Egypt

 

Egypt has approximately 8600 km (about 5300 mi) of railroads. The principal railway line links Aswan and points north in the Nile Valley to Alexandria on the Mediterranean coast. The inland waterways of Egypt including the Nile, navigable throughout its course in the country, the approximately 1600 km (about 1000 mi) of shipping canals, and the more than 17,700 km (more than 11,000 mi) of irrigation canals in the Nile delta—are used extensively for transportation. Camel caravans are employed to a limited extent in the desert.

Two highways connect Cairo with Alexandria. Other highways connect Cairo to Port Said, Suez and Al Fayoum. The total length of highways and roads is about 38,000 km (about 23,600 mi), of which about 18,000 km (about 11,200 mi) are highways. International airlines provide regular services between Cairo and Alexandria and major world centres. Egypt-Air, the government-owned airline, also provides domestic and foreign services; the country has about 80 airfields. The major port is Alexandria, followed by Port Said and Suez, all of which are served by numerous shipping companies. The Suez Canal, which was closed from 1967 until mid 1975, produces substantial annual toll revenues. In the early 1990s about 16,600 vessels used the canal each year.

Distances between major town and places in Egypt in KM.


 

 Town

Cairo

Alex

Luxor

Aswan

Hrg

Sharm 

Ismalia

Seuz

Marsa matrouh

port said

Menya

Cairo

0

224

676

906

529

550

140

130

512

224

248

Alex

224

0

895

1128

759

705

272

364

288

357

472

Luxor

676

895

0

223

299

1036

785

810

1185

895

387

Aswan

906

1128

223

0

513

1386

1043

1044

1415

1128

655

Hrg

529

759

299

513

0

737

487

395

1047

569

608

Sharm

550

705

1036

1386

737

0

431

342

993

566

730

Ismalia

140

272

785

1043

487

431

0

91

560

85

387

Seuz

130

364

810

1044

395

342

91

0

652

174

388

Marsa matrouh

512

288

1185

1415

1047

993

560

652

0

645

760

port said

224

357

895

1128

569

566

85

174

645

0

472

Minia

248

472

387

655

608

730

387

388

760

472

0






 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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