Kazakhstan is a country.
Kazakhstan . Respublika Kazakhstan ) , is a transcontinental country in northern Central Asia and Eastern Europe . Kazakhstan is the world 's largest landlocked country , and the ninth largest in the world , with an area of 2,724,900 km ² . The capital is Astana , where it was moved in 1997 from Almaty , the country 's largest city . Kazakhstan is the ninth-largest country by area and the largest landlocked country .