European route E123 is a Class A north-south reference European route that connects the Ural region with

Central Asia Central Asia is a region of Asia consisting of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. The countries as a group are also colloquially referred to as the "-stans" as all have names ending with the Persian language, Pers ...

, spanning .

Route

The E123 routes through four Asian countries: *: Chelyabinsk - Troitsk - border with Kazakhstan *: Podgorodka – Kostanai *: Kostanai - Zapadnoye *: Zapadnoye – Esil –

Derzhavinsk Derzhavinsk (, ''Derzhavinsk'') is a town located in the Akmola Region of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country primarily in Central Asia, with a European Kazakhstan, small portion in Eastern E ...

– Arkalyk – Zhezkazgan *: Zhezkazgan – Kyzylorda *: Kyzylorda –

Shymkent Shymkent (, ; ) is a city in southern Kazakhstan, located near the border with Uzbekistan. It holds the status of a city of republican significance, one of only three cities in Kazakhstan with this distinction, alongside Almaty and Astana. As of ...

*: Shymkent – Frontovoy - Border of

Uzbekistan , image_flag = Flag of Uzbekistan.svg , image_coat = Emblem of Uzbekistan.svg , symbol_type = Emblem of Uzbekistan, Emblem , national_anthem = "State Anthem of Uzbekistan, State Anthem of the Republ ...

*: Border of

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country primarily in Central Asia, with a European Kazakhstan, small portion in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the Kazakhstan–Russia border, north and west, China to th ...

- G‘ishtko‘prik -

Tashkent Tashkent (), also known as Toshkent, is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Uzbekistan, largest city of Uzbekistan. It is the most populous city in Central Asia, with a population of more than 3 million people as of April 1, 2024. I ...

- Chinoz - Sirdaryo *: Sirdaryo - Xovos * РБ15 Road: Border of

- Zarafshon - Istaravshan * РБ01 Road: Istaravshan - Spitamen - Ayni -

Dushanbe Dushanbe is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Tajikistan. , Dushanbe had a population of 1,564,700, with this population being largely Tajiks, Tajik. Until 1929, the city was known in Russian as Dyushambe, and from 1929 to 1961 as St ...

* РБ09 Road:

- Qizilqala - Bokhtar - Panji Poyon * Sher Khan Bandar The E123 is only signed in Russia and Kazakhstan. In Russia (as well as and Kazakhstan), European route numbers are signposted on direction signs, however this is not the case in many other Asian countries.

References

External links

UN Economic Commission for Europe: Overall Map of E-road Network (2007)
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