Egypt |
|
| INFRASTRUCTURE |
| Telephones
- main lines in use |
3,971,500
(December 1998) |
| Telephones
- mobile cellular |
380,000 (1999)
|
| Radio
broadcast stations |
AM 42 (plus
15 repeaters), FM 14, shortwave 3 (1999) |
| Television
broadcast stations |
98 (September
1995) |
| Internet
country code |
.eg |
| Internet
Service Providers (ISPs) |
50 (2000)
|
| Internet
users |
600,000 (2002)
|
| Railways |
total: 5,105
km
standard gauge: 5,105 km 1.435-m gauge (42 km electrified)
(2002) |
| Highways |
total: 64,000
km
paved: 49,984 km
unpaved: 14,016 km (1999 est.) |
| Waterways |
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 |
| Ports
and harbors |
Alexandria,
Al Ghardaqah, Aswan, Asyut, Bur Safajah, Damietta, Marsa Matruh,
Port Said, Suez |
| Merchant
marine |
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 |
| Airports |
89 (2002) |
|
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