Myth examined
“Kazakhstan is a small or minor country”
False. Kazakhstan covers 2,724,900 km² — the ninth-largest country on Earth by area and the largest landlocked country in the world. Its territory exceeds the combined area of France, Germany, Spain, Italy, the UK, Poland, and Sweden together. A population of approximately 20 million gives it a low density, which is sometimes misread as small size.
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