Uzbekistani Transportation, Uzbekistan Transportation
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Railways: Total: 3,950 km broad gauge: 3,950 km 1.520-m gauge (620 km electrified) (2003)
Highways: Total: 81,600 km paved: 71,237 km unpaved: 10,363 km (1999 est.)
Waterways: 1,100 km (2004)
Pipelines: Gas 9,012 km; oil 869 km; refined products 33 km (2003)
Ports and harbors: Termiz (Amu Darya)
Merchant marine:
Airports: 247 (2003 est.)
Airports - with paved runways: Total: 33 over 3,047 m: 5 2,438 to 3,047 m: 14 1,524 to 2,437 m: 5 914 to 1,523 m: 5 under 914 m: 4 (2003 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways: Total: 214 2,438 to 3,047 m: 3 1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 914 to 1,523 m: 9 under 914 m: 200 (2003 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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Russia conquered Uzbekistan in the late 19th century. Stiff resistance to the Red Army after World War I was eventually suppressed and a socialist republic set up in 1924. During the Soviet era, intensive production of "white gold" (cotton) and grain...