1. Welcome to Kazakhstan By Cody Grimm, Alex Masenheimer

2. The Land  Landlocked and dry land.  Located in central Asia  Flat in the west and rises to high mountains in the east  48 degrees North and 68 degrees East  2,717,300 Square Kilometers  Slightly less than four times the size of Texas  Worlds 9 th biggest country

3. The Land Cont.  In west Caspian sea is polluted from pesticides.  Lakes Balqash that is located in the east  Major deposits of petroleum, natural gas, iron ore and manganese.  Land use Arable land 8%  Boarding countries are china, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.

4. Climate/Vegetation  Continental  Cold Winters  Hot Summers  The land is also a test site for nuclear weapons so the land is poisoned from the radioactivity

5. Government  Long name is Republic of Kazakhstan  Republic and has Presidential rule  Little power out of executive branch  The capitol is Astana  15,090,000 People live there  Life Expectancy is 67  Able to vote at the age of 18

6. History  Became independent from the Soviet Union on December 16 th 1991  First constitution was adopted January 28 th 1993  New Constitution was adopted August 30 th 1995

7. Current Event  Kazakhstan on Monday, February 9 th has agreed to letting the US to ship non- military items thru a transport to the parts of territory that the US has in Afghanistan.

8. Economy  98% Literacy Rate  The Labor force is 8.358 Million  Currency is the tenge  Large oil distributor  Main source of income is from extracting minerals  Unemployment rate is 6.9%  Occupation: Agriculture-31.5% Industry- 18.4% Services- 50%

9. Culture  Independence Day is 16 th of December. It was started in 1991  Languages spoken are mostly Russian and Kazakh  Main religious are Muslim and Russian Orthodox

10. Places to Visit  In the capitol, Astana there is a tower, Baiterek Tower. Total 105 meters, at 97 meters there is an observation deck.In the tower there is an art gallery, aquarium and a restaurant.  Alakol Lake is the biggest lake of the chain of Alakol lakes. Water is warm and a average temp of the water is 26 C.

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