The 5 largest cities/urban areas in Kazakhstan are:
Almaty, Astana, Karaganda, Shymkent, Aktobe
Almaty population is 1,507,737
Use the “rank size rule” to identify the estimated size of each of the next four largest cities (city #2 is ½ the size of city #1, city #3 is 1/3 the size of city #1, city #4 is ¼ the size of #1, city #5 is 1/5 the size of #1)
# 1 2 3 4 5
City Almaty Astana Shymkent Karaganda Aktobe
Rank Size Rule 1,507,737 | 753,868.5 | 502,579 | 376,934.25 | 301,547.4
Actual 1,507,737 825,401 683,273 484,855 427,719
Difference 0 71,533 180,694 107,921 126171.6
Astana- 825,401
Karaganda- 484,855
Shymkent-683,273
Aktobe- 427,719
Compose a well-developed paragraph defending to what extent the “rank size rule” is proven valid or invalid based upon the populations of this country’s five largest cities
The rank size rule is proved invalid because it is a great amount off. Each of the rank size rule populations are at least 70,000 people off (less). It would affect the people because they would have a lesser amount of supplies to support the people.
Total Population of Kazakhstan- 17,948,816
Population Density & trend- 6
% Urban Population- 53.3%
Rate of urbanization- .86% (annually)
% with Improved Urban Sanitation- 97% of population
% with Improved Urban Water Supply- 99.2%