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Egypt:
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Other pages in this profile of Egypt:
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
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Telephones - main lines in use |
Definition - World rank and map 10.808 million (2006) |
Telephones - main lines in use per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 132.3 (2006) |
Telephones - mobile cellular |
Definition - World rank and map 30.047 million (2007) |
Telephones - mobile cellular subscribers per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 367.7 (2007) |
Telephone system |
Definition general assessment: large system; underwent extensive upgrading during 1990s and is reasonably modern; Telecom Egypt, the landline monopoly, has been increasing service availability and in 2006 fixed-line density stood at 14 per 100 persons; as of 2007 there were three mobile-cellular networks and service is expanding rapidly domestic: principal centers at Alexandria, Cairo, Al Mansurah, Ismailia, Suez, and Tanta are connected by coaxial cable and microwave radio relay international: country code - 20; landing point for both the SEA-ME-WE-3 AND SEA-ME-WE-4 submarine cable networks; linked to the international submarine cable FLAG (Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe); satellite earth stations - 4 (2 Intelsat - Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean, 1 Arabsat, and 1 Inmarsat); tropospheric scatter to Sudan; microwave radio relay to Israel; a participant in Medarabtel |
Radio broadcast stations |
Definition AM 42 (plus 15 repeaters), FM 14, shortwave 3 (1999) |
Television broadcast stations |
Definition 98 (September 1995) |
Internet country code |
Definition .eg |
Internet hosts |
Definition - World rank and map 5,363 (2007) |
Internet hosts per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 0.1 (2007) |
Internet users |
Definition - World rank and map 6 million (2006) |
Internet users per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 73.4 (2006) |
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Airports |
Definition - World rank and map 88 (2007) |
Airports - with paved runways |
Definition total: 72 over 3,047 m: 15 2,438 to 3,047 m: 36 1,524 to 2,437 m: 16 under 914 m: 5 (2007) |
Airports - with unpaved runways |
Definition total: 16 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 914 to 1,523 m: 5 under 914 m: 7 (2007) |
Heliports |
Definition 3 (2007) |
Pipelines |
Definition condensate 483 km; condensate/gas 74 km; gas 6,466 km; liquid petroleum gas 957 km; oil 5,518 km; oil/gas/water 37 km; refined products 895 km (2007) |
Railways |
Definition - World rank and map total: 5,063 km standard gauge: 5,063 km 1.435-m gauge (62 km electrified) (2006) |
Roadways |
Definition - World rank and map total: 92,370 km paved: 74,820 km unpaved: 17,550 km (2004) |
Waterways |
Definition 3,500 km note: includes Nile River, Lake Nasser, Alexandria-Cairo Waterway, and numerous smaller canals in delta; Suez Canal (193.5 km including approaches) navigable by oceangoing vessels drawing up to 17.68 m (2006) |
Merchant marine |
Definition - World rank and map total: 68 ships (1000 GRT or over) 988,223 GRT/1,506,194 DWT by type: bulk carrier 11, cargo 28, container 2, passenger/cargo 4, petroleum tanker 14, roll on/roll off 9 foreign-owned: 11 (Denmark 1, Greece 9, Lebanon 1) registered in other countries: 59 (Bolivia 1, Cambodia 13, Georgia 13, Honduras 3, Malta 1, Moldova 1, North Korea 1, Panama 18, Saudi Arabia 1, Sierra Leone 2, St Kitts and Nevis 2, St Vincent and the Grenadines 3) (2008) |
Ports and terminals |
Definition Ayn Sukhnah, Alexandria, Damietta, El Dekheila, Sidi Kurayr, Suez |
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