Flag of Kazakhstan
Officially Republic of Kazakhstan
Locally Qazaqstan · Қазақстан
What the flag looks like
A sky-blue field with a gold sun of 32 rays above a gold soaring steppe eagle in the center, and a vertical gold ornamental pattern along the hoist.
What it means
Sky blue stands for peace, freedom and the Turkic heritage, the sun for life and abundance, the eagle for freedom and power, and the ornament for Kazakh culture.
How to remember it
Kazakhstan
is a golden sun and eagle soaring across a turquoise sky, with a golden folk-art ribbon down the hoist side.
Fun facts
- The flag was designed by Shaken Niyazbekov.
- Kazakhstan is the largest landlocked country in the world.
- The Baikonur Cosmodrome, from which the first person in space was launched in 1961, is in Kazakhstan.
Kazakhstan at a glance
- Capital
- Astana
- Region
- Central Asia
- Population
- 21 million
- Area
- 2,724,900 km²
- Languages
- Kazakh, Russian
- Currency
- Kazakhstani tenge (₸)
- Flag adopted
- 1992