🇰🇿 SOME FACTS ABOUT KAZAKHSTAN YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT 🐎☘️❄️🌬

Hello Steemians!How have you been?

Today I would like to talk a little bit about my motherland - Kazakhstan.

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Kazakhstan may not be the most well-known country but it sure is very beautiful and very big. There are some facts about Kazakhstan that I would like to share wit you: 

•Kazakhstan is the ninth biggest country in the world, which interestingly doesn't have an access to the ocean. Kz is located both in Europe and in Asia, (Eurasia).The capital of Kz is Astana city.

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•It was the last state to leave the USSR. Kazakhstan declared its sovereignty on December 16, 1991. The first and only president of Kz is Nazarbayev Nursultan Abishevich.

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•Representatives of more than 130 nationalities: Kazakhs, Russians, Germans, Tatars,Uyghur etc live in peace there.

•Kazakh people are extremely hospitable, if anyone comes to their house he/she will surely be offered to drink some tea and eat something, it's considered to be rude no to take care of people who cross the threshold of your door.So in case you will live there, make sure to offer some tea to your visitors😁

•Kazakhstan is the biggest tea consumer the world (1,2 kg per capita), even bigger than India. We just love drinking milk tea in the morning, afternoon and evening. Every Kazakh drinks an average of 8 cups of tea on a daily basis. Coffee and green tea are not very popular here.Tea is King 👑😁

•Kazakhstan has many traditions that still take place.For instance, in some regions of Kazakhstan "brides" are still being "kidnapped", however it's usually by a mutual agreement of a bride and a groom.

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•One of the highest skating rinks in the world - Medeo Skating Rink is located in Kazakhstan. It lays at 1691 above the sea level. Over 170 world records were witnessed there.

•Kazakhstan is the place where horses were first domesticated.It is also a place where people eat horse meat😬Horse meat is considered to be healthier than any other meat in Kazakhstan, it's lean, low in fat and high in protein.The national drink in Kazakhstan is horse milk.

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• The first man that was sent into space from USSR - Yuri Gagarin was sent from Baikonur cosmodrome, which is located in Kazakhstan.

•Kazakhstan is a very cold country, with big winds and freezing winter.(If you ever want to travel there, I wouldn't advise you to go during winter.Summer is the best time to go, however it is very short😁

•Balkhash Lake in Kazakhstan, which is the second largest lake in Central Asia consists of half fresh water and half salt water. This phenomenon has not been yet explained by any scientists.

•The heartland of wild cannabis - huge Chuy  Valley is located in Kazakhstan.The territory of the place is around 150 000 hectares.

These are some facts about Kazakhstan for today.😁

I wonder how many of you have been to Kz and know something about it?And how many people from Kazakhstan are here on Steemit?!