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Egypt Hotels and Resorts - has a mystical and timeless appeal that has been attracting travellers from far and wide for many centuries. From the fascinating sights of the Pharoahs, on the banks of the Nile at Luxor to the glorious beaches of the Red Sea at Sharm El Sheikh, this is a land of great contrast, where ancient and modern life exist side by side.
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| Railways: | total: 5,105 km standard gauge: 5,105 km 1.435-m gauge (42 km electrified) |
| Highways: | total: 64,000 km paved: 49,984 km unpaved: 14,016 km |
| 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 |
| Pipelines: | condensate 327 km; condensate/gas 94 km; gas 6,145 km; liquid petroleum gas 382 km; oil 5,726 km; oil/gas/water 36 km; water 62 km |
| Ports and harbors: | Alexandria, Al Ghardaqah, Aswan, Asyut, Bur Safajah, Damietta, Marsa Matruh, Port Said, Suez |
| Merchant marine: | total: 159 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 1,194,696 GRT/1,754,815 DWT foreign-owned: China 2, Cyprus 1, Denmark 1, Greece 6, Lebanon 2, Turkey 1 registered in other countries: 50 (2003 est.) by type: bulk 18, cargo 41, container 5, passenger 64, petroleum tanker 14, roll on/roll off 13, short-sea/passenger 4 |
| Airports: | 89 |
| Airports - with paved runways: | total: 72 over 3,047 m: 13 2,438 to 3,047 m: 38 under 914 m: 4 (2003 est.) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 17 |
| Airports - with unpaved runways: | total: 17 under 914 m: 9 (2003 est.) 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 914 to 1,523 m: 5 |
| Heliports: |
2 (2003 est.) |