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2018 In Kazakhstan
Events in the year 2018 in Kazakhstan. Incumbents * President: Nursultan Nazarbayev * Prime Minister: Bakhytzhan Sagintayev Events January *18 January – A bus fire on the Samara–Shymkent road kills 52 passengers, with five people escaping. February *9 – 25 February – Kazakhstan participated in the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, with 46 competitors in 9 sports. March *9 – 18 March – Kazakhstan participated in the 2018 Winter Paralympics in PyeongChang, South Korea. *15 March – A summit of Central Asian leaders takes place in Astana. October * 11 October – The flight of the Soyuz MS-10 rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome to the International Space Station is aborted during launch following the failure of the booster rocket. The two-man crew lands safely near Jezkazgan. Deaths *17 February – , writer and playwright (b. 1956). *19 July – Denis Ten, figure skater, Olympic bronze medalist (b. 1993). Refere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbekistan to the south, and Turkmenistan to the southwest, with a coastline along the Caspian Sea. Its capital is Astana, known as Nur-Sultan from 2019 to 2022. Almaty, Kazakhstan's largest city, was the country's capital until 1997. Kazakhstan is the world's largest landlocked country, the largest and northernmost Muslim-majority country by land area, and the ninth-largest country in the world. It has a population of 19 million people, and one of the lowest population densities in the world, at fewer than 6 people per square kilometre (15 people per square mile). The country dominates Central Asia economically and politically, generating 60 percent of the region's GDP, primarily through its oil and gas industry; it also has vast mineral ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
