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Which Is the Largest Landlocked Country?

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Quick Answer

Kazakhstan is the world's largest landlocked country, covering about 2.72 million square kilometres.

The Full Story

Kazakhstan stretches from the Caspian Sea in the west to the Altai Mountains in the east and is the ninth-largest country overall. It borders Russia, China, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. Although it has a coastline on the Caspian Sea, the Caspian is itself landlocked, so Kazakhstan has no direct access to the open ocean. The Baikonur Cosmodrome, the world's first and largest spaceport, is in southern Kazakhstan. The second-largest landlocked country is Mongolia, at about 1.56 million square kilometres.

Key Facts

1.Kazakhstan's capital, Astana, has changed its name several times since 1997.
2.Much of the country is steppe grassland.
3.Uzbekistan and Liechtenstein are the world's only doubly landlocked countries.

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