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Economic Indicator: Geography (Location, geographic coordinates, map references, area, terrain, elevation extremes, borders, coastline and maritime claims)
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Detailed Analysis for Year: 2015
Full Dataset: from 1993 to 2014
Dataset updated: 17th March 2015
Data Source: CIA Factbook
National or Regional Currency: Tenge
Currency Symbol: KZT
Location: Central Asia, northwest of China; a small portion west of the Ural (Zhayyq) River in eastern-most Europe
Geographic Coordinates: 48 00 N, 68 00 E
Map References: Asia
Area: total: 2,724,900 sq km ; land: 2,699,700 sq km ; water: 25,200 sq km
Area - Comparative: five times the size of Ohio; slightly more than twice the size of Nevada
Terrain: vast flat steppe extending from the Volga in the west to the Altai Mountains in the east and from the plains of western Siberia in the north to oases and deserts of Central Asia in the south
Elevation Extremes(M): lowest point: Vpadina Kaundy -132 m ; highest point: Khan Tangiri Shyngy (Pik Khan-Tengri) 6,995 m
Land Boundaries(Km): total: 13,364 km ; border countries: China 1,765 km, Kyrgyzstan 1,212 km, Russia 7,644 km, Turkmenistan 413 km, Uzbekistan 2,330 km
Coastline: 0 km (landlocked); note - Kazakhstan borders the Aral Sea, now split into two bodies of water (1,070 km), and the Caspian Sea (1,894 km)
Maritime Claims: none (landlocked)
Geography - Note: world's largest landlocked country; Russia leases approximately 6,000 sq km of territory enclosing the Baykonur Cosmodrome; in January 2004, Kazakhstan and Russia extended the lease to 2050