| Name: | Kazakhstan (Republic of Kazakhstan) |
| Local name (Kazakh): | Қазақстан (Қазақстан Республикасы) |
| Bordering countries: | Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kirghizia, China, Russia |
| Status: | sovereign state |
| Surface: | 2 717.3 ths. sq. km |
| Population (2003): | 16 764 ths. |
| Capital: | Astana (Астана) |
| Official language: | Kazakh |