Kazakhstan

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What makes the Kazakhstan climate?

Three major factors that affect the Kazakhstan climate are: the remoteness of it from the oceans, its size and its location between two totally different climatic regions, Middle Asia and Siberia – where the impacts of the air masses of the cold north and the hot south meet.

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Healthcare in Kazakhstan

299,5 billion tenge are provided for the Kazakhstan healthcare sector in the Republican budget in 2009, 411,6 billion tenge in 2010 and 368,9 billion tenge in 2011. Annually Government invests 25-30 billion tenge for purchase of medical equipment.

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Administrative divisions of Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan is divided into 14 provinces. The provinces are subdivided into districts.

Almaty and Astana cities have the status of State importance and do not relate to any province.