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Transportation of Egypt

Airports:88 (2006)
Airports - with paved runways:total: 72
over 3,047 m: 13
2,438 to 3,047 m: 38
1,524 to 2,437 m: 16
under 914 m: 5 (2006)
Airports - with unpaved runways:total: 16
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 5
under 914 m: 7 (2006)
Heliports:3 (2006)
Pipelines:condensate 464 km; condensate/gas 94 km; gas 6,021 km; liquid petroleum gas 897 km; oil 5,120 km; oil/gas/water 36 km; refined products 897 km (2006)
Railways:total: 5,063 km
standard gauge: 5,063 km 1.435-m gauge (62 km electrified) (2006)
Roadways:total: 92,370 km
paved: 74,820 km
unpaved: 17,550 km (2004)
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 (2006)
Merchant marine:total: 76 ships (1000 GRT or over) 987,524 GRT/1,467,139 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 14, cargo 33, container 2, passenger/cargo 5, petroleum tanker 13, roll on/roll off 9
foreign-owned: 9 (Denmark 1, Greece 6, Lebanon 2)
registered in other countries: 49 (Bolivia 2, Cambodia 8, Georgia 8, Honduras 4, North Korea 2, Panama 16, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3, Sao Tome and Principe 1, Saudi Arabia 2, Sierra Leone 1, Thailand 1, unknown 1) (2006)
Ports and terminals:Alexandria, Damietta, El Dekheila, Port Said, Suez, Zeit

Egypt Quickstats

  • Population: 80,335,036 (July 2007 est.)
  • Area: 1,001,450 sq km
  • Density: 74 /km² (120th)
  • GDP (total): $329.791 billion (29th)
  • GDP (per capita): $4,836 (110th)
  • Literacy: 71.4%

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  • Currency: Egyptian pound (EGP)
  • Dial code: +20

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