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When people think about Egypt, the pyramids get all the attention. There's another more recent marvel that made an impact on the region, the Suez Canal. The waterway took 10 years to build and connects the Red and Mediterranean seas as a 193 kilometer (120 mile) long canal.
The canal was opened on March 7, 1869 providing a link between the west and the east. Previously ships had needed to travel around the Cape of Good Hope, an additional 9,000 km!
In 2011 about 17,800 ships went through the canal, carrying 691.8 million tons of cargo, equal to about 8 percent of world trade. It earned $5.13 billion in tolls in 2012.
Thanks to Pam Gaulin at yahoo.com for sharing the information.
http://www.jigidi.com/created.php?id=FFBCPMN1
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When people think about Egypt, the pyramids get all the attention. There's another more recent marvel that made an impact on the region, the Suez Canal. The waterway took 10 years to build and connects the Red and Mediterranean seas as a 193 kilometer (120 mile) long canal.
The canal was opened on March 7, 1869 providing a link between the west and the east. Previously ships had needed to travel around the Cape of Good Hope, an additional 9,000 km!
In 2011 about 17,800 ships went through the canal, carrying 691.8 million tons of cargo, equal to about 8 percent of world trade. It earned $5.13 billion in tolls in 2012.
Thanks to Pam Gaulin at yahoo.com for sharing the information.
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