| KAZAKHSTANI GEOGRAPHY STATS: |
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Area > Comparative
slightly less than four times the size of Texas |
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Capital city with population
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Astana - 280,200 |
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Forested Land
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4.5% |
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[165th of 193]
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Land use > Arable land
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8.28 %
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[124th of 241]
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Land use > Other
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91.67 %
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[96th of 241]
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Land use > Permanent crops
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0.05 %
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[183rd of 241]
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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 |
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Maritime claims
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none (landlocked) |
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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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northernmost point > Latitude
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55°06'N |
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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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Rural population density > rural population per sq. km of arable land
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28.92 people/km² of arable lan |
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[73rd of 188]
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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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Terrain
extends from the Volga to the Altai Mountains and from the plains in western Siberia to oases and desert in Central Asia |
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