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World Factbook: Kazakhstan Transportation


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Kazakhstan Transportation:

Railways:
total: 13,700 km (2004 est.)
broad gauge: 13,700 km 1.520-m gauge (3,700 km electrified)

Highways:
total: 82,980 km (2002 est.)
paved: 77,918 km
unpaved: 5,062 km

Waterways:
4,000 km (2004 est.)
note: On the Syr Darya (Syrdariya) and Ertis (Irtysh) rivers

Pipelines:
condensate: 18 km
gas: 10,370 km
oil: 10,158 km
refined products: 1,187 km
NA
(2004)

Ports and harbors:
Aqtau (Shevchenko), Atyrau (Gur'yev), Oskemen (Ust-Kamenogorsk), Pavlodar, Semey (Semipalatinsk)

Merchant marine:
total: 3 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 1,064 GRT / 646 DWT
by type: cargo 2, refrigerated cargo 1
foreign-owned: 2 (United Kingdom 2)
(2005)

Airports:
314 (2004 est.)

Airports — with paved runways:
total: 67
over 3047m: 9
2438 to 3047m: 26
1524 to 2437m: 17
914 to 1523m: 4
under 914m: 11
(2004 est.)

Airports — with unpaved runways:
total: 247
over 3047m: 6
2438 to 3047m: 6
1524 to 2437m: 11
914 to 1523m: 27
under 914m: 197
(2004 est.)

Heliports:
1 (2004 est.)



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Washington D.C.: Central Intelligence Agency, 2005
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