Kazakhstan is a transcontinental landlocked country located in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe.. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbekistan to the south, and Turkmenistan to the southwest. Its capital is Nur-Sultan. Almaty, Kazakhstan's largest city, was the country's capital until 1997. Kazakhstan is the world's largest landlocked country, the world's largest Muslim-majority country by land area . It has a population of 19 million people, and one of the lowest population densities in the world, at fewer than 6 people per square kilometre.
