The Country

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.