Kazakhstan Country Profile

Abstract

Kazakhstan, from the Kazakh language, means a land of Kazakhs (Stan-land). Kazakhstan is located in Central Asia, and is the ninth largest country in the world (after Russia, China, USA, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, India and Australia). It is situated north of Uzbekistan, northwest of Kyrgyzstan, northwest of Turkmenistan, east of China, and south of Russia. Kazakhstan shares the Caspian Sea with other countries on its western border. As its neighbors in the region, Kazakhstan is a landlocked country and the second largest republic of the Commonwealth of Independent Sates after the Russian Federation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2009
Accession Number
ADA536264

Entities

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Asia
  • Central Asia
  • Cis
  • Commerce
  • Department Of State
  • Environmental Protection
  • Ethnic Groups
  • Families (Human)
  • Geographic Regions
  • Governments
  • International Organizations
  • Minority Groups
  • National Security
  • Political Systems
  • Societies
  • United States
  • Ussr

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union