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Geography - note Kazakhstan, in 30 editions.

The entry for Kazakhstan published Geography - note in 30 editions of 34, from 1996 to 2025. The text changed in 7 editions. Each is shown as published. Geography - note in every entry.

editions changed the text
7
the first edition with it
1996
the latest edition with it
2025

Published as “Geographic note” (1996), “Geography - note” (1997 to 2025), “Geography-note” (1998) and “Geography--note” (1999).

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  • world's largest landlocked country and one of only two landlocked countries in the world that extends into two continents (the other is Azerbaijan);
  • Russia leases approximately 6,000 sq km (2,317 sq mi) of territory enclosing the Baikonur Cosmodrome

world's largest landlocked country and one of only two landlocked countries in the world that extends into two continents (the other is Azerbaijan); Russia leases approximately 6,000 sq km (2,317 sq mi) of territory enclosing the Baikonur Cosmodrome; in 2004, Kazakhstan and Russia extended the lease to 2050 Cosmodrome

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Central Intelligence Agency. “Kazakhstan: Geography - note.” The World Factbook, 1996–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/kazakhstan/geography-note.

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