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Area > Comparative slightly less than four times the size of Texas
Area > Land	2,669,800 sq km		[10th of 238]
Area > Total	2,717,300 sq km		[16th of 250]
Capital city with population	Astana - 280,200
Climate continental, cold winters and hot summers, arid and semiarid
Elevation extremes > Highest point Khan Tangiri Shyngy (Pik Khan-Tengri) 6,995 m
Forested Land	4.5%		[165th of 193]
Geographic coordinates	48 00 N, 68 00 E
Land boundaries > Border countries China 1,533 km, Kyrgyzstan 1,224 km, Russia 6,846 km, Turkmenistan 379 km, Uzbekistan 2,203 km
Land use > Arable land	8.28%		[123rd of 258]
Largest city with population	Almaty - 1,185,900
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
Population density	6.3 people per sqkm		[213rd of 256]
Population density > people per sq. km	5.61 people/m²		[192nd of 204]
Precipitation	264 mm		[83rd of 95]
Surface area > sq. km	2,724,900 km²		[9th of 206]
tallest mountains > Mountain	Khan Tangiri Shyngy

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