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    Egypt Transportation 2000

      Railways:
      total: 4,955 km
      standard gauge: 4,955 km 1,435-m gauge (42 km electrified; 1,560 km double track)

      Highways:
      total: 64,000 km
      paved: 49,984 km
      unpaved: 14,016 km (1996 est.)

      Waterways: 3,500 km (including 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

      Pipelines: crude oil 1,171 km; petroleum products 596 km; natural gas 460 km

      Ports and harbors: Alexandria, Al Ghardaqah, Aswan, Asyut, Bur Safajah, Damietta, Marsa Matruh, Port Said, Suez

      Merchant marine:
      total: 180 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,348,148 GRT/2,014,483 DWT
      ships by type: bulk 25, cargo 63, container 1, liquified gas 1, passenger 57, petroleum tanker 14, roll-on/roll-off 16, short-sea passenger 3 (1999 est.)

      Airports: 90 (1999 est.)

      Airports - with paved runways:
      total: 71
      over 3,047 m: 12
      2,438 to 3,047 m: 36
      1,524 to 2,437 m: 16
      914 to 1,523 m: 3
      under 914 m: 4 (1999 est.)

      Airports - with unpaved runways:
      total: 19
      2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
      1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
      914 to 1,523 m: 6
      under 914 m: 9 (1999 est.)

      Heliports: 2 (1999 est.)

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