Area and Boundaries
- Area
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- Total: 2,717,300 km²
- Land: 2,669,800 km²
- Water: 47,500 km²
- Land boundaries
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- Total: 12,012 km
- Border countries: the People's Republic of China 1,533 km, Kyrgyzstan 1,051 km, Russia 6,846 km, Turkmenistan 379 km, Uzbekistan 2,203 km
- Coastline
- 0 km (landlocked). 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)
- Elevation extremes
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- Lowest point: Karagiye -132 m
- Highest point: Khan Tangiri Shyngy (Pik Khan-Tengri) 7,010 m
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