Egypt

sovereign state, transcontinental country, Mediterranean country, country
Part of	North Africa, Middle East, West Asia
Inception	28 February 1922
Name in native language	جمهوریّة مصر العربیّة
Short name	🇪🇬
Participant in	War of Attrition
Dem name after	Ptah, Mizraim
Official language	Arabic
Anthem	Bilady, Bilady, Bilady
Culture	culture of Egypt
Motto text	مصر أمّ الدنيا
Continent	Africa, Asia
Country	Egypt
Capital	Cairo
Located in time zone	UTC+02:00, UTC+03:00
Located in or next to body of water	Mediterranean Sea, Nile, Red Sea
Coordinate location	27°0′0″N 29°0′0″E
Coordinates of easternmost point	22°3′16″N 36°53′40″E
Coordinates of northernmost point	31°37′48″N 25°54′0″E
Coordinates of southernmost point	21°43′33″N 33°33′22″E
Coordinates of westernmost point	30°9′17″N 24°42′3″E
Highest point	Mount Catherine
Lowest point	Qattara Depression
Government ein basic form	republic
Office held by head of state	President of Egypt
State ein head	Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
Office head of government hold	Prime Minister of Egypt
Government ein head	Mostafa Madbouly
Legislative body	Parliament of Egypt
Central bank	Central Bank of Egypt
Currency	Egyptian pound
Dey share bother plus	Sudan, Libya, Israel, State of Palestine, Bir Tawil
Driving side	right
Electrical plug type	Europlug, Schuko
Dey replace	Kingdom of Egypt, All-Palestine Government
Described at URL	http://68k.news/index.php?section=nation&loc=EG&lang=AR
Hashtag	Egypt
Top-level Internet domain	.eg, .مصر
Flag	flag of Egypt
Coat of arms	coat of arms of Egypt
Geography of topic	geography of Egypt
Get characteristic	not-free country
History of topic	history of Egypt
Railway traffic side	left
Open data portal	Egyptian Open Data initiative
Economy of topic	economy of Egypt
Demographics of topic	demographics of Egypt
Madhhab	Malikism
OpenStreetMap zoom level	4
Mobile country code	602
Country calling code	+20
Trunk prefix	0
Emergency phone number	122, 123, 180
GS1 country code	622
Licence plate code	ET
Maritime identification digits	622
Unicode character	🇪🇬
Category for maps	Category:Maps of Egypt

Egypt (Arabic: مصر Miṣr [mesˁr], Egyptian Arabic pronunciation be: [mɑsˤr]), alias de Arab Republic of Egypt, be country wey dey link northeast corner den southwest corner of Asia via sam land bridge wey Sinai Peninsula form am. Edey share border Mediterranean Sea go de north, de Gaza Strip of Palestine den Israel go de northeast, de Red Sea go de east, Sudan go de south, den Libya go de west. De Gulf of Aqaba insyd de northeast dey separate Egypt from Jordan den Saudi Arabia. Cairo be de capital den largest city of Egypt, while Alexandria, de second-largest city, be important industrial den tourist hub for de Mediterranean coast.^[1] For approximately 100 million inhabitants, Egypt be de 14th-most populated country insyd de world, den de third-most populated insyd Africa.

Dem dey consider Egypt make e be regional power for North Africa, de Middle East den de Muslim world insyd, den middle power worldwide.^[2] Ebe country wey dey develop wey get diversified economy, wey be de largest insyd Africa, de 38th-largest economy by nominal GDP den 127th by nominal GDP per capita.^[3] Egypt be founding member of de United Nations, de Non-Aligned Movement, de Arab League, de African Union, Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, World Youth Forum, den member of BRICS.

Government[edit | edit source]

Administrative divisions[edit | edit source]

Dem divide Egypt into 27 governorates. Dem further divide governorates go regions. De regions dey contain towns den villages. Each governorate get capital, sometimes wey dey carry de same name as de governorate.

Demographics[edit | edit source]

Largest cities[edit | edit source]


Rank	Name	Governorate	Pop.	Rank	Name	Governorate	Pop.
1	Cairo	Cairo	9,801,536	11	Faiyum	Faiyum	531,861
2	Alexandria	Alexandria	5,362,517	12	Khusus	Qalyubia	502,864
3	Giza	Giza	4,458,135	13	Zagazig	Sharqia	460,501
4	Shubra El Kheima	Qalyubia	1,275,700	14	Ismailia	Ismailia	450,388
5	Port Said	Port Said	791,749	15	Aswan	Aswan	401,890
6	Suez	Suez	716,458	16	6th of October	Giza	376,302
7	Mansoura	Dakahlia	632,330	17	Damanhur	Beheira	329,572
8	El Mahalla El Kubra	Gharbia	614,202	18	New Cairo	Cairo	319,488
9	Tanta	Gharbia	597,694	19	Damietta	Damietta	312,863
10	Asyut	Asyut	562,061	20	Minya	Minya	298,021

References[edit | edit source]

↑ Map, Egypt's Projects. "محافظة الأسكندرية". www.egy-map.com.
↑ "Lessons from/for BRICSAM about south–north Relations at the Start of the 21st Century: Economic Size Trumps All Else?". International Studies Review. 9.
↑ "Arab Republic of Egypt and the IMF". IMF. Retrieved 25 October 2023.

External links[edit | edit source]

Egypt for Wikipedia ein sisto projects top

Definitions from Wiktionary
Media from Commons
News from Wikinews
Quotations from Wikiquote
Texts from Wikisource
Textbooks from Wikibooks
Resources from Wikiversity
Travel information from Wikivoyage

Government

Egypt Information Portal (Arabic, English)
Egypt Information and Decision Support Center (Arabic, English)
Egypt State Information Services (Arabic, English, French)
Egyptian Tourist Authority

General

Country Profile from de BBC News
Egypt. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.
Egypt profile from Africa.com
Egypt web resources wey GovPubs provide for de University of Colorado Boulder Libraries
Egypt news Archived 28 November 2018 at de Wayback Machine
Egypt profiles of people den institutions de Arab Decision project provide

Egypt at Curlie
Wikimedia Atlas of Egypt
Geographic data wey dey relate to Egypt at OpenStreetMap
Egypt Maps – Perry–Castañeda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin

Trade

World Bank Summary Trade Statistics Egypt

[1] Map, Egypt's Projects. "محافظة الأسكندرية". www.egy-map.com.

[2] "Lessons from/for BRICSAM about south–north Relations at the Start of the 21st Century: Economic Size Trumps All Else?". International Studies Review. 9.

[3] "Arab Republic of Egypt and the IMF". IMF. Retrieved 25 October 2023.

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