Kazakhstan (kuh-zahk-STAHN)
Kazakhstan location:
Central Asia, south of Russia and northwest of China.
Kazakhstan size:
Ninth largest country in the world, Four times the size of Texas
Kazakhstan population:
about 15 million
Kazakhstan languages:
Kazakh, spoken by over 52% of the population, is the state language.
Russian, spoken by two-thirds of the population, is used in everyday business and enjoys on offical status under the Constitution.
Kazakhstan monetary unit:
Tenge: 1 US dollar = 128.35 Tenge
pronouced TEN-GAY
Kazakhstan government system:
Kazakhstan has a hybrid system of Government that combines aspects of both parliamentary and presidential systems. Kazakhstan President is Nursultan Abish-uly Nazarbayev.
Friday, March 28, 2008
The Country
Posted by Jesse and Amy at 6:13 PM
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2 comments:
i am sure things will come true for you all good luck and be careful
courtney from sportclips
Jesse - I am so excited for you and your family. This blog is great. I am going to be glued to it. Enjoy your trip. We will be thinking of you guys....
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