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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]
Source: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
Area > Total	2,717,300 sq km		[16th of 250]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Capital city with population	Astana - 280,200
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Climate continental, cold winters and hot summers, arid and semiarid
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites.
Elevation extremes > Highest point Khan Tangiri Shyngy (Pik Khan-Tengri) 6,995 m
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Forested Land	4.5%		[165th of 193]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Geographic coordinates	48 00 N, 68 00 E
Source: FAO
Land boundaries > Border countries China 1,533 km, Kyrgyzstan 1,224 km, Russia 6,846 km, Turkmenistan 379 km, Uzbekistan 2,203 km
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Land use > Arable land	8.28%		[123rd of 258]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Largest city with population	Almaty - 1,185,900
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Location Central Asia, northwest of China; a small portion west of the Ural River in eastern-most Europe
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites.
Map references Asia
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Natural hazards earthquakes in the south, mudslides around Almaty
Source: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
Natural resources major deposits of petroleum, natural gas, coal, iron ore, manganese, chrome ore, nickel, cobalt, copper, molybdenum, lead, zinc, bauxite, gold, uranium
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Population density	6.3 people per sqkm		[213rd of 256]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Population density > people per sq. km	5.61 people/m²		[192nd of 204]
Source: Heal The World Foundation.
Precipitation	264 mm		[83rd of 95]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Surface area > sq. km	2,724,900 km²		[9th of 206]
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
tallest mountains > Mountain	Khan Tangiri Shyngy
Source: World Development Indicators database

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