in delta; Suez Canal (193.5 km including
approaches) navigable by oceangoing vessels drawing up to 17.68 m
(2004)
Pipelines:
condensate 289 km; condensate/gas 94 km; gas 6,115 km; liquid
petroleum gas 852 km; oil 5,032 km; oil/gas/water 36 km; refined
products 246 km (2004)
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 (2004 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 (2003 est.)
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 72
over 3,047 m: 13
2,438 to 3,047 m: 38
under 914 m: 4 (2004 est.)
1,524 to 2,437 m: 17
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 15
under 914 m: 7 (2004 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.)
Military Egypt
Military branches:
Army, Navy, Air Force, Air Defense Command
Military manpower - military age and obligation:
18 years of age for conscript military service; 3-year service
obligation (2001)
Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 20,340,716 (2004 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 13,148,944 (2004 est.)
Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 756,233 (2004 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$2,443.2 million (2003)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
3.6% (2003)
Transnational Issues Egypt
Disputes - international:
Egypt and Sudan retain claims to administer the triangular areas
that extend north and south of the 1899 Treaty boundary along the
22nd Parallel, but have withdrawn their military presence; Egypt is
economically developing and effectively administers the "Hala'ib
Triangle" north of the Treaty line
Refugees and internally displaced persons:
refugees (country of origin): 70,215 (Palestinian Territories)
(2004)
Illicit drugs:
transit point for Southwest Asian and Southeast Asian heroin and
opium moving to Europe, Africa, and the US; transit stop for
Nigerian couriers; concern as money-laundering site due to lax
financial regulations and enforcement
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