Kazakhstan Travel Overview
Important facts
Capital: Alma-ata (See more on ITYPEMBA.COM)
Official language: Kazakh, Russian
Currency: Tenge
Continent: South Asia
Eagle people and spaceport
In the ninth largest country in the world, a lot is possible in terms of travel technology, especially since Kazakhstan is considered untapped for tourism!
Kazakhstan information
According to Countryaah, Kazakhstan is a country in Central Asia. The weather is moderate due to its close proximity to the equator. Bordering countries are Russia in the north and Turkemistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and China in the south. The national language is Kazakh. This language is spoken by around 11 million people in Kazakhstan and the surrounding countries. If you are in the region for longer, inquire about a language course on site. You won’t get very far with English – the lingua franca in the country is still Russian.
Holidays in Kazakhstan
In Kazakhstan, tradition and modernity meet radically. Kazakhstan is mainly known in the west for two things, the Baikonur spaceport and the so-called eagle people of the eastern high plateau. This Kazakh speaking ethnic group lives between Kazakhstan and Mongolia. They became known to the general public for their hunting method: they hunt wolves with the help of golden eagles, which is shown in some television documentaries. This tradition is so old that it is still not clear where it comes from. The land that was on the former Silk Roadbut also offers a lot more than old traditions. If you want to spend your vacation in an urban area, there are two good options: the new capital Astana, in which the Astana International Airport is located, or the old capital Almaty. In both cities you will find impressive architecture – in Astana it is correspondingly modern. You can reach Almata by direct flight from Hanover or Frankfurt (Germany).
Travel destinations in Kazakhstan
In addition to the Medeo Ice Stadium, one of the most famous ice rinks in the world, the main thing you’ll find in the city is… find out! Because Kazakhstan is one of the last great undeveloped travel areas in the world. As the ninth largest country in the world, it offers a lot from the beach of the Aral Sea to the mountain heights in the south, the singing dunes in the Altyn-Emel National Park (which has UNESCO World Heritage status). With all the undeveloped natural beauties you should take one thing with you on your Kazakhstan trips: patience ! Without a rental car you often wait a long time for the next public transport in Kazakhstan, so try to learn a few sentences in Russian to make your trip a little more pleasant.
Excursus: the Aral Sea is drying up
Some people may be familiar with the fishing boats and transport boats lying in the sand on the Aral Sea. For a long time, the water from the lake’s supply lines was used to irrigate the cotton fields. Some feeder rivers often no longer reach the lake and get lost in the sand. The lake has sunk by an average of 16 meters. In the mid-nineties, the states bordering the lake decided to jointly take action against this natural disaster, in order not to make the once fourth largest inland sea on earth disappear, unfortunately only with moderate success. The salt lake thus shares the same fate of the Dead Sea in Jordan.
Currency
Currency (sub-unit)
Tenge (100 tyin)
ISO 4217 code
KZT / 398
Geography
Continent: Asia
Region: south
Geo coordinates: N 48 ° 1 ‘10.5 ” E 66 ° 55’ 25.3″
Highest mountain: Khan-Tengri Peak (6,995 m)
Total area: 2,717,300 km²
Mainland: 2,669,800 km²
National border: 12,012 km
Coastline: 1,894 km
Politics
Dependency: Soviet Union until 1991
UN member since: 1992
Other political affiliation: CIS
Economy
Export goods: Metals, metal goods, chem. Products
BSP: $ 46,332,400,000
GDP: $ 49,257,000,000
GDP purchasing power parity: $ 151.1 billion
Economic growth: 9.1%
GDP share of agriculture: 6.3%
GDP share of industry: 39.4%
GDP share of services: 54.3%
Inflation rate: 8.1%
Unemployment: 8.3%
State budget revenue: $ 4294967295
State budget expenditure: $ 4294967295
National debt: 9.3%
Export: $ 37.44 billion
Import: $ 25.74 billion
Foreign debt: $ 55,920,000,000
Gold and currency reserves: $ 9.237 million
Gas reserves: 3,000,000 million m³
Gas production: 29,000 million m³
Gas consumption: 16,500 million m³
Oil reserves: 26,000 million m³
Oil production: 1,570,000 million m³
Oil consumption: 211,000 million m³
Cultivation area: 8.39%
Bovine: 4,692,000 pieces
Sheep: 11,320,000 pieces
Fishing: 40,000 t
Demographic data
Residents: 15.233.300
Residents in cities: 8,499,000
Average age: 28.8 years
0-14 years: 23%
15-64 years: 68.8%
> 65 years: 8.2%
Population growth: 0.33%
Birth rate: 16 / 1,000 residents
Death rate: 9.42 / 1,000 residents
Migration: -3.33 / 1,000 residents
Ratio men / women: 0.93
Fertility: 1.89 children / woman
Infant mortality: 28.3 ‰
Life expectancy men: 61.56 years
Life expectancy women: 72.52 years
Country codes and abbreviations
ISO 3166 Alpha 2: concentration camp
ISO 3166 Alpha 3: KAZ
ISO 3166 numeric: 398
Top Level Domain: concentration camp
IOC country code: KAZ
UN / LOCODE: concentration camp
Source: Abbreviationfinder
Communication
Telephone connections: 3,051,000
Cell Phones: 2,088,000
Radios: 6,570,000
TV: 4,120,000
Computer: 816,000
Internet users: 1,090,000
Transportation
Railway lines: 13,700 km
Paved roads: 249,084 km
Cars: 1,188,000
Merchant fleet (ships over 1,000 GRT): 6th
Pipelines: 21,733
Health
Number of doctors: 54,140
Daily food intake: 2,560 kcal / resident
HIV- infected people: 21,000
Education
Illiteracy: 2%
History
Foundation: 1991
Last sovereign since: 1991
Religion
Main religious group: Muslims
Crime
Prison inmates: 57,300
Military
Armed forces (troop strength): 68,000
Main battle tank: 850
Warplanes: 157
Defense Spending: $ 255,000,000