1. Kazakhstan

2. Capital: Astana Population: 15,185,000 Land Area: 1,049,155 sq. miles

3. Physical Features - 9 th largest country in the world - Mts. Line the eastern border - 70% of the country is desert or grassland

4. Interesting Facts Landlocked Used to be part of U.S.S.R. Hunting with the help of birds Kazakhstan has 3 time zones Over 120 different nationalities reside in Kazakhstan.

5. Some Kazakhs are semi nomadic shabans (shepherds), daily diet consists mainly of meat (especially mutton, beef, and qazy, or horse meat), served with rice or noodles, many types of milk products, and large loaves of unleavened bread.

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