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Facts about Kazakhstan
- It is 4 times the size of Texas
- It has a "continental climate", meaning cold winters and hot summers
- There are 17,736,896 people living is Kazakhstan
- President since 1989: Nursultan Äbishuly Nazarbayev
- Kazakh is the state language (64.4% speak it)
- Russian is the official language and is used in everyday business. It is designated as the "language of interethnic communication" (95% speak it)
- Ethnic mix:
Kazakh 63.1%
Russian 23.7%
Other 13.2%
Sources of information:
Cuisine. Retrieved from http://www.kazakhembus.com/page/cuisine
Kazakhstan (2005). National Geographic. Retrieved from travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/countries/kazakhstan-guide/
The World Factbook (2013-14). Washington, DC: Central Intelligence Agency, 2013. Retrieved from https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html
Wetherell, S. (2010, January 28). Beshbarmak. Retrieved from http://www.foodista.com/recipe/YRLFKF2N/beshbarmak#
Cuisine. Retrieved from http://www.kazakhembus.com/page/cuisine
Kazakhstan (2005). National Geographic. Retrieved from travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/countries/kazakhstan-guide/
The World Factbook (2013-14). Washington, DC: Central Intelligence Agency, 2013. Retrieved from https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html
Wetherell, S. (2010, January 28). Beshbarmak. Retrieved from http://www.foodista.com/recipe/YRLFKF2N/beshbarmak#