Kazakstan Transportation 1997

Railways
total : 13,841 km in common carrier service; does not include industrial lines
broad gauge: 13,841 km 1.520-m gauge (3,299 km electrified) (1992)

Highways
total: 158,581 km
paved: NA km
unpaved : NA km (1994)
note: there are 87,572 km of public roads, maintained by governmental highwaymaintenance organizations; the rest are privately maintained by industrialorganizations; of the total, 107,885 km are either paved or otherwise surfacedfor all-weather use

Waterways 4,002 km on the Syrdariya River and Ertis River

Pipelines crude oil 2,850 km; refined products 1,500 km; natural gas 3,480 km(1992)

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

Airports 352 (1994 est.)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 55
over 3,047 m: 7
2,438 to 3,047 m: 23
1,524 to 2,437 m : 11
914 to 1,523 m: 5
under 914 m: 9 (1994 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 297
over 3,047 m: 9
2,438 to 3,047 m: 8
1,524 to 2,437 m: 25
914 to 1,523 m : 65
under 914 m: 190 (1994 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Kazakstan on this page is re-published from the 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Kazakstan Transportation 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Kazakstan Transportation 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.