Kazakhstan

Key facts

Land borders (5)

• China
• Kyrgyzstan
• Russia
• Turkmenistan
• Uzbekistan

Kazakhstan in the game

Every puzzle gives three claims that exactly one country satisfies. Kazakhstan is moderately well known, so it typically appears as the answer in medium puzzles. These are the 31 claims from the pool that are true of Kazakhstan, rarest first — the fewer countries share a claim, the harder it works for you on the board.

• Has Russian as an official language1 of 4
• Its name begins with “K”1 of 6
• Its name ends with “-stan”1 of 7
• Has an area larger than 2,000,000 km²1 of 12
• Borders China1 of 14
• Borders Russia1 of 14
• Has fewer than 10 people per km²1 of 14
• Its name contains the letter “Z”1 of 15
• Its capital city's name begins with “A”1 of 16
• Has a peak higher than 5,000 m1 of 27
• Has an area larger than 1,000,000 km²1 of 29
• Has land below sea level1 of 33
• Has fewer than 25 people per km²1 of 34
• Its capital is not its largest city1 of 36
• Has a peak higher than 4,000 m1 of 43
• Its flag contains no red1 of 43
• Is landlocked1 of 44
• Its flag uses exactly two colours1 of 44
• Is in Asia1 of 48
• Its name has 10 letters or more1 of 48
• Has an area larger than 500,000 km²1 of 51
• Has a peak higher than 3,000 m1 of 65
• Has more than one official language1 of 65
• Has an area larger than 200,000 km²1 of 84
• Its flag contains yellow or gold1 of 85
• Its flag contains blue1 of 99
• Borders more than 2 countries1 of 111
• Drives on the right1 of 141
• Lies entirely in the Northern Hemisphere1 of 147
• Does not have a monarch as head of state1 of 153
• Lies within a single time zone1 of 177