page_title: Kazakhstan
hierarchical_section_title: Kazakhstan
caption_attribution_description: English: Kazakhstan Political Map 2000
context_page_description: Kazakhstan is a country in the middle of Eurasia. Its official name is the Republic of Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan is the ninth biggest country in the world, and it is also the biggest landlocked country in the world. Before the end of the Soviet Union, it was called "Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic". The president of the country from 1991 through March 2019 was Nursultan Nazarbayev. Nur-Sultan is the capital city of Kazakhstan. Almaty was the capital until 1998, when it moved to Nur-Sultan, which was called Astana at that time.
  The Kazakh language is the native language, but Russian has equal official status for all administrative and institutional purposes. Islam is the largest religion about 70% of the population are Muslims, with Christianity practiced by 26%; Russia leases the land for the Baikonur Cosmodrome from Kazakhstan.
context_section_description: Kazakhstan is a country in the middle of Eurasia. Its official name is the Republic of Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan is the ninth biggest country in the world, and it is also the biggest landlocked country in the world. Before the end of the Soviet Union, it was called "Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic". The president of the country from 1991  through March 2019 was Nursultan Nazarbayev. Nur-Sultan is the capital city of Kazakhstan. Almaty was the capital until 1998, when it moved to Nur-Sultan, which was called Astana at that time.
  The Kazakh language is the native language, but Russian has equal official status for all administrative and institutional purposes. Islam is the largest religion about 70% of the population are Muslims, with Christianity practiced by 26%; Russia leases (rents) the land for the Baikonur Cosmodrome (site of Russian spacecraft launches) from Kazakhstan.
caption: Map of Kazakhstan
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