 Cairo-Dakar Trans-African Highway
Syllabus of the Subject: Cairo-Dakar Corridor (Trans-African Highway)
- Introduction to the Cairo-Dakar Corridor (Trans-African Highway)
- Main features of the Cairo-Dakar Corridor (West Africa,
Maghreb)
- Access to seven Western and Northern African markets: Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Mauritania, Western Sahara, and Senegal
Trans-African Corridors
Sample of the Subject: Cairo-Dakar Trans-African Highway

Description of the Subject: Cairo-Dakar Trans-African Highway.
The Cairo-Dakar Trans-African Highway (8.640 kilometres), links:
- North Africa (Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Mauritania, Western Sahara)
with
- West African region in Senegal
Key features of the Cairo-Dakar Corridor
- Countries of the Cairo-Dakar Corridor: Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Mauritania, and Senegal
- Main languages: Arabic and French
- Main religion: Islam
- 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
- Largest ports: Port of Dakar (Senegal), Egyptian ports, Port of Casablanca, Port of Algiers, Tunisian Ports
- Suez Canal
- Total Length of the Cairo-Dakar Corridor: 8,640 kilometres
- Paved: 8,067 kilometres
- Missing sections: 569 (mainly in Mauritania)
- In the Arab Maghreb Union region coexist with the Nouakchott (Mauritania)
- Tripoli (Libya) Highway
- The first 320 kilometres of this Highway is shared with the Tripoli-Windhoek Corridor
- In Cairo begin the Cairo-Gaborone Corridor
- In Dakar links with the
- Trans-Sahelian Highway
- Dakar-Lagos Corridor
African Regional Economic Communities:
- Arab Maghreb Union (UMA)
- West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU)
- Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD)
The Cairo-Dakar Trans-African Highway belongs to the African Civilisation.
- West African Economic Area
- East African Economic Area
- Maghrebian Economic Area
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