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ASTANA – Baby girl Muslima Samatkyzy born May 11 to a family from Taldykorgan, in the Almaty region was recently identified as Kazakhstan’s 18 millionth citizen.
“All the way, while we were going home, our heart was beating with excitement, we knew that in July there will be the 18 millionth inhabitant of the country, but the fact that it was our Muslima was a complete surprise for us,” said father Samat Bestybayev.
Muslima was born weighing 3.3 kilogrammes and measuring 51 centimetres to Bestybayev and mother Diana Omarkhanova. City …read more
Source: The Astana Times
