About Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan is located in the heart of the Eurasian continent. It is the CIS’ second and world’s ninth largest country. The Kazakhstan territory is larger than the twelve countries of the European Union! Kazakhstan borders with China, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Russia. The total length of the borderline is 12,187km. Kazakhstan stretches for more than 3,000 km (covering two time zones) from the lower reaches of the Volga in the west to the foothills of the Altai Mountains in the east, and almost 2,000 km from the West Siberian Lowland in the north to the Kyzyl Kum desert in the south. The remoteness of the country from the oceans and the vastness of its territory affect the climatic conditions of Kazakhstan.

• Capital: Astana (since December 10, 1997) with population of 828,759 (as of 02.06.2014).

• Language: The Kazakh language is adopted as the state one. Russian is also widely used.

• Currency: Kazakh currency is tenge (KZT)

Religion:

The Republic of Kazakhstan is a multinational state, inhabited by more than 120 nationalities. The main religion is Islam, but the Kazakhs manifest tolerance towards other religions of the peoples living in their territory, such as Christianity, Judaism, etc. The country has built many mosques and churches in recent years.

Kazakh Medical Universities:

• Kazakh National Medical University

• Astana Medical University

• Karaganda State Medical University

• Semey State Medical University

• AL Farabi Kazakh National University of Kazakhstan

• West Kazakhstan Marat Ospanov State Medical University

• Kazakh Russian Medical University

• Shymkent State Medical University

• South Kazakhstan Medical Academy