Central Asia
Flag of Kazakhstan
The vast steppe that touches space.
Colours, by share of the flag
- #00a8c0 84%
Measured from the flag artwork itself, so shares are approximate and emblems get folded into the nearest tone.
Kazakhstan in numbers
| Official name | Republic of Kazakhstan |
|---|---|
| Capital | Astana |
| Region | Central Asia, Asia |
| Population | 18,754,440 |
| Area | 2,724,900 km² · 7 people per km² |
| Currency | Kazakhstani tenge (KZT) |
| Languages | Kazakh, Russian |
| Country codes | KZ · KAZ · .kz |
| Coastline | Landlocked |
Things worth knowing
- It is the largest landlocked country on Earth, sprawling across an area bigger than all of Western Europe yet bordered by no open ocean.
- The Baikonur Cosmodrome on its steppe launched the first satellite and the first human into space, and still sends crews to orbit today.
- The golden eagle hunting tradition endures here, where riders train massive eagles to hunt foxes and hares across the open plains.
Did you know
The wild apple forests near Almaty are the ancestral home of the domestic apple, meaning nearly every apple you have ever eaten traces its lineage back to Kazakhstan.
Neighbours
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Country data from the mledoze/countries dataset under ODbL 1.0. Flag artwork from the same dataset. All 196 flags.