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COUNTRY NAME: Republic of Kazakhstan
• CAPITAL: Astana
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AREA: 1,042,000 sq. miles
• POPULATION: 15,185,844 (July 2005 est.)
• LANGUAGES: Kazakh (Qazaq, state language),
Russian
• RELIGIONS: Muslim 47%, Russian Orthodox
44%, Protestant 2%
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INDEPENDENCE: December 16, 1991
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GOVERNMENT: Republic
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CHIEF OF STATE: Nursultan A. Nazarbayev
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CURRENCY: Tenge (1kzt=0.007 USD)
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GDP - purchasing power parity: $132.7 billion
(2005 est.)
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GDP - real growth rate: 9%
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NATURAL RESOURCES: Petroleum,
natural gas, coal, iron ore, manganese, nickel, cobalt,
copper
Source: CIA World Factbook
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