Cairo–Asyut desert road

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The Cairo–Asyut desert road is a major highway in Egypt that runs through the Western Desert, linking the capital Cairo with the city of Asyut and serving several governorates along the Nile Valley.


Statements (30)
Predicate Object
instanceOf highway
road
transport infrastructure
connects Asyut
Cairo
continent Africa
country Egypt
follows desert alignment west of the Nile
function link Cairo with Upper Egyptian cities
hasSurface paved
importance major intercity route in Egypt
languageOfName Arabic
locatedIn Nile Valley region
Western Desert
maintainedBy Egyptian authorities
parallelTo Nile Valley
partOf Egyptian road network
regionServed Greater Cairo
Upper Egypt
roadType desert road
runsThrough Western Desert of Egypt
serves Asyut Governorate NERFINISHED
Beni Suef Governorate NERFINISHED
Giza Governorate
Minya Governorate NERFINISHED
terminusA Cairo
terminusB Asyut
usedFor freight transport
long-distance travel
passenger transport

Referenced by (1)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Beni Suef Governorate
hasTransportInfrastructure

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