: Kazakstana dásseváldi
- Northern Sami: Kazakstan dásseváldi
- Northern Sami: Kazakstána
- Norwegian: Kasakhstan
- Norwegian Bokmål: Kasakhstan
- Norwegian Bokmål: Republikken Kasakhstan
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Kasakhstan
- Novial: Kasakstan
- Occitan (post 1500): Cazacstan
- Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): ܩܙܩܣܛܐܢ
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Casacstan
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Casahstan
- Oriya: କାଜାକାସ୍ତାନ
- Oriya: କାଜାକିସ୍ତାନ
- Oriya: କାଜାଖସ୍ତାନ
- Oromo: Kaazaakistaan
- Ossetian: Хъазахстан
- Pali: कजाकस्थान
- Pampanga: Kazakhstan
- Pampanga: Kazastan
- Pangasinan: Kazakstan
- Panjabi: ਕਜ਼ਾਕਸਤਾਨ
- Panjabi: ਕਜ਼ਾਖਸਤਾਨ
- Panjabi: ਕਜ਼ਾਖ਼ਸਤਾਨ
- Papiamento: Kazachstan
- Papiamento: Kazakstan
- Pedi: Kazakhstan
- Pennsylvania German: Kazakhstan
- Persian: قزاقستان
- Picard: Kazakhstan
- Piemontese: Kazakistan
- Pitcairn-Norfolk: Kazakstaan
- Polish: Kazachstan
- Pontic: Καζακστάν
- Portuguese: Casaquistão
- Portuguese: Cazaquistao
- Portuguese: Cazaquistão
- Portuguese: Republica do Cazaquistao
- Portuguese: República do Cazaquistão
- Pushto: قزاقستان
- Quechua: Kazajistán
- Quechua: Qasaqsuyu
- Romanian: Kazahstan
- Romanian: Казахстан
- Romansh: Kasachstan
- Rundi: Kazakisitani
- Russia Buriat: Казахстан
- Russian: Казахстан
- Russian: РК
- Russian: Республика Казахстан
- Rusyn: Казахстан
- Sakizaya: Kazakhstan
- Samoan: Kasakisitana
- Samogitian: Kazakstans
- Sango: Kazakisitäan
- Sanskrit: कजाकस्थान
- Sanskrit: कजाखस्थानम्
- Santali: ᱠᱟᱡᱟᱠᱥᱛᱟᱱ
- Sardinian: Kasakhstan
- Sardinian: Kazachistàn
- Saterfriesisch: Kasachstan
- Scots: Kazakhstan
- Scottish Gaelic: Casachstàn
- Scottish Gaelic: Kazakhstan
- Serbian: Kazahstan
- Serbian: Казахстан
- Serbian: Република Казахстан
- Serbo-Croatian: Kazahstan
- Shan: မိူင်းၵႃႇၸၢၵ်ႇသတၼ်ႇ
- Shan: မိူင်းၵႃႇၸၢၵ်ႈသတၼ်ႇ
- Shona: Kazakhistani
- Shona: Kazakhstan
- Sicilian: Kazakistan
- Silesian: Kazachstůn
- Sindhi: قازقستان
- Sindhi: قازڪستان
- Sindhi: قزاقستان
- Sinhala: කසකස්තානය
- Sinhala: කසක්ස්තානය
- Skolt Sami: Kazakstaan
- Skolt Sami: Kazakstaan tääʹssväʹldd
- Slovak: Kazachstan
- Slovak: Kazašská republika
- Slovenian: Kazahstan
- Somali: Kasaakhistaan
- Somali: Kasakhstan
- South Azerbaijani: قازاخیستان
- South Azerbaijani: قازاقیستان
- Southern Altai: Казахстан
- Spanish: Kazajastán
- Spanish: Kazajistán
- Spanish: Kazajstán
- Spanish: Kazakstán
- Spanish: Qazaqstan
- Spanish: Republica de Kazajstán
- Spanish: República de Kazajistán
- Sranan Tongo: Kazachstan
- Sundanese: Kazakstan
- Sundanese: Kazastan
- Swahili: Kazakhstan
- Swahili: Kazakistani
- Swati: IKhazakhi
- Swedish: Kazakhstan
- Swedish: Kazakstan
- Swedish: Qazaqstan
- Swedish: Republiken Kazakstan
- Swiss German: Kasachstan
- Tagalog: Kasakistan
- Tagalog: Kazakhstan
- Tajik: Jumhurii Qazoqiston
- Tajik: Qaz
- Tajik: Qazaqstan Respublikasy
- Tajik: Qazoqiston
- Tajik: Respublikai Qazoqiston
- Tajik: Çumhuriji Qazoqiston
- Tajik: Кишвари Қазоқистон
- Tajik: Республикаи Қазоқистон
- Tajik: Қаз
- Tajik: Қазақстан Республикасы
- Tajik: Қазоқистон
- Tajik: Ҷумҳурии Қазоқистон
- Tajik: ҶҚ
- Tamil: கசக்கஸ்தான்
- Tamil: கசக்குத்தான்
- Tamil: கசக்ஸ்தான்
- Tamil: கஜக்ஸ்தான்
- Tamil: கஸகஸ்தான்
- Tamil: கஸக்ஸ்தான்
- Taroko: Kazakhstan
- Tatar: Qazaqstan
- Tatar: Qazaqstan Cömhüriäte
- Tatar: Qazaqstan Respublikası
- Tatar: Казакъстан
- Tatar: Казакъстан Республикасы
- Tatar: Казакъстан Җөмһүрияте
- Tatar: Казахстан
- Telugu: కజకస్తాన్
- Telugu: కజకిస్తాన్
- Telugu: కజాఖస్తాన్
- Tetum: Kazakistaun
- Thai: คาซัคสถาน
- Thai: ประเทศคาซัคสถาน
- Tibetan: ཀཛ་ཀིསུ་གཏན།
- Tibetan: ཀཟ་ཀ་སྟན།
- Tibetan: ཁ་ཛཱག་སྟཱན།
- Tigrinya: ካዛኪስታን
- Tonga (Tonga Islands): Kasakisitani
- Tonga (Tonga Islands): Kasakitani
- Tosk Albanian: Kasachstan
- Tsonga: Kazakhstan
- Tulu: ಕಜಾಕಸ್ತಾನ್
- Tumbuka: Kazakhstan
- Tunisian Arabic: كازاخستان
- Turkish: Kazakistan
- Turkmen: Gazagystan
- Tuvinian: Казахстан
- Twi: Kazakhstan
- Udmurt: Казахстан
- Uighur: قازاقسىتان
- Uighur: قازاقىستان
- Ukrainian: Казахстан
- Upper Sorbian: Kazachstan
- Urdu: قازقستان
- Urdu: قزاخستان
- Uzbek: Qozogʻiston
- Venetian: Kazakistan
- Venetian: Kazàkistan
- Veps: Kazahstan
- Vietnamese: Ca-dắc-xtan
- Vietnamese: Cadắcxtan
- Vietnamese: Cộng hoà Kazakhstan
- Vietnamese: Ka-dắc-xtan (Kazakhstan)
- Vietnamese: Ka-dắc-xtan
- Vietnamese: Kazakhstan
- Vietnamese: kz
- Vlaams: Kazachstan
- Vlax Romani: Kazakhstan
- Volapük: Kasakistän
- Volapük: Kasakän
- Võro: Kasastan
- Walloon: Cazaxhistan
- Waray (Philippines): Kasahistan
- Welsh: Casachstan
- Welsh: Kazakhstan
- Welsh: Kazakstan
- Western Armenian: Ղասախիստան
- Western Balochi: کزاکیستان
- Western Frisian: Kazachstan
- Western Frisian: Kazakstan
- Western Panjabi: قازقستان
- Wolof: Kasakistaan
- Wolof: Kasaxstaŋ
- Wu Chinese: 哈萨克斯坦
- Yakut: Казахстаан
- Yiddish: קאַזאַקסטאַן
- Yiddish: קאזאכסטאן
- Yoruba: Kaṣaṣatani
- Yoruba: Kàsàkstán
- Yue Chinese: 哈薩克
- Zeeuws: Kazachstan
- Zhuang: Hahsazgwswhdanj
- Zhuang: Hahsazgwzswhdanj
- Zulu: i-Kazakhstan
- Historic: Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic
- Historic: Kazakhskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika
- Cazactlālpan
- Respublika Kazakhstan
- ma Kasatan
- ГӀазакхстане
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