Kazakhstan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Kazakhstan (Kazakh: Қазақстан, Qazaqstan; Russian: Казахстан), officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Europe. The ninth largest country in the world by land area, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of 2,727,300 square kilometres is larger than Western Europe. It is neighbored clockwise from the north by Russia, China, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and also borders on a significant part of the Caspian Sea. Although Kazakhstan does not share a border with Mongolia, its most easterly point is only 38 kilometres from Mongolia's western tip. The terrain of Kazakhstan ranges from flatlands, steppes, taigas, rock-canyons, hills, deltas, and snow-capped mountains to deserts. With 16.6 million people (2011 estimate) Kazakhstan has the 62nd largest population in the world, though its population density is less than 6 people per square kilometre. The capital was moved in 1998 from Almaty, Kazakhstan's largest city, to Astana. ..."
Measures of Freedom
Kazakhstan | Freedom House, Freedom in the World 2012
2012: Status: Not Free, Political Rights: 6, Civil Liberties: 5
2012: Status: Not Free, Political Rights: 6, Civil Liberties: 5
Level of Economic Freedom, Economic Freedom of the World
2009: 6.97 (out of 10)
2009: 6.97 (out of 10)