kazakhstan

     

Kazakhstan, also spelle Kazakstan (Kazakh: Қазақстан, Qazaqstan, IPA: [qɑzɑqˈstɑn]; Russian: Казахстан, Kazakhstán, Russian pronunciation: [kazəxˈstan]), officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a country in Central Asia and Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world as well as the world's largest landlocked country, it has a territory of 2,727,300 km² (greater than Western Europe). It is bordered by Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and China. The country also borders on a significant part of the Caspian Sea.

Trivia about kazakhstan

  • It's the larger of the 2 "K" stans
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  • This "Stan" of 15 million people is the largest of the former Soviet Socialist Republics after Russia
  • Uzbekistan shares the inland Aral Sea with this neighboring "Stan" to the north
  • The Kyrgyz Range in the north of K'stan extends into this other K'stan
  • ON THE MAP: This country whose capital is Astana became a republic of the USSR in 1936
  • Nursultan Nazarbayev tries for make benefit glorious nation of this West-Central Asian one as its president
  • The Globe & the Almaty Herald are the almighty newspapers in this largest Asian "stan"
  • Russia shares its longest border with this large "stan"
  • You can go visit this "glorious" nation seen here
  • Baikonur hopes to send people around the moon by 2009 for make benefit glorious nation of this, where it's located
  • Only Russia & this former Soviet republic stretch from China to Europe
  • This country, home to Borat, misspelled the word "bank" on its currency
  • This second-largest member of the C.I.S. has almost twice as many sheep & goats as people
  • The Baykonur Cosmodrome, Russia's space-launch facility, is actually in this nation
  • The western half of Lake Balkhash in this largest "stan" is freshwater; the eastern half is saltwater
  • (Sofia of the Clue Crew at the Johnson Space Center in Houston) The first element of the ISS was the Zarya control module, launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in this former S.S.R.
  • Aralsk, Shu & (Good Lord!) Almaty are cities in this country
  • Russia's longest border is not with China but with this "stan"
  • No longer Alma-Ata, the capital city of this central Asian country is now Astana
  • Kazakhstan,Pakistan,Afghanistan
  • Russia's longest border is its 4,250-mile one with this "stan"
  • One of the "stans" of Central Asia:Astana
  • The 350-foot-tall Baiterek Tower, also known as the "Large Lollipop", can take a licking in Astana in this country
  • In December of 1991 Nursultan Nazarbayev became this -stan's first democratically elected president
  • Berik Kupeshov, Assan Bazayev & a guy named Lance are on the Astana cycling team, named for this country's capital

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