Full name: Republic of Kazakhstan
Coordinates: 48 00 N, 68 00 E
Land area: 2,699,700 sq km, Land borders: 12,185 km
Sea area: 25,200 sq 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)
Population: 15,522,373 (July 2011 est.)
Position: Central Asia, northwest of China; a small portion west of the Ural (Zhayyq) River in eastern-most Europe
Neighbors: Turkmenistan 379 km, China 1,533 km, Uzbekistan 2,203 km, Kyrgyzstan 1,224 km, Russia 6,846 km
Government: republic; authoritarian presidential rule, with little power outside the executive branch
Telephones: 14.995 million (2009) mobile, 3.763 million (2009) landline
Phone international country code: 7