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Kazakstan
Transportation and Telecommunications
Kazakstan's transportation and telecommunications networks are
poorly developed because of the distance between population centers
(see fig. 7) and because of the inhospitable terrain that separates
them. Only the largest cities are linked by roads and railroad.
Railroad lines carry the overwhelming bulk of freight traffic,
and more than half of the passenger traffic moves by road. In
1996, two ministries were responsible for transportation: the
Ministry of Transport and Communications for transport operation
of railways, roads, and airlines; and the Ministry of Construction
and Housing, for construction of highways and airport and port
facilities.
Data as of March 1996
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