The Republik of Kazakhstan

The Republic of Kazakhstan is situated in Central Asia. Its total area is more than 2.7 point mln square kilometers that makes it the ninth largest country in the world.
Kazakhstan borders on Russia in the north, on the Republics of Turkmenia in the south, in the east it is bounded by the Uzbek and Kirghiz Republics and China and in the west it is washed by the Caspian Sea.
The population of Kazakhstan is about 16.8 mln people and includes 131 ethnic group. The present capital of Kazakhstan is Astana, a city in Central Kazakhstan.