Egypt Communications - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

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

Highways: 28,500 km total; 15,000 km surfaced, 13,500 km unsurfaced

Inland waterways: 3,360 km (including the Nile River, Lake Nasser, Alexandria-Cairo Waterway, the Ismailia Canal, and numerous smaller canals in the Delta); Suez Canal 195 km long, used by oceangoing vessels drawing up to 16.1 meters of water

Freight carried: Suez Canal (1984) 260 million metric tons, of which 98 million metric tons were petroleums, oils, and lubricants

Pipelines crude oil, 930 km; refined products, 596 km, natural gas, 460 km

Ports: 4 major (Alexandria, Port Said, Suez, Bur Safajah); 15 minor; 8 petroleum, oil, and lubricant terminals

Civil air: 43 major transport aircraft

Airfields: 97 total 80 usable; 64 with permanent-surface runways; 2 with runways over 3,659 m, 44 with runw ays 2,440-3,659 m, 22 with runways 1,2202,439 m

Telecommunications: system is large but still inadequate for needs; principal centers are Alexandria, Cairo, Al Mansdrah, Ismailia, and Tan(3; intercity connections by coaxial cable and microwave; extensive upgrading in progress; est 600,000 Telephones (1.3 per 100 popl.); 25 AM, 5 FM, 47 TV stations. 1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean satellite station· 3 submarine coaxial cables; tropospheric scatter to Sudan, radio-relay to Libya

NOTE: The information regarding Egypt on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Egypt 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Egypt 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.