Kyrgyzstani Transportation, Kyrgyzstan Transportation
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Railways: Total: 470 km broad gauge: 470 km 1.520-m gauge (2004)
Highways: Total: 18,500 km paved: 16,854 km (including 140 km of expressways) unpaved: 1,646 km (1999 est.)
Waterways: 600 km (2004)
Pipelines: Gas 367 km; oil 13 km (2004)
Ports and harbors: Balykchy (Ysyk-Kol or Rybach'ye)
Merchant marine:
Airports: 52 (2004 est.)
Airports - with paved runways: Total: 16 over 3,047 m: 1 2,438 to 3,047 m: 3 1,524 to 2,437 m: 10 under 914 m: 2 (2004 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways: Total: 36 1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 914 to 1,523 m: 1 under 914 m: 31 (2004 est.)
Heliports:
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The information here has been derived from Public Domain Sources such as the CIA World Factbook. No liability can be taken for any inaccuracies.
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A Central Asian country of incredible natural beauty and proud nomadic traditions, Kyrgyzstan was annexed by Russia in 1864; it achieved independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. Nation-wide demonstrations in the spring of 2005 resulted in the oust...