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Central
Asia
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samples from an article about Central Asian countries.
The first stop in Central
Asia is Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan's capital is Astana. But Kazakhstan's largest city is Almaty which has a population of about 1.1 million people. The total population of Kazakhstan is about 14.5 million people.
The climate of Kazakhstan is continental; cold winters and hot summers, and is semi-arid. The average temperatures and rainfall amounts were not available at this time (N/A). Kazak is Kazakhstan's official language; Russian is spoken by 2/3's of the people and is used commonly
in business. 53% of Kazakhstan is Kazakh, followed by Russian with 30%, 7% other,
4% Ukrainian, 2% Uzbekistan, another 2% German, and 1% Uighur. 47% of the population
is Muslim, followed by 44% Russian Orthodox, 7% other, and 2% Protestant.
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