Kazakhstan Communications

Country Name: Republic of Kazakhstan

Capital City: Astana

Population: 15,233,244 (2006)

Population Growth: 0.33% (2006)

Currency: Tenge (KZT)

Languages: Kazakh, Russian

Area: 2,717,300 sq km

Inflation Rate: 8.6% (2006 est.)

Unemployment Rate: 8.1% (2005)

Domain extension: .kz

COMMUNICATIONS OF KAZAKHSTAN

Telephones - main lines in use:

2.5 million (2004)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

4.955 million (2005)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 60, FM 17, shortwave 9 (1998)

Television broadcast stations:

12 (plus nine repeaters) (1998)

Internet country code:

.kz

Internet hosts:

21,187 (2006)

Internet users:

400,000 (2005)

International dialing code: