Railroads: 4,857 km total; 4,510 km 1,435-meter standard gauge, 347 km 0.750-meter gauge; 951 km double track; 25 km electrified;

Highways: 49,025 km total; 15,000 km paved, 2,500 km gravel, 13,500 km improved earth, 18,025 km unimproved earth

Inland waterways: 3,500 km (including the Nile, Lake Nasser, Alexandria-Cairo Waterway, the Ismailia Canal, and numerous smaller canals in the Delta); Suez Canal, 193.5 km long (including approaches), used by oceangoing vessels drawing up to 16.1 meters of water

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

Ports: Alexandria, Port Said, Suez, Bur Safajah, Damietta

Merchant marine: 142 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,093,472 GRT/1,682,693 DWT; includes 1 passenger, 8 short-sea passenger, 3 passenger-cargo, 89 cargo, 2 refrigerated cargo, 10 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 14 petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL) tanker, 15 bulk

Civil air: 47 major transport aircraft

Airports: 95 total, 86 usable; 66 with permanent-surface runways; 2 with runways over 3,659 m; 46 with runways 2,440-3,659 m; 21 with runways 1,220-2,439 m

Telecommunications: system is large but still inadequate for needs; principal centers are Alexandria, Cairo, Al Mansurah, Ismailia, and Tanta; intercity connections by coaxial cable and microwave; extensive upgrading in progress; 600,000 telephones (est.); stations--25 AM, 5 FM, 47 TV; 1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean INTELSAT station; 4 submarine coaxial cables; tropospheric scatter to Sudan; radio relay to Libya

NOTE: The information regarding Egypt on this page is re-published from the 1989 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Egypt Communications 1989 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Egypt Communications 1989 should be addressed to the CIA.