Kazakhstan: By. Manvir Singh Sangha

KazakhstanWhat use to be the Soviet Union, is now the country Kazakhstan. This remarkable country has developed beautiful arcutecturs and even a space agency.

Kazakhstan

PolitcalKazakhstan has a republic goverment, currently the president for this nation is Nursultan Nazarbayev he hasbeen till 1990. In kazakhstan the president is elected by a popular vote, the president elected will stay in this order for 5 years. Kazakhstan has 14 provinces, each one is lead by a Akim (provincal leader). Kazakhstan Parliament Building has a lower house of bicameral Parliment of Kazakhstan called Mazhilis, and the upper house of parlimate is the Senate. The Mazhils has 77 seats.

SocialThere are many social aspects in this nation Kazakhstan. There are 15,284,292 people in this nation, 47% of these people are Muslim, 44% russian, 2% are Protestant, and 7% are other. The offical langauge in this nation is the Kazakh langauge, over 64.4% speak Kazakh.The northern part of Kazakhstan is mostly popullated with Ukrainians and Russians, while the central and south is mostly Kazakhs.

Most popular Kazakhstan sportsBoxingAthleticsCross-country skiingCyclingFootballIce hockeyRhythmic gymnasticsRugbySpeed skatingBandy

Kazakhstan’s Parliament Building

President of Kazakhstan

Famous Dishes in KazakhstanBesbarmakMantiPilafHorse meatLamb hoggetKuirdakLagman

Money in Kazakhstan

EconomicKazakhstan has the largest economy in all of central Asia. Kzakhstan posseses enormous oil reserves. Kazakhstan exported 60.2 million tons of oil and gas in 2007, and in 2000 kazakhstan produced 35,252,000metic tons of oil! Kazakhstan also has a large agricultrural sector featuring livestock and grains, It ranks as the sixth largest wheat producer in the world. Kazakhstan develped a space infrastructure, whice took over all launches to the International Space Station. Money in this nation is called Tenge, 150 tenge is only 1 doller here in Canada. Astana the capital of Kazakhstan has some of the best architectures in Asia, like the Khan Shatyr Entertainment Center. Just think all the other things Kazakhstan can do in some more years.

PhysicalKazakhstan is located in the central Asia region, it is south of Russia and northwest of China. Kazakhstan has a total area of 2,717,300 square kilometers, including the Kyzyl Kum Dessert whice is 300,000 Km2. Because of the size of this nation, the terrain in Kazakhstan varies from low-lying plains to mountains high above sea level. Like the deserts and semi-deserts in the south of this nation and the lowlands are in the north. More than half of Kazakhstan is taken up by plateaus and hills 300 to 400 meters in height.

The Kyzyl Kum Dessert

Khan Shatyr Entertainment Center

Capital of Kazakhstan- Astana