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Kazakhstan is located in Central Asia, with a small portion in Eastern Europe. [1] With an area of about 2,724,900 square kilometers (1,052,100 sq mi) Kazakhstan is more than twice the combined size of the other four Central Asian states and 60% larger than Alaska .
Kazakhstan, [d] officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, [e] is a landlocked country primarily in Central Asia, with a small portion situated in Eastern Europe. [f] It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbekistan to the south, and Turkmenistan to the southwest, with a coastline along the Caspian Sea.
The Republic of Kazakhstan is a landlocked sovereign country located across both Central Asia and Eastern Europe. [1] Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world as well as the world's largest landlocked country, [ 2 ] it has a territory of 2,727,300 km 2 (greater than Western Europe ).
Kazakhstan is a country mainly located in Central Asia, [15] with a small portion of the country extending west of the Ural River in Eastern Europe. The country's physical, cultural, ethnic, and geographic characteristics are Central Asian, [ 16 ] [ 17 ] with a large European influence and influx of European settlers from Russia from when it ...
Currently, there are 44 landlocked countries, two of them doubly landlocked (Liechtenstein and Uzbekistan), and three landlocked de facto states in the world. Kazakhstan is the world's largest landlocked country, Kyrgyzstan is the furthest landlocked country from any ocean, while Ethiopia is the world's most populous landlocked country. [1] [2]
Border with Kazakhstan: 45°36′N Japan: Cape Kamoiwakka (claimed) Bentenjima, HokkaidÅ: 45°33′N (claimed) 45°31′N Bosnia and Herzegovina: A village in the municipality of Kozarska Dubica Gradina Donja: 45°16′N Bulgaria: Timok Mouth, Vidin Province: 44°13′N San Marino: Falciano, Serravalle: 43°59′N Spain
The number of researchers per million population is close to the world average (1,083 in 2013) in Kazakhstan (1,046) and higher than the world average in Uzbekistan (1,097). [65] Kazakhstan is the only Central Asian country where the business enterprise and private non-profit sectors make any significant contribution to research and development.
The European part of Kazakhstan is located mainly on the Caspian Depression and the General Syrt upland. On the western and northern sides the territory of the Russian Federation , on the eastern side it is washed by the Ural River , on the south it is washed by the Caspian Sea and a small part of the Volga delta.