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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 |