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Kazakhstan is a constitutional republic with a strong presidency. The president is the head of state. The president also is the commander in chief of the armed forces and may veto legislation that has been passed by the Parliament. President Nursultan Nazarbayev, who has been in office since Kazakhstan became independent, won a new 7-year term in the...
Kazakhstan's economy grew by 9.1% in 2004, buoyed by high world oil prices. Gross domestic product (GDP) grew 9.2% in 2003; 9.5% in 2002; and 13.2% in 2001. Kazakhstan's monetary policy has been well managed. In 2004, inflation remained steady at 6.9%, up from 6.8% in 2003, though still higher than the predicted level of 5.3%-6.0%. In 2002 inflation...
Language The official language in Kazakstan is Kazak. It is a turkic-based dialect. Russian is still used in many parts of Kazakstan. In fact, most business transactions take place in Russian. Part of this is because Kazak was outlawed as a language during the Soviet Era. Kazak is missing many up to date technological terms because of this. Often in...
Archaeological excavations indicate that the south of Kazakhstan was inhabited by man as early as the Palaeolithic Era and tribes were breeding cattle and producing bronzeware by the middle of the second millennium BC. By the beginning of the first millennium BC, the Saks tribe occupied the territory of the steppes, the Savromat tribe the north and...
Five times the size of France and half the size of the United States, Kazakhstan is the second largest state in the Commonwealth of Independent States, and is bordered by the Russian Federation to the north and west, the Caspian Sea, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan to the southwest, Kyrgyzstan to the south and China to the southeast. 90% of the country...
The majority of Kazakhstanis are ethnic Kazakh; other ethnic groups include Russian, Ukrainian, Uzbek, German, and Uyghur. Religions are Sunni Muslim, Russian Orthodox, Protestant, and other. Kazakhstan is a bilingual country. The Kazakh language has the status of the quot;state quot; language, while Russian is declared the quot;official quot; language....
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