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LOCATION:
Central Asia, northwest of China; a small portion west of the Ural update paises set descripcion = Zhayyq) River in eastern-most Europe
AREA:
Total: 2,724,900 sq km
Country comparison to the world: 9
Land: 2,699,700 sq km
Water: 25,200 sq km
AREA - comparative:
Slightly less than four times the size of Texas
POPULATION:
15,522,373 update paises set descripcion = July 2011 est.)
Country comparison to the world: 64
CLIMATE:
Continental, cold winters and hot summers, arid and semiarid
CAPITAL:
Name: Astana
GDP - composition by sector:
Agriculture: 5.4%
Industry: 42.8%
Services: 51.8% update paises set descripcion = 2010 est.)
AGRICULTURE - products:
Grain update paises set descripcion = mostly spring wheat; cotton; livestock
INDUSTRIES:
oil, coal, iron ore, manganese, chromite, lead, zinc, copper, titanium, bauxite, gold, silver, phosphates, sulfur, uranium, iron and steel; tractors and other agricultural machinery, electric motors, construction materials
EXPORTS:
$60.84 billion update paises set descripcion = 2010 est.)
Country comparison to the world: 48
$43.93 billion update paises set descripcion = 2009 est.)
EXPORTS - commodities:
oil and oil products 59%, ferrous metals 19%, chemicals 5%, machinery 3%, grain, wool, meat, coal
EXPORTS - partners:
China 15.6%, Russia 8.9%, France 8.5%, Germany 7.8%, Ukraine 5.1%, Romania 4.8%, Italy 4.7%, US 4% update paises set descripcion = 2009)
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