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Info about Egypt
Egypt, at the northeast corner of Africa on the Mediterranean Sea, is bordered on the west by Libya, on the south by the Sudan, and on the east by the Red Sea and Israel. It is nearly one and one-half times the size of Texas. Egypt is divided into two unequal, extremely arid regions by the landscape's dominant feature, the northward-flowing Nile River. The Nile starts 100 mi (161 km) south of the Mediterranean and fans out to a sea front of 155 mi between the cities of Alexandria and Port Said.
Capital
Cairo
- 11 146 000 people
all city from Egypt
Country lead by
President: Hosni Mubarak (1981)
Prime Minister: Ahmed Nazif (2004)
Population
78,887,007 (growth rate: 1.8%); birth rate: 22.9/1000; infant mortality rate: 31.3/1000; life expectancy: 71.3; density per sq mi: 205
Land Area
384,344 sq mi (995,451 sq km); total area: 386,662 sq mi (1,001,450 sq km)
Monetary unit
Egyptian pound
Language
Arabic (official), English and French widely understood by educated classes
Ethnicity
Egyptian 98%, Berber, Nubian, Bedouin, and Beja 1%, Greek, Armenian, other European (primarily Italian and French) 1%
Religion
Islam (mostly Sunni) 90%, Coptic 9%, Christian 1%, other 6%
Transportation
Railways: total: 5,063 km (2004). Highways: total: 64,000 km; paved: 49,984 km; unpaved: 14,016 km (1999 est.). Waterways: 3,500 km; note: includes Nile River, Lake Nasser, Alexandria-Cairo Waterway, and numerous smaller canals in delta; Suez Canal (193.5 km including approaches) navigable by oceangoing vessels drawing up to 17.68 m (2004). Ports and harbors: Alexandria, Damietta, El Dekheila, Port Said, Suez, Zeit. Airports: 87 (2004 est.).
Internet tld
.eg
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