Overview

Kazakhstan is the largest landlocked country in the world. It is bordered by the Russian Federation to the north, China to the east, and Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan to the south. Its territory extends almost 3,000 kilometres (km) from the Volga River and the Caspian Sea in the west to the Altai Mountains in the east, and 1,700 km from the South Ural Mountains and West Siberian Plains in the north to the Kyzylkum Desert and Tian Shan Mountains in the south.

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Sustainable Cities and Communities