7-th Asian Games | Astana Almaty 2011

Capital: Astana.
Area: 2 717 300 sq. km. km.
Population: 16 million 304 thousand 840 people (provisional results of the census of enumerationof 2009)
Admin. Divisions: The Republic, composed of 14 regions and three cities of republican subordination.
Currency: Kazakh tenge (100 tiyn).
Geographical Location: Kazakhstan - a state in Central Asia. In the south-west is washed by the Caspian Sea. It borders on Russia, China, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. In the West - a part of the Caspian, and Turan lowlands, in the central part - Kazakh melkosopochnik, in the north - the southern edge of the West Siberian Plain, in the East and South-East - Mountains of Altai, Tarbagatay, Jungar Alat, Tien-Shan.
Climate: The climate is continental. The average temperatures on January from -18 C in the north to -3 C in the south, on July 19C in the north and 30C in the South. Annual precipitation At the north from 300 mm in the desert less than 100 mm in the mountains up to 1 600 mm.
In the Republic of Kazakhstan state language is Kazakh. In state institutions and local self-administrative bodies the Russian language is officially used on equal grounds along with the Kazak language.