Do you know that …? What can you add to the following information? Kazakhstan is the 9th largest country in the world by the size of its territory.
In 2016, Kazakhstan celebrated its 25th anniversary as an independent nation.
Kazakhstan is the biggest land-locked country in the world, covering an area the size of Western Europe.
Kazakhstan is one of the most diverse countries on earth, with over 130 different ethnic groups.
In 2015, Kazakhstan marked the 550th anniversary of the Kazakh Khanate, the statehood of Kazakhstan.
Kazakhstan is home to the world's largest and oldest space launch facility. The BaikonurCosmodrome launched the first man, Yuri Gagarin, to space in 1961. In 2016, UK's Major Tim Peake launched to the International Space Station from Baikonur.
Nur-Sultan has been the capital of Kazakhstan since 10 December 1997.
In 2016, Kazakhstan was elected to join the UN Security Council as a non-permanent member for 2017-2018.
On 19 March 2019. The First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan − resigned as the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Chairman of the Senate of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-JomartTokayev took the oath as the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan on 20 March 2019.
On 23 March 2019, by the Decree of the President of Kazakhstan Kassym-JomartTokayev, the capital of Kazakhstan, Astana, was renamed to Nur-Sultan in honour of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan − .
