U.S. English Foundation Research KAZAKHSTAN General Information Capital: Astana The Government was moved there in December of 1998 from Almaty (1,172,400-1995 est.). Area: 2,724,900 sq km (1,052,100 sq mi) Form of government Republic GDP per capita Purchasing power parity-$3,200 (1999 est.) Population 16,733,227 (July 2000 est.) Ethnic composition Kazakh - 46.0% Russian - 34.7% Ukrainian - 4.9% German - 3.1% Uzbek - 2.3% Tatar - 1.9% Other - 7.1% Official Language(s) Kazakh is the state language while Russian is still the official language used in state sphere. Minority Language(s) Ukrainian, German, Uzbek, other Top of page

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