Key facts
Official Name: Republic of Kazakhstan
Capital City: Astana
Type of Government: Republic
Official Languages: Kazakh (Qazaq, state language); Russian
(official) used in business and interethnic communication.
Area: 2,717,300 sq. km/1,049,150 sq. mi
Population: 17.9 million
Religion: Muslim 70.2%; Christian (mainly Russian Orthodox)
26.2%; atheist 2.8%; unspecified or other 0.9%
Currency: Tenge (KZT)
Number of Time Zones: 2
Astana and central/eastern Kazakhstan (ALMT): Greenwich Mean Time
(GMT) plus 6 hours; Eastern Standard Time (EST) plus 11 hours.
Western Kazakhstan: GMT plus 5 hours. Daylight Saving Time is not
observed.
Weights and Measures: Metric system
Country Domain: .kz
Country Tel Code: 7
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