| Ketpen Кетпен | |
|---|---|
| Village | |
  Ketpen Location in Kazakhstan | |
| Coordinates: 43°27′01″N80°21′00″E / 43.45028°N 80.35000°E Coordinates: 43°27′01″N80°21′00″E / 43.45028°N 80.35000°E | |
| Country | Kazakhstan |
| Region | Almaty Region |
| District | Uygur District |
| Population (2009) | |
| • Total | 2,689 |
| Time zone | Omsk Time (UTC+6) |
Ketpen (Kazakh : Кетпен) is a village in Almaty Region, in south-eastern Kazakhstan. [1]
Kazakh or Kazak, belongs to the Kipchak branch of the Turkic languages. It is closely related to Nogai, Kyrgyz and Karakalpak. Kazakh is the official language of the Republic of Kazakhstan and a significant minority language in the Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang, China and in the Bayan-Ölgii Province of Mongolia. Kazakh is also spoken by many ethnic Kazakhs through the former Soviet Union, Afghanistan, Iran, Turkey and Germany.
Almaty Region is a region of Kazakhstan. Its capital is Taldykorgan, which has a population of 123,000. Population of the region: 1,807,894 ; 1,557,269.
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is the world's largest landlocked country, and the ninth largest in the world, with an area of 2,724,900 square kilometres (1,052,100 sq mi). It is a transcontinental country largely located in Asia; the most western parts are in Europe. Kazakhstan is the dominant nation of Central Asia economically, generating 60% of the region's GDP, primarily through its oil and gas industry. It also has vast mineral resources.
