Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan

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3 - 4
pictures 1 and 4 are The Charyn Canyon National Park
and
pictures 2 and 3 are The Tamgaly Tas nature Reserve

Postmarked with three Kazakhstan stamps in 2009 - two for 10 and one with a bird for 50

This is one of the countries I was missing!




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Kazakhstan, also Kazakstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a Eurasian country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world as well as the world's largest landlocked country, it has a territory of 2,727,300 km² (greater than Western Europe). It is bordered by Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and China. The country also borders on a significant part of the Caspian Sea.

Vast in size, the land in Kazakhstan is very diverse in types of terrain: flatlands, steppes, taigas, rock-canyons, hills, deltas, mountains, snow-capped mountains, and deserts. Kazakhstan has the 62nd largest population in the world, with a population density of less than 6 people per square kilometre (15 per sq. mi.).