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www.hantra.com/Kazakhstan |
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Kazakhstan1@hantra.com |
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Candidate wanted |
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Central Asia, northwest of China; a small portion west of the Ural River in eastern-most Europe |
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total: 2,717,300 sq km
water: 47,500 sq km
land: 2,669,800 sq km |
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16,763,795 (July 2003 est.) |
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Kazakh (Qazaq) 53.4%, Russian 30%, Ukrainian 3.7%, Uzbek 2.5%, German 2.4%, Uighur 1.4%, other 6.6% (1999 census) |
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Muslim 47%, Russian Orthodox 44%, Protestant 2%, other 7% |
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Kazakh (Qazaq, state language) 64.4%, Russian (official, used in everyday business, designated the "language of interethnic communication") 95% (2001 est.) |
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purchasing power parity - $120 billion (2002 est.) |
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oil, coal, iron ore, manganese, chromite, lead, zinc, copper, titanium, bauxite, gold, silver, phosphates, sulfur, iron and steel; tractors and other agricultural machinery, electric motors, construction materials |
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tenge (KZT) |
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