| KAZAKHSTANI GEOGRAPHY STATS: |
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Area > Comparative
slightly less than four times the size of Texas |
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Area > Land
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2,669,800 sq km |
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[10th of 238]
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Area > Total
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2,717,300 sq km |
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[16th of 250]
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Capital city with population
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Astana - 280,200 |
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Climate
continental, cold winters and hot summers, arid and semiarid |
Elevation extremes > Highest point
Khan Tangiri Shyngy (Pik Khan-Tengri) 6,995 m |
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Forested Land
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4.5% |
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[165th of 193]
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Geographic coordinates
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48 00 N, 68 00 E |
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Land boundaries > Border countries
China 1,533 km, Kyrgyzstan 1,224 km, Russia 6,846 km, Turkmenistan 379 km, Uzbekistan 2,203 km |
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Land use > Arable land
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8.28% |
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[123rd of 258]
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Largest city with population
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Almaty - 1,185,900 |
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Location
Central Asia, northwest of China; a small portion west of the Ural River in eastern-most Europe |
Map references
Asia |
Natural hazards
earthquakes in the south, mudslides around Almaty |
Natural resources
major deposits of petroleum, natural gas, coal, iron ore, manganese, chrome ore, nickel, cobalt, copper, molybdenum, lead, zinc, bauxite, gold, uranium |
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Population density
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6.3 people per sqkm |
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[213rd of 256]
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Population density > people per sq. km
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5.61 people/m²
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[192nd of 204]
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Precipitation
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264 mm |
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[83rd of 95]
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Surface area > sq. km
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2,724,900 km²
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[9th of 206]
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tallest mountains > Mountain
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Khan Tangiri Shyngy |
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