Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan (i/ˌkæzækˈstɑːn, ˌkɑː-, -zɑːk-, -ˈstæn/;Kazakh: Қазақстан, Qazaqstan), officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a country in Central Asia, with a minor part west of the Ural River and thus in Europe. Kazakhstan is the world's largest landlocked country by land area and the ninth largest country in the world. Its territory of 2,724,900 square kilometres (1,052,100 sq mi) is larger than all of Western Europe. By 2006, Kazakhstan had become the dominant nation of Central Asia economically, generating 60% of the region's GDP, primarily through its oil/gas industry. The country has vast mineral resources.

It has borders with (clockwise from the north) Russia, China, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan, and also adjoins a large part of the Caspian Sea. The terrain of Kazakhstan includes flatlands, steppe, taiga, rock canyons, hills, deltas, snow-capped mountains, and deserts. With an estimated 18 million people as of 2014, Kazakhstan is the 61st most populous country in the world. Given its large land area, its population density is among the lowest, at less than 6 people per square kilometre (15 people per sq. mi.). The capital is Astana, where it was moved in 1997 from Almaty.

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LX Pantos seeks to expand presence in Central Asia

Korea Times 10 Oct 2024
LX Pantos CEO Lee Yong-ho, second from left, poses with Kazakhstan Transport Minister Marat Karabayev, second from right, and PTC Holding Chairman Timur Karabayev, right, in Astana, Kazakhstan, in this undated photo ... Founded in 2022, PTC Holding is known as a prominent integrated transport and logistics investment group in Kazakhstan....
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27th ITTF-Asian Table Tennis Championships

China.dot.org 10 Oct 2024
... and China's Hong Kong at the 27th ITTF-Asian Table Tennis Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan, Oct....
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PT Usha, Indian Olympic Association’s first woman president, faces a no-confidence motion

Indian Express 10 Oct 2024
SportsIND vs BAN. Six-hitting Nitish Reddy excels in India's win over Bangladesh. SportsHow old guards Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur fashioned an 83-run win to bolster net run rate and knockout chances. SportsHikaru Nakamura interview ... SportsAsian TT Championship. How Indian men beat Kazakhstan for bronze; still in mix to reach final ... Photos....
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PT Usha refutes CAG charges of favouring Reliance: ‘Assumption does not hold good’

Indian Express 10 Oct 2024
SportsIND vs BAN. Six-hitting Nitish Reddy excels in India's win over Bangladesh. SportsHow old guards Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur fashioned an 83-run win to bolster net run rate and knockout chances. SportsHikaru Nakamura interview ... SportsAsian TT Championship. How Indian men beat Kazakhstan for bronze; still in mix to reach final ... Photos....
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China overcome Wang's shocking defeat to progress

China.dot.org 09 Oct 2024
Wang Chuqin of China serves against Noshad Alamiyan of Iran during the men's teams quarterfinals match between China and Iran at the 27th ITTF-Asian Table Tennis Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan, Oct ... (Photo by Kalizhan Ospanov/Xinhua)....
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China overcome early scare to reach men's, women's semis at Asian Table Tennis C'ships

Beijing News 09 Oct 2024
© Provided by Xinhua Lin Shidong returns a shot against Noshad Alamiyan during the men's team quarterfinals at the 27th Asian Table Tennis Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan, Oct ... (Photo by Kalizhan Ospanov/Xinhua) ... (Photo by Kalizhan Ospanov/Xinhua)....
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Manika Batra dazzles, rest fizzles out as India stumble in last-four hurdle

Indian Express 09 Oct 2024
SportsIND vs BAN. Six-hitting Nitish Reddy excels in India's win over Bangladesh. SportsIndia vs Sri Lanka Live Score, ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024. SportsHikaru Nakamura interview ... SportsAsian TT Championship. How Indian men beat Kazakhstan for bronze; still in mix to reach final. Advertisement. Photos. In pics ... In Pics ... In pics ... Advertisement ... Watch....
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BAN vs WI 2024 Women’s T20 World Cup Live Streaming: When and where to watch ...

Indian Express 09 Oct 2024
SportsIndia vs Sri Lanka Live Score, ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024. SportsIndia vs Bangladesh Live Score 2nd T20. SportsHikaru Nakamura interview. World No 2 on Magnus Carlsen’s ‘we’re not a serious sport’ statement and why he doesn’t mind no-increment rule ... How Indian men beat Kazakhstan for bronze; still in mix to reach final. Advertisement. Photos....
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The Last Fishermen Of Kazakhstan's Aral Sea

Beijing News 02 Oct 2024
My route runs from Kyzylorda to Aral, a city in southern Kazakhstan that once stood on the shore of a lake so huge that it was called a sea ... In the evenings, Aykorke milks the camels and begins the fermentation process for the fizzy milk that is a popular drink in Kazakhstan throughout summer....
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Digital trade in spotlight at global expo

China.dot.org 26 Sep 2024
[Photo/Xinhua] ... Featuring Kazakhstan and Thailand as guests of honor, the expo, with the theme of "Digital Trade, Global Access", has attracted more than 1,500 companies from 32 countries and regions, with more than 30,000 professional buyers having registered for the event, including over 6,000 overseas buyers ... This photo taken on Sept....
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Rapists and paedophiles will undergo chemical castration under proposed new law

The Daily Mail 20 Sep 2024
Italy has moved towards legalising chemical castration for rapists and paedophiles under a proposed new law ... Pictured. Chemical castration being carried out in Kazakhstan (file photo) ... Chemical castration has already been introduced in Kazakhstan and Poland and parts of the United States for certain crimes. Pictured ... ItalyDemocrats. ....

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