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Kazakstan
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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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