My World Factbook
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Transportation
27 (2010)
country comparison to the world: 
122
total: 22
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 10
1,524 to 2,437 m: 9
914 to 1,523 m: 2 (2010)
total: 5
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
under 914 m: 4 (2010)
1 (2010)
gas 6,417 km; oil 1,457 km (2009)
total: 2,980 km
country comparison to the world: 56
broad gauge: 2,980 km 1.520-m gauge (2008)
total: 58,592 km
country comparison to the world: 77
paved: 47,577 km
unpaved: 11,015 km (2002)
1,300 km (Amu Darya and Kara Kum canal are important inland waterways) (2008)
country comparison to the world: 56
total: 9
country comparison to the world: 119
by type: cargo 4, petroleum tanker 4, refrigerated cargo 1
foreign-owned: 1 (Turkey 1) (2010)
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