Eleven-Millionth Ethnic Kazakh Born, Population Pushes 17 Million
SOUTH KAZAKHSTAN – Eleven-millionth Kazakh, Mukhtar Abdrakhim, was born in December in Ushbulak village in southern Kazakhstan. Abdrakhim was chosen among all the children born on Dec. 28, 2012. In April 2013, Kazakhstan’s statistics agency announced there were now more than 11 million ethnic Kazakhs among the almost 17 million people living in the country…