Kazakh-Uzbekistan barrier
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Separation barrier
A separation barrier is a wall or fence constructed to limit the movement of people across a certain line or border, or to separate two populations. These structures vary in placement with regard to international borders and topography...
built by Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...
along part of its border with Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan , officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of the six independent Turkic states. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south....
. Construction began on October 19, 2006. The 8 ft high barbed wire
Barbed wire
Barbed wire, also known as barb wire , is a type of fencing wire constructed with sharp edges or points arranged at intervals along the strand. It is used to construct inexpensive fences and is used atop walls surrounding secured property...
fence which includes searchlight
Searchlight
A searchlight is an apparatus that combines a bright light source with some form of curved reflector or other optics to project a powerful beam of light of approximately parallel rays in a particular direction, usually constructed so that it can be swiveled about.-Military use:The Royal Navy used...
s spans the Saryagash
Saryagash District
Saryagash is a district of South Kazakhstan Province in southern Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is Saryagash town.-References:...
and Maktaaral
Maktaaral District
Maktaaral is a district of South Kazakhstan Province in southern Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is Zhetisay town.-References:...
administrative districts of southern Kazakhstan and is situated along heavily populated towns and cities of eastern Uzbekistan. It is being built to curb drug smuggling across the border.
Before 2002, 96% of the international border
International Border
The India–Pakistan Border , known locally as the International Border , is the international boundary between India and Pakistan that demarcates the Indian states of Punjab, Rajasthan and Gujarat from the Pakistani provinces of Punjab and Sindh. Pakistan borders India in the east. The border...
between Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan had been delimited. In 2001, after mutual agreement, the border line in three disputed areas, (Bagys, Arnasai and Nsan), were left undrawn. In September 2002 Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan fully resolved the route of the 2,440 km border.