ASTANA. KAZINFORM 13,362 ethnic Kazakhs have returned to the historic and received kanda prestige on October 1, 2022, the press service of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection reported.
The Kandas are ethnic Kazakhs and/or members of their families of Kazakh nationality, who in the past did not have citizenship of the Republic of Kazakhstan, who arrived in their historical homeland and gained appropriate prestige in the manner prescribed by law.
A total of 1,101,200 ethnic Kazakhs have returned to Kazakhstan since 1991.
More than a fraction of the compatriots who arrived in Kazakhstan this year are from Uzbekistan (68. 7%). 10% came from China, 7. 9% from Turkmenistan, 4. 6% from Mongolia and 8. 8% from other countries. .
The majority of returnees settled in Almaty region (29. 9%), Mangystau region (16. 7%), Turkestan region (9%) and Zhambyl region (6. 5%), as well as Astana (7. 8%), Shymkent (7. 3%) and Almaty Cities (5. 8%).
As of 1 October 2022, the percentage of returnees of running age is 58. 7%, 27. 5% are under 16 and 13. 7% are retired.