Cairo-Dakar Trans-African Highway

Description: Cairo-Dakar Trans-African Highway.

The Cairo-Dakar Trans-African Highway (8.640 kilometres), links:

1. North Africa (Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Mauritania, Western Sahara) with
2. West African region in Senegal

Key features of the Cairo-Dakar Corridor

1. Countries of the Cairo-Dakar Corridor: Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Mauritania, and Senegal
2. Main languages: Arabic and French
3. Main religion: Islam
4. Main cities linked by the Cairo-Dakar Corridor: Cairo, Alexandria, Tripoli, Gabes, Sfax, Tunis, Sidi Bel Abbes, Algiers, Tlemcen, Oujda, Fez, Meknes, Rabat, Tangier, Casablanca, Marrakesh, Agadir, Dakhla, Nouadhibou, Nouakchott, Saint-Louis, and Dakar
5. Largest ports: Port of Dakar (Senegal), Egyptian ports, Port of Casablanca, Port of Algiers, Tunisian Ports
6. Suez Canal
7. Total Length of the Cairo-Dakar Corridor: 8,640 kilometres
8. Paved: 8,067 kilometres
9. Missing sections: 569 (mainly in Mauritania)
10. In the Arab Maghreb Union region coexist with the Nouakchott (Mauritania) - Tripoli (Libya) Highway
11. The first 320 kilometres of this Highway is shared with the Tripoli-Windhoek Corridor
12. In Cairo begin the Cairo-Gaborone Corridor
13. In Dakar links with the
    1. Trans-Sahelian Highway
    2. Dakar-Lagos Corridor

African Regional Economic Communities:

1. Arab Maghreb Union (UMA)
2. West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU)
3. Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD)

The Cairo-Dakar Trans-African Highway belongs to the African Civilisation.

1. West African Economic Area
2. East African Economic Area
3. Maghrebian Economic Area

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