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Spotlight MON · 25 MAY 2026

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan is the world's ninth-largest country, a vast Central Asian steppe nation rich in oil, gas and minerals, with a futuristic purpose-built capital, Astana, on the northern plains.

Capital
Astana
Population
20M
Currency
Kazakhstani Tenge (KZT)
Continent
Asia
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