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City with underground railway system: Cairo
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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