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A landlocked state or landlocked country is a sovereign state entirely enclosed by land , or whose only coastlines lie on closed seas . There are currently 48 such countries , including four partially recognised states . Only two , ___MASK88___ and Paraguay in South America , lie outside Afro - Eurasia ( the Old World ). Talgar is a town in ___MASK82___ , southeastern ___MASK66___ . It is the administrative center of ___MASK38___ . The town is located between Almaty and Esik , 25 km from Almaty and several kilometres east of Birlik . Population : ___MASK49___ (" Almat " ), formerly known as ___MASK87___ - Ata and Verny , is the largest city in ___MASK66___ , with a population of 1 , 703 , 481 people , containing 9 % of the country ' s total population . ___MASK49___ is considered a World City with a " Beta -" classification according to GaWC . It served as capital of the Kazakh state in its various forms from 1929 to 1997 , under the influence of the then Soviet Union and its appointees . ___MASK87___ - Ata was the host city for a 1978 international conference on Primary Health Care where the ___MASK87___ Ata Declaration was adopted , marking a paradigm shift in global public health . In 1997 , the government relocated the capital to Astana in the north of the country . Eastern ___MASK91___ , also known as ___MASK2___ ___MASK91___ , is the eastern part ___MASK95___ the European continent . There is no consensus on the precise area it covers , partly because the term has a wide range ___MASK95___ geopolitical , geographical , cultural , and socioeconomic connotations . There are " almost as many definitions ___MASK95___ Eastern ___MASK91___ as there are scholars ___MASK95___ the region ". A related United Nations paper adds that " every assessment ___MASK95___ spatial identities is essentially a social and cultural construct ". ___MASK38___ is a district of Almaty Region in Kazakhstan . The administrative center of the district is the town of Talgar . It consists of an alluvial apron formed by the Talgar River , extending northwards from the glacier peaks of the Trans - Ili Alatau ( topped by Talgar Peak , 4 , 973 m ), an extension of the northern flanks of the Tien Shan Mountains . Population : Esik ( also spelled " Issyk ", " Yesik " and " Yesyk ") is a town in ___MASK82___ ___MASK95___ ___MASK66___ , the administrative center ___MASK95___ Enbekshikazakh District . It is located on the Issyk River , at the foot ___MASK95___ the Tian Shan , 53 km east ___MASK95___ Almaty and 112 km over the mountains from Issyk Kul Lake . Population : ___MASK94___ , formerly known as " Taldy - Kurgan " (" Taldy - Kurgan ") until 1993 , is the administrative ___MASK44___ of Almaty Region , ___MASK66___ . Population : Most of the people are Kazakhs . ___MASK35___ Asia or Middle Asia is the core region ___MASK95___ the Asian continent and stretches from the Caspian Sea in the west to ___MASK76___ in the east and from Afghanistan in the south to Russia in the north . It is also colloquially referred to as " the ' stans " ( as the six countries generally considered to be within the region all have names ending with the Persian suffix "- stan ", meaning " land ___MASK95___ ") and is within the scope ___MASK95___ the wider Eurasian continent . ___MASK66___ ( " Qazaqstan ", " ___MASK66___ "), officially the Republic of ___MASK66___ (" Qazaqstan Respwblïkas " " Respublika ___MASK66___ "), is a transcontinental country in northern Central Asia and Eastern Europe . ___MASK66___ is the world ' s largest landlocked country , and the ninth largest in the world , with an area of . ___MASK66___ is the dominant nation of Central Asia economically , generating 60 % of the region ' s GDP , primarily through its oil / gas industry . It also has vast mineral resources . Akdala ( Kazakh :  ) is an agricultural village in ___MASK82___ ___MASK95___ south - eastern ___MASK66___ . It is located to the northwest ___MASK95___ Talgar . The village has a small lake located in the southern part . Extensive fields separate it from Talgar . ___MASK49___ (" Almat obls ",   ) is a region ___MASK95___ ___MASK66___ . Its capital is Taldykorgan , which has a population ___MASK95___ 123 , 000 . Population ___MASK95___ the region : The Kazakhs ( also spelled Kazaks , Qazaqs , , ; the English name is transliterated from Russian ) are a Turkic people who mainly inhabit the southern part ___MASK95___ Eastern Europe Ural mountains and ___MASK11___ parts ___MASK95___ Central Asia ( largely ___MASK66___ , but also found in parts ___MASK95___ Uzbekistan , ___MASK76___ , Russia and Mongolia ), the region also known as Eurasian sub - continent . Kazakh identity is ___MASK95___ medieval origin and was strongly shaped by the foundation ___MASK95___ the Kazakh Khanate between 1456 and 1465 , when several tribes under the rule ___MASK95___ the sultans Zhanibek and Kerey departed from the Khanate ___MASK95___ Abu ' l - Khayr Khan .