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Kazakhstan:
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Other pages in this profile of Kazakhstan:
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
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Telephones - main lines in use |
2.928 million (2006) |
Telephones - mobile cellular |
7.83 million (2006) |
Telephone system |
general assessment: inherited an outdated telecommunications network from the Soviet era requiring modernization domestic: intercity by landline and microwave radio relay; number of fixed-line connections is gradually increasing and fixed-line teledensity is about 20 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular usage is increasing rapidly and subscriptions now exceed 50 per 100 international: country code - 7; international traffic with other former Soviet republics and China carried by landline and microwave radio relay and with other countries by satellite and by the Trans-Asia-Europe (TAE) fiber-optic cable; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat |
Radio broadcast stations |
AM 60, FM 17, shortwave 9 (1998) |
Television broadcast stations |
12 (plus 9 repeaters) (1998) |
Internet country code |
.kz |
Internet hosts |
33,217 (2007) |
Internet users |
1.247 million (2006) |
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Airports |
97 (2007) |
Airports - with paved runways |
total: 65 over 3,047 m: 9 2,438 to 3,047 m: 27 1,524 to 2,437 m: 17 914 to 1,523 m: 4 under 914 m: 8 (2007) |
Airports - with unpaved runways |
total: 32 over 3,047 m: 4 2,438 to 3,047 m: 6 1,524 to 2,437 m: 6 914 to 1,523 m: 4 under 914 m: 12 (2007) |
Heliports |
5 (2007) |
Pipelines |
condensate 658 km; gas 11,019 km; oil 10,338 km; refined products 1,095 km (2006) |
Railways |
total: 13,700 km broad gauge: 13,700 km 1.520-m gauge (3,700 km electrified) (2006) |
Roadways |
total: 90,018 km paved: 84,104 km unpaved: 5,914 km (2004) |
Waterways |
4,000 km (on the Ertis ((Irtysh)) River (80%) and Syr Darya ((Syrdariya)) River) (2006) |
Merchant marine |
total: 5 ships (1000 GRT or over) 30,011 GRT/49,223 DWT by type: petroleum tanker 4, refrigerated cargo 1 (2007) |
Ports and terminals |
Aqtau (Shevchenko), Atyrau (Gur'yev), Oskemen (Ust-Kamenogorsk), Pavlodar, Semey (Semipalatinsk) |
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