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Kazakhstan

Land of the Great Steppe

Passport card

Republic of Kazakhstan

Flag of Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan

Capital
Astana
Continent
Asia
Currency
Tenge
Languages
Kazakh and Russian
People
About 2 crore
Size
About 27.2 lakh km²
Leader
President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
Free since
16 December 1991
Time
30 minutes behind India: at 12 noon in India, it is 11:30 am in Astana

⭐ Kazakhstan is the largest landlocked country in the world.

Your Kazakhstan stamp

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Two ways to learn

Learn about Kazakhstan

Find it on the globe

Fly from India to Kazakhstan

Turn the globe with your finger. Kazakhstan has 5 neighbours on land: tap one to visit it.

Compare with India

Kazakhstan and India, side by side

IndiaKazakhstan

Both are drawn to the same scale.

  • SizeIndia is about 1.2 times the size of Kazakhstan.
  • PeopleIndia has about 73 times as many people: about 146 crore in India and about 2 crore in Kazakhstan.
  • DistanceAstana is about 2,600 km from Delhi, in a straight line.
  • TimeKazakhstan is 30 minutes behind India. When it is 12 noon in India, it is 11:30 am in Astana.

Test yourself

Quiz Me

30 questions on Kazakhstan, a fresh mix every time you play. Answer one at a time and see why straight away.

Fly through 30 questions on Kazakhstan

  • A fresh mix from the country's 100 questions, every round.
  • See the right answer and why, straight away.
  • Score 18 or more to earn Kazakhstan's passport stamp.

Map puzzle

Put Kazakhstan back on the map

Kazakhstan and its neighbours have fallen off the map. Can you put all 6 back?

ChinaRussiaKazakhstanUzbekistanKyrgyzstanTurkmenistan

Big neighbours stop at the edge of this map.

Drag each piece to its place on the map, or tap a piece and then tap its place.

For parents and teachers

Free Kazakhstan worksheet

One page to print: colour the flag, name the neighbours, fill in the blanks and more. The answers are at the bottom, upside down.

Open the worksheet

Next stop

Where next after Kazakhstan?