EgyptTransportation
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Railways: |
total: 5,063 km
standard gauge: 5,063 km 1.435-m gauge (62 km electrified) (2004)
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Highways: |
total: 64,000 km
paved: 49,984 km
unpaved: 14,016 km (1999 est.)
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Waterways: |
3,500 km
note: includes Nile River, Lake Nasser, Alexandria-Cairo Waterway, and numerous smaller canals in delta; Suez Canal (193.5 km including approaches) navigable by oceangoing vessels drawing up to 17.68 m (2004)
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Pipelines: |
condensate 289 km; condensate/gas 94 km; gas 6,115 km; liquid petroleum gas 852 km; oil 5,032 km; oil/gas/water 36 km; refined products 246 km (2004)
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Ports and harbors: |
Alexandria, Damietta, El Dekheila, Port Said, Suez, Zeit
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Merchant marine: |
total: 77 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 1,194,696 GRT/1,754,815 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 14, cargo 34, container 2, passenger/cargo 5, petroleum tanker 14, roll on/roll off 8
foreign-owned: 10 (Denmark 1, Greece 6, Lebanon 2, Turkey 1)
registered in other countries: 34 (2005)
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Airports: |
87 (2004 est.)
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Airports - with paved runways: |
total: 72
over 3,047 m: 13
2,438 to 3,047 m: 38
1,524 to 2,437 m: 17
under 914 m: 4 (2004 est.)
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Airports - with unpaved runways: |
total: 15
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 5
under 914 m: 7 (2004 est.)
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Heliports: |
2 (2004 est.)
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