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Apples! Did you know that every apple in the world comes from just one country? And you'll never guess which one, The country that brought you every apple in the world.The land of apples Kazakhstan! It's a country in Central Asia. The origins of the apple can be traced back to the Tian Shen mountains in modern day Kazakhstan, where the wild ancestor of apples, Malus sieversii, still grows in forests today. Research suggests about 46% of the genes of a modern domestic apple is likely passed down from the Malus sieversii apples originating in Kazakhstan and then spread along the Silk Roads, and 21% from the European crab-apples they mixed with resulting in the domesticated apple varieties we enjoy today which have a mixture of characteristics. Almaty, the largest city in Kazakhstan, and formerly its capital, derives its name from the Kazakh word for "apple" (Alma), and is often translated as "full of apples".