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Full country name: Republic of Kazakhstan
International phone dialing code: 7-336
People population: 15,522,373 (July 2011 est.)
Total area: 2,724,900 sq km, sea area: 25,200 sq km
Total area: Land boundaries: 12,185 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)
Most known cities: Almaty, Astana, Karaganda
Geographic coordinates: 48 00 N, 68 00 E
Kazakhstan is situated in Central Asia, northwest of China; a small portion west of the Ural (Zhayyq) River in eastern-most Europe
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