Egypt

Capital: Cairo Population: 79,602,000 Official Languages: Arabic Time Zone: +2 Dialing Code: +20

Government: Unitary semi-presidential republic Area: 1,002,450 km2 largest city: Cairo Currency : Egyptian pound ISO 3166 code: EG

Basic Info

Egypt. officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. Most of its territory of 1,010,000 square kilometers (390,000 sq mi) lies within North Africa and is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northeast, the Red Sea to the east, Sudan to the south and Libya to the west.

Geography

Egypt lies primarily between latitudes 22° and 32°N, and longitudes 25° and 35°E. At 1,001,450 square kilometers (386,660 sq mi), it is the world's 30th-largest country. Nevertheless, due to the aridity of Egypt's climate, population centres are concentrated along the narrow Nile Valley and Delta, meaning that about 99% of the population uses only about 5.5% of the total land area. 98% of Egyptians live on 3% of the territory

Climate

Most of Egypt's rain falls in the winter months. South of Cairo, rainfall averages only around 2 to 5 mm (0.1 to 0.2 in) per year and at intervals of many years. On a very thin strip of the northern coast the rainfall can be as high as 410 mm (16.1 in), mostly between October and March. Snow falls on Sinai's mountains and some of the north coastal cities such as Damietta, Baltim, Sidi Barrany, etc. and rarely in Alexandria. Frost is also known in mid-Sinai and mid-Egypt.

Religion

Egypt is a predominantly Sunni muslim country with islam as its state religion. The percentage of the adherents of various religions is a controversial topic in Egypt. Around 90% are identified as muslim, 9% are Coptic Christians, and other Christian denominations make up the remaining 1%.

Administrative divisions

Egypt is divided into 27 governorates. The governorates are further divided into regions. The regions contain towns and villages. Each governorate has a capital, sometimes carrying the same name as the governorate.

1 Matrouh 2 Alexandria 3 Beheira 4 Kafr el-Sheikh 5 Dakahlia 6 Damietta 7 Port Said 8 North Sinai 9 Gharbia 10 Monufia 11 Qalyubia 12 Al Sharqia 13 Ismailia 14 Giza

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15 Faiyum 16 Cairo 17 Suez 18 South Sinai 19 Beni Suef 20 Minya 21 New Valley 22 Asyut 23 Red Sea 24 Sohag 25 Qena 26 Luxor 27 Aswan

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