Capital city: Astana

Region: Asia

Area: 2 727 300 km²

Population: 16 741 519

Main cities: Alma Ata, Karaganda, Chimkent, Semipalatinsk, Pavlodar, Dzhambul, Ust-Kamenogorsk, Tselinograd, Aktyubinsk, Petropavlovsk Kustanay, Ural'sk, Shevshenko

Currency: tenge

Dial code: 7

Internet code: KZ

Information: Kazakhstan is a Central Asian country located in the Turkistan. Part of the country lies in Eastern Europe (to the west of the Ural river). It is bordered by Russia, China, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and the Caspian Sea.