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| Transportation | Egypt |
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Railways:
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total: 5,105 km
standard gauge: 5,105 km 1.435-m gauge (42 km electrified) (2002) |
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Highways:
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total: 64,000 km
paved: 49,984 km unpaved: 14,016 km (1999 est.) |
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Waterways:
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3,500 km
note: includes the Nile, Lake Nasser, Alexandria-Cairo Waterway, and numerous smaller canals in the delta; Suez Canal (193.5 km including approaches), used by oceangoing vessels drawing up to 16.1 m of water |
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Pipelines:
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condensate 327 km; condensate/gas 94 km; gas 6,145 km; liquid petroleum gas 382 km; oil 5,726 km; oil/gas/water 36 km; water 62 km (2003) |
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Ports and harbors:
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Alexandria, Al Ghardaqah, Aswan, Asyut, Bur Safajah, Damietta, Marsa Matruh, Port Said, Suez |
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Merchant marine:
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total: 170 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 1,284,197 GRT/1,907,734 DWT
note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Denmark 1, Germany 1, Greece 6, Lebanon 3, Monaco 1, Ukraine 1 (2002 est.) ships by type: bulk 20, cargo 50, container 5, liquefied gas 1, passenger 63, petroleum tanker 15, roll on/roll off 13, short-sea passenger 3 |
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Airports:
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89 (2002) |
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Airports - with paved runways:
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total: 71
over 3,047 m: 13 2,438 to 3,047 m: 38 under 914 m: 3 (2002) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 17 |
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Airports - with unpaved runways:
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total: 18
under 914 m: 9 (2002) 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 914 to 1,523 m: 6 |
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Heliports:
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2 (2002) |
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