evidence: Kazakhstan is located in Central Asia (with 4% of the country (108,996 km2) in Eastern Europe[1]). With an area of about 2,724,900 square kilometers (1,052,100 sq mi) Kazakhstan is more than twice the combined size of the other four Central Asian states and 60% larger than Alaska. The country borders Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan to the south; Russia to the north; Russia and the Caspian Sea to the west; and China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region to the east. [...] - Maritime claims - None (landlocked) [...] - - 20,660 km2