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• Railroads: 
 
total: 
4,895 km (42 km electrified; 951 km double track) 
 
standard gauge: 
4,548 km 1,435-m gauge (42 km electrified; 951 km double track) 
 
narrow gauge: 
347 km 0.750-m gauge 
 
• Highways: 
 
total: 
47,387 km 
 
paved: 
34,593 km 
 
unpaved: 
12,794 km 
 
• Inland waterways: 
3,500 km (including the Nile, Lake Nasser, Alexandria-Cairo Waterway, and numerous smaller canals in the delta); Suez Canal, 193.5 km long (including approaches), used by oceangoing vessels drawing up to 16.1 meters of water 
 
• Pipelines: 
crude oil 1,171 km; petroleum products 596 km; natural gas 460 km 
 
• Ports: 
Alexandria, Al Ghurdaqah, Aswan, Asyut, Bur Safajah, Damietta, Marsa Matruh, Port Said, Suez 
 
• Merchant marine: 
 
total: 
168 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,187,442 GRT/1,821,327 DWT 
 
ships by type: 
bulk 19, cargo 83, container 2, oil tanker 15, passenger 30, refrigerated cargo 1, roll-on/roll-off cargo 14, short-sea passenger 4 
 
• Airports: 
 
total: 
91 
 
with paved runways over 3,047 m: 
11 
 
with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 
35 
 
with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 
17 
 
with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 
3 
 
with paved runways under 914 m: 
14 
 
with unpaved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 
2 
 
with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m: 
2 
 
with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 
7