Where is Kazakhstan located?

In relation to the equator, Kazakhstan is located in the northern hemisphere. Kazakhstan is equally distant from both the Pacific and Atlantic, as well as from the Arctic oceans. The republic's remoteness from the oceans and large area greatly influence its climate. So where is Kazakhstan? Geographically, Kazakhstan is located in the center of Eurasia, most of which belongs to Asia, and a smaller part to Europe, between Caspian Sea, Lower Volga region, Urals, Siberia, China and Central Asia. In terms of its size on the mainland, Eurasia ranks 4th after Russia, India and China, and among the CIS countries it ranks 2nd after Russia. In the north and west, Kazakhstan borders with Russia, in the east with China, in the south with Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. The total length of land borders is 13392,6 km. Kazakhstan is the largest country without access to the World Ocean. Kazakhstan is divided into Central, Western, Eastern, Northern and Southern regions. Most of the country's territory is made up of deserts and semi-deserts; steppes occupy 35% of the territory of Kazakhstan and only 5,9% are forests. The Kazakh small hills are located in the central regions of the country.

Specially protected natural places of Kazakhstan

The northern part of Kazakhstan is located on the West Siberian Plain. The western part of the country is occupied by the Caspian Lowland. In the southeast and northeast, Kazakhstan is surrounded by some of the largest mountain systems in the world, Altai and Tien Shan. There are more than 40 thousand lakes in Kazakhstan, over 4000 reservoirs have been built in which fresh water reserves are accumulated. A large number of lakes are located in the Caspian and Turan lowlands, the West Siberian Plain, in the low mountains of Saryarka and the southeastern mountainous regions. Lakes are found in almost all natural areas. Forests in Kazakhstan are mainly located in the northeast and southeast of the republic, in the Altai and Tien Shan mountains. Kazakhstan is predominantly a steppe country. The steppe occupies the territories of seven regions and makes up 648 thousand km2 of the entire territory of Kazakhstan. The vast territory of Kazakhstan is rich in mineral resources. In the national economy, the leading role is played by enterprises for the extraction and processing of coal, oil, gas, non-ferrous and ferrous metals. Main minerals: ores of non-ferrous and ferrous metals, uranium. The world's largest reserves of chromium, vanadium, bismuth, fluorine, iron, zinc, tungsten, molybdenum, phosphorite, copper, potassium, cobalt, kaolin and cadmium have been explored in Kazakhstan. There are about 160 oil and gas fields in the country, including the largest - Tengiz. Kazakhstan has large reserves of phosphorite in the Zhanatas and Karatau deposits. Kazakhstan is a world leader in aluminum production. It has huge reserves of copper ore.

General information about Kazakhstan:
The population of Kazakhstan is 17,948,000 people.
Capital: Astana (from December 10, 1997) to Almaty. Administratively, Kazakhstan is divided into 14 regions, 84
cities, 159 districts, 241 cities and 2 villages.
The President of the state is Nursultan Nazarbayev. Kazakh language has been adopted as the state language.
The Kazakh currency is tenge.
The main religion is Islam. The Republic of Kazakhstan is a multinational state inhabited by representatives
more than 120 nations.