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Asia > Tajikistan > Transportation

TAJIKISTANI TRANSPORTATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Aircraft departures 120 [120th of 155]
Airports 105 [105th of 231]
Airports > With paved runways > 1524 to 2437 m 79 [79th of 179]
Airports > With paved runways > 2438 to 3047 m 81 [81st of 155]
Airports > With paved runways > Total 82 [82nd of 227]
Airports > With paved runways > Under 914 m 69 [69th of 126]
Airports > With unpaved runways > Total 110 [110th of 193]
Airports > With unpaved runways > Under 914 m 77 [77th of 179]
Driving side of the road > Left or right Right side
Pipelines
gas 549 km; oil 38 km (2006)
Pipelines > All types
gas 541 km; oil 38 km (2004)
Pipelines > Gas 74 km [74th of 107]
Pipelines > Oil 92 km [92nd of 97]
Pipelines > Total length 94 km [94th of 120]
Railways > A note
includes only lines in common carrier service; lines dedicated to particular industries are excluded (2001)
Railways > Broad gauge
482 km 1.520-m gauge (2005)
Railways > Total 117 km [117th of 134]
Roadways > Total 99 km [99th of 222]
Vehicle abundance 134 per square km [134th of 141]
Waterways 96 km [96th of 106]

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SOURCES: Aircraft departures are the number of domestic and international take-offs of air carriers registered in the country.; Total number of airports. Runways must be useable, but may be unpaved. May not have facilities for refuelling, maintenance, or air traffic control. ; Number of airports with paved runways (concrete or asphalt surfaces), categorised according to the length of the longest runway ; Total number of airports with paved runways (concrete or asphalt surfaces) ; Number of airports with paved runways (concrete or asphalt surfaces), categorised according to the length of the longest runway ; Total number of airports with useable unpaved runways (grass, dirt, sand, or gravel surfaces) ; Total number of airports with useable unpaved runways (grass, dirt, sand, or gravel surfaces), categorised according to the length of the longest runway ; About a quarter of the world drives on the left, and the countries that do are mostly old British colonies. The following is a list of countries of the world and the side of the road the inhabitants drive on. Most of the people driving on the left side of the road use right-hand-drive vehicles and vice-versa.; The lengths and types of pipelines for transporting products like natural gas, crude oil, or petroleum products ; The lengths and types of pipelines for transporting products like natural gas, crude oil, or petroleum products" ; Total length of gas pipelines ; Total length of oil pipelines ; Total length of all pipelines ; This entry states the total route length of the railway network and of its component parts by gauge: broad, dual, narrow, standard, and other.; This entry states the total route length of the railway network and of its component parts by gauge: broad, dual, narrow, standard, and other. ; This entry gives the total length of the road network and includes the length of the paved and unpaved portions. ; Vehicles per populated land area
Units: Vehicles/Populated Land Area (in km2)
Units: Air pollution is generally greatest in densely populated areas. To take this into account, we used the Gridded Population of the World dataset available from CIESIN and calculated the total land area in each country inhabited with a population density of greater than 5 persons per sq. km. We then utilized this land area as the denominator for the vehicles data.; The total length and individual names of navigable rivers, canals, and other inland bodies of water.

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Tajikistan, Republic of Tajikistan, Jumhurii Tojikiston, Tojikiston

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