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Egypt Travel Guide


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Quick Facts
Capital Cairo
Government Republic
Currency Egyptian pound (EGP) (LE / £E)
Area total: 1,001,450 km2
land: 995,450 km2
water: 6,000 km2
Population 78,887,007(July 2006 est.)
Language Arabic (official), English and French widely understood by educated people
Religion Muslim (mostly Sunni) 90%, Coptic Christian and other 10%
Calling Code +20
Internet TLD .eg
Time Zone UTC +2

Egypt (Arabic: مصر Misr / Másr; officially, the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: جمهوريّة مصر العربيّة Gomhuriat Masr Al-Arabiah) is in north-eastern Africa with its capital located in its largest city, Cairo. Egypt also extends into Asia by virtue of holding the Sinai Peninsula. Egypt is bordered by Israel and the Gaza Strip to the north-east, by Sudan to the south and by Libya to the west. The country is bounded by the Mediterranean and Red Seas (to the north and east respectively) and geographically dominated both by the Nile River and its fertile well-watered valley, and by the Eastern and Western deserts.

Egypt is perhaps best known as the home of the ancient Egyptian civilization, with its temples, hieroglyphs, mummies, and - visible above all - its pyramids. Less well-known is Egypt's medieval heritage, courtesy of Coptic Christianity and Islam - ancient churches, monasteries and mosques punctuate the Egyptian landscape. Egypt stimulates the imagination of western tourists like few other countries and is probably one of the most popular tourist destinations world-wide.


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