- Population
- 20.3M
- Area
- 2,724,900 km²
- Languages
- Kazakh, Russian
- Currency
- Kazakhstani tenge (KZT)
- Drives on the
- Right
- Domain
- .kz
- Calling code
- +7
Why it sticks
- 1
The world's largest landlocked country and the 9th largest country overall.
- 2
The Baikonur Cosmodrome, leased to Russia, launched Sputnik and Yuri Gagarin, the first human in space.
- 3
The capital moved from Almaty to Astana in 1997; Astana was renamed Nur-Sultan in 2019 and changed back in 2022.
- 4
The flag shows a golden sun and a soaring steppe eagle on a sky-blue field.
GeoGuessr
GeoGuessr coverage: Official coverage- Cyrillic with Kazakh-only letters such as Ә, Ғ, Қ, Ң, Ө, Ұ, Ү, І.
- White plates with the flag and 'KZ' on the left and a two-digit region code on the right.
- Endless flat steppe, long straight roads and Soviet-era apartment blocks.
Coverage types
- GeoGuessr coverage: OfficialGoogle Street View in the official GeoGuessr maps
- GeoGuessr coverage: LimitedOnly a few cities or trekker routes
- GeoGuessr coverage: UnofficialUser photospheres only, not in official maps
- GeoGuessr coverage: NoneNo usable Street View coverage