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E40 in Europe
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E40 road on Ukrainian highway Kyiv-Zytomyr
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European route E40 is the longest European route, more than 8000 km long, connecting Calais in France via Belgium, Germany, Poland, Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Kyrgyzstan, with Ridder in Kazakhstan near the border to China. Ukraine (Україна Ukrayina, /ukrɑˈjinɑ/ is a country in Eastern Europe. Korday or Kordai (Қордай Кордай is a village in Zhambyl Province of Kazakhstan, and the administrative center of that province's Korday The international E-road network is a numbering system for Roads in Europe developed by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE. Calais (kaˈlɛ in English often kæˈleɪ traditional English pronunciation /ˈkælɨs/ Kales is a town in northern France. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland Ukraine (Україна Ukrayina, /ukrɑˈjinɑ/ is a country in Eastern Europe. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Kazakhstan, also Kazakstan ( Қазақстан, Qazaqstan, qɑzɑqˈstɑn Казахстан, Kazakhstán,) officially the Uzbekistan, officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( Uzbek: O‘zbekiston Respublikasi or Ўзбекистон Республикаси is a doubly Turkmenistan ( Türkmenistan; also known as Turkmenia) is a Turkic country in Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan (ˈkɻ̩gɪztɑn (AmE or /'kɝgəztan/ (BrE Kyrgyz: Кыргызстан; Russian: Киргизия or Киргизстан or Кыргызстан Ridder ( Kazakh and Russian: Риддер) is a city in the East Kazakhstan Province in north-eastern Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan, also Kazakstan ( Қазақстан, Qazaqstan, qɑzɑqˈstɑn Казахстан, Kazakhstán,) officially the China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National
The route passes through:
The road makes a big detour in Central Asia. Calais (kaˈlɛ in English often kæˈleɪ traditional English pronunciation /ˈkælɨs/ Kales is a town in northern France. Dunkirk ( French: Dunkerque, dœ̃kɛʀk or; Dutch:; is a harbour city and a commune in the northernmost part of France, in the Veurne (Furnes is a municipality in the Belgian province of West Flanders. Bruges (Brugge is the capital and largest city of the province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium. Ghent (ˈɡɛnt Gent ʝɛnt in Dutch, Gand in French, and formerly Gaunt in English) is a City and a Brussels (Bruxelles pronounced; Brussel pronounced) officially the Brussels Capital-Region, is Leuven ( French: Louvain, often used in English German: Löwen) is the capital of the province of Flemish Brabant in the Liège (ljɛːʒ Older English: Luick, Walloon: Lidje, German: Lüttich; Latin: Leodium, Dutch ( Ripuarian: Oche, Dutch: Aken, Spanish: Aquisgrán, Italian: Aquisgrana, French, Gummersbach is a city in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, being the district seat of the Oberbergischer Kreis. Olpe lies in the foothills of the Ebbegebirge in North Rhine-Westphalia, and is the seat of the district of Olpe. Siegen is a city in Germany in the South Westphalian part of the North Rhine-Westphalia, Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate. Wetzlar is a town in the German federal state ( Bundesland) of Hesse, capital of the Lahn-Dill district Gießen (ˈgiːsən is a town in the German federal state ( Bundesland) of Hessen, capital of both the district of Gießen and the administrative Bad Hersfeld is a Spa town and the capital of the Hersfeld-Rotenburg district in the north-eastern region of Hesse, Germany. Herleshausen is a municipality in the district Werra-Meißner-Kreis, in Hesse, Germany. Eisenach is a city in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated between the northern foothills of the Thuringian Forest and the Hainich National Park Gotha is a town in Thuringia, within the central core of Germany. Erfurt (ˈɛɐ̯fʊɐ̯t is a City in central Germany. It is the Capital of the state of Thuringia with a population of 202619 (2006 Weimar (ˈvaɪmaʁ is a City in Germany. It is located in the Bundesland of Thuringia (Thüringen north of the Thüringer Wald, Jena (pronunciation ˈjeːna is a university City in central Germany on the river Saale. Gera is the third largest city in the German state of Thuringia after Erfurt, the Thuringian capital Chemnitz (1953–1990 Karl-Marx-Stadt ( Sorbian:Kamjenica is a City in Eastern Germany. Dresden (etymologically from Old Sorbian Drežďany, meaning people of the riverside forest, Drježdźany is the Capital city of the German Bautzen ( pronounced, until 1868: Budissin; Upper Sorbian: Budyšin; Lower Sorbian: Budyšyn) is a Görlitz ( is a town in Germany on the Lusatian Neisse River in the Bundesland Zgorzelec is a town in south-western Poland with 33278 inhabitants (2004 Bolesławiec Łódź Voivodeship Bolesławiec (Bunzlau is a town in southwestern Poland with 40837 inhabitants (2006 Legnica (Liegnitz is a City on the Kaczawa river in Lower Silesia in south-western Poland. Wrocław (Breslau Vratislav Vratislavia or Wratislavia Yiddish: ברעסלוי) is the chief City of the historical region of Lower Silesia Opole (Oppeln is a city in southern Poland on the Oder River (Odra Gliwice (Gleiwitz is an industrial City in southern Poland with 200361 inhabitants (2004 on the Kłodnica River about 20 km to the west from Katowice (Katovice Kattowitz is a City in Silesia in southern Poland, on the Kłodnica Jaworzno is a city in the Silesian Voivodeship (province of southern Poland on the Przemsza and Biała Przemsza rivers (tributaries of Kraków, in English also spelled Krakow or Cracow (ˈkrækaʊ M-W: krăk'ou krāk'ō is one of the largest and oldest cities in Poland Tarnów (Tarnau טארנא- Turna) is a city in southeastern Poland with 118128 inhabitants (2006 Rzeszów (Ряшiв Reichshof Resovia ריישע- Reisha) is a city in south-eastern Poland with a population of 170722 (2008 granted a town charter in 1354 Korczowa is a Village in the administrative district of Gmina Radymno, within Jarosław County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Lviv ( Ukrainian: Львів, L’viv, Lwów Lemberg Львов L'vov; see also other names) is a major city in western Dubno Podlaskie Voivodeship Dubno (Дубно is a city located on the Ikva River in the Rivne Oblast ( province) of western Ukraine. Soborna Street-Rivne 2JPG|thumb|left|200px|Soborna (Cathedral Street]]Maidan Nezalezhnosti-Rivne Zhytomyr (Житомир ( Zhytomyr) Житомир ( Zhitomir) Żytomierz is a historic City in the North of the western half of Ukraine Kiev, also known as Kyiv ( Ukrainian:, Kyiv, ˈkɪjiw Russian:, Kiyev; see also Cities' alternative names) is the Lubny (Лубни is a City in the Poltava Oblast ( province) of central Ukraine. Poltava (Полтава Połtawa is a City in central Ukraine. Kharkiv or Kharkov (Харків Харьков is the second largest city in Ukraine. Slavyansk (Слов'янськ translit Slov'ians'k; Славянск tranlit Debaltseve (Дебальцеве Дебальцево is a city in the Donetsk Oblast ( province) of Ukraine. Luhansk or Lugansk (Луга́нськ /lu'ɦɑnʲsʲk/ translit Kamensk-Shakhtinsky (Ка́менск-Ша́хтинский is a town in Rostov Oblast, in southwestern Russia on the Donets River. Astrakhan (А́страхань Ästerxan Persian: حاجیترخان Haji-Tarkhan) is a major city in southern European Russia and The Russian route M6 (also known as the Caspian Highway) is a major Trunk road that links Moscow to the Caspian Sea. Atyrau (Атырау ɑtɪˈɾaw named Guryev during the Soviet era) is a city in Kazakhstan, and the capital of Atyrau Province. Beyneu is a town in western Kazakhstan, which first began to expand in the 1970s from a village to a city with the discovery of oil in the area Kungrad (Qo‘ng‘irot Кунград known as Zheleznodorozhny until 1969 is a town in Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan, located in the Amu Darya Nukus ( Karakalpak: No‘kis, formerly Нөкис) is the sixth-largest city in Uzbekistan, and the capital of the autonomous Karakalpakstan Bukhara (Buxoro Бухоро بُخارا Бухара also spelled as Bukhoro and Bokhara, from the Soghdian βuxārak ("lucky Samarkand (Samarqand Самарқанд سمرقند UniPers: "Samarqand" is the second-largest city in Uzbekistan and the capital of Jizzakh (also spelled Jizzax, Djizak; in Джизак is a city (pop 138400 in 2004 and the center of Jizzakh Province in Uzbekistan Shymkent (Шымкент is the capital city of South Kazakhstan Province, the most populated region in Kazakhstan. Taraz ( Тараз) formerly Talas, Zhambyl (Kazakh Жамбы́л and Aulie-Ata (Kazakh Әулие́-Ата Chagatai: اولياه Korday or Kordai (Қордай Кордай is a village in Zhambyl Province of Kazakhstan, and the administrative center of that province's Korday Almaty ( Алматы; formerly known as Alma-Ata ( Алма-Ата) also Verniy, (Верный is the largest city in Kazakhstan Taldykorgan ( Kazakh: Талдықорған) is the administrative center of Almaty Province, Kazakhstan. Ayagoz or Ayakoz (Аягөз formerly Сергиополь Sergiopol`) is the administrative center of Ayagoz District in East Kazakhstan Province Oskemen ( Kazakh: Өскемен, Öskemen; Russian: Усть-Каменогорск Ust-Kamenogorsk) is the capital of the East Ridder ( Kazakh and Russian: Риддер) is a city in the East Kazakhstan Province in north-eastern Kazakhstan. The shortest road between Calais and Ridder is about 2000 km shorter, mostly using the E30 via Berlin-Moscow-Omsk.