.қаз

Also known as xn--80ao21a

.қаз (abbreviation of ) is the Internet internationalized country code top-level domain (iccTLD) for Kazakhstan. It is used with web addresses using Cyrillic letters. It was launched in March 2012, when the first site, a test site ("тест.қаз") was activated.

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Vinony's link graph records 280 inbound references to .қаз, and connects out to .eu, .il and .ma.

It is catalogued under topics including Internationalized country code top-level domain in Cyrillic script and Internet in Kazakhstan.

Vinony links it to 14 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Top level domain.name: .қаз
Top level domain.introduced: 2012
Top level domain.type: Internationalised (Cyrillic) country code top-level domain
Top level domain.status: Active
Top level domain.registry: KazNIC
Top level domain.sponsor: Association of IT Companies of Kazakhstan
Top level domain.intendeduse: Entities connected with in the Cyrillic script
Top level domain.actualuse: Sees some use in Kazakhstan
Top level domain.restrictions: None for second-level names; some restrictions for third-level names depending on which second-level name they are under
Top level domain.structure: Registrations are made directly at the second level, or at the third level beneath second-level categories
Top level domain.DNSname: xn--80ao21a