Kazakhstan is a country in Central Asia stretching from the Caspian Sea in the west to the Altai Mountains in the east, bordering China and Russia. Almaty is its largest metropolis and is a former commercial center.
Kazakhstan is bordered by China to the east, Russia to the west and north, and some central Asian countries such as Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan to the south. In addition, to the west, it is bounded by a stretch on the banks of the Caspian Sea.
Astana (Nur-Sultan, is its new name), has been the capital since 1997. It has a rapidly growing population and in 2017 it hosted the World Expo.
In Kazakhstan, the climate is continental, as the country is far from the open sea (except for the Caspian Sea area, where temperatures moderate somewhat, but in the rest of the country, they are extreme. Summers are very hot, especially in the center of the country, with temperatures that can reach 40º, and drop to 20º at night. Winters are very cold, even in the desert, and temperatures can reach -40º. In the steppe the dry wind is short. And from November it snows and leaves the mountains white until the months of April-May.
