Area
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- Total: 147,181 km²
- Land: 143,181 km²
- Water: 4,000 km²
- Area - comparative
- Roughly 1⅔ Tasmania's size
- Roughly twice New Brunswick's size
- Slightly less than twice Scotland's size
- Slightly larger than Arkansas
- Coastline
- 0 km (landlocked)
- Maritime claims
- None (landlocked)
- Elevation extremes
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- Lowest point: Kechana Kalan 70 m
- Highest point: Sagarmatha (Mount Everest) 8,848 m
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