Thursday, April 26, 2012

Transportation & Communication

Transportation

Cairo Airport


There are 86 airports and 6 heliports in Egypt. The one pictured above is of the airport in Cairo, the capital.

There are 5,083km of railways throughout the country.

The roadways of Egypt span 65,050km and only 1/4 of that amount is unpaved.

There are 3,500km of waterways with 5 ports:
Ayn Sukhnah, Alexandria, Damietta, El Dekheila, Port Said, Sidi Kuraryr, Suez

Damietta Port


There are also an abundance of taxis, trams, subways/metros, and buses for transportation needs. Tourist and citizens should have no problem maneuvering through Egypt.




Communication


Telephones:
9.618 million land lines in use
70.661 mobile phones in use
*Upgraded system in last 25 years


Internet:
200,336 hosts
20.136 million users