Strategic Significance of Kazakhstan in Central Asia- (Part-1)

Dr. Masood. Khattak
Dr. Masood. Khattak
690 بار بازدید - 3 سال پیش - The largest landlocked country, and
The largest landlocked country, and the ninth-largest in the world,

with an area of 2.171. million sq km, bigger than the Western Europe territory.

It is bordering China, Kyrgyzstan, Russian Federation, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.

With a total of 12.185 km of boundaries, Kazakhstan has the longest common border with Russia – 6,846 km;

2,203 km with Uzbekistan;

1,530 km of common border with China,

1,224 km with Kyrgyzstan, and

the shortest – 379 km, with Turkmenistan.
Kazakhstan dominates the Central Asia region and the trade routs between east and west.

It is connected with the European continent through its small portion of the territory on the west bank of the Ural River,

located in the eastern edge of Europe.
The Republic of Kazakhstan has a vast territory but much of the county is semi-desert and one-third of it is occupied by the Kazakh Steppe,

the world’s biggest dry steppe region, characterized by large areas of grasslands and sandy region.

But Kazakhstan also has a few important rivers and lakes like: Ural River, Ili River, Istysh River, Syr Darya, Aral Sea, Lake Balkhash and Lake Zaysan.

Estimated 19 Million in 2021.

Ethnicities: 67% Kazakh, 20% Russian, 3% Uzbek, 1.6% Ukrainian,  

1.5% Uyghur, 6.9% and Others…

Kazakhstan was the last of the soviet republics to declare independence after 1991.

Since December 16, 1991, Kazakhstan is a unitary republic with Nursultan Nazarbayev, as the first and only President.

Kazakhstan is a democratic, secular, constitutional unitary republic;

Nursultan Nazarbayev led the country from 1991 to 2019.

He was succeeded by Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.
The President may veto legislation that has been passed by the parliament and is also the commander in chief of the armed forces.

The prime minister chairs the cabinet of ministers and serves as Kazakhstan's head of government.

There are three deputy prime ministers and sixteen ministers in the cabinet.



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