Coordinates: 26°N 30°E / 26°N 30°E
Arab Republic o Egyp | |
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Caipital and largest city | Cairo 30°2′N 31°13′E / 30.033°N 31.217°E |
Offeecial leids | Arabic[a] |
Naitional leid | Egyptian Arabic |
Releegion | |
Demonym(s) | Egyptian |
Govrenment | Unitar semi-presidential republic |
• Preses | Abdel Fattah el-Sisi |
Moustafa Madbouly | |
Legislatur | Hoose o Representatives |
Establishment | |
• Unification o Upper an Lawer Egyp[2][3][b] | c. 3150 BC |
• Muhammad Ali dynasty inauguratit | 9 Julie 1805[4] |
• Unthirldom frae Unitit Kinrick | 28 Februar 1922 |
23 Julie 1952 | |
18 Juin 1953 | |
18 Januar 2014 | |
Aurie | |
• Total | 1,010,407.87[5] km2 (390,120.66 sq mi) (29t) |
• Water (%) | 0.632 |
Population | |
• 2017 estimate | 109,033,000[6] (14t) |
• 2006 census | 72,798,000[7] |
• Density | 90/km2 (233.1/sq mi) (118t) |
GDP (PPP) | 2017 estimate |
• Total | $1.173 trillion[8] (21st) |
• Per capita | $12,560[8] (100t) |
GDP (nominal) | 2015 estimate |
• Tot | $330.765 billion[9] (34t) |
• Per capita | $3,740[9] (115t) |
Gini (2008) | 30.8[10] medium |
HDI (2014) | ![]() medium · 108t |
Currency | Egyptian poond (EGP) |
Time zone | UTC+2[c] (EET) |
Drivin side | right |
Cawin code | +20 |
ISO 3166 code | EG |
Internet TLD | |
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Egyp, kent offeecially as the Arab Republic o Egyp an aw, is a Kintra in north Africae that includes the Sinai Hauf-Island, a laund brig tae Asie. Kiverin an aurie o aboot 1001450 sqkm, Egypt haes laund mairchs wi Libie tae the wast, Sudan tae the sooth an the Gaza Strip an Israel tae the east. The northren coast mairchs the Mediterranean Sea; the eastren coast mairchs the Reid Sea.
Among the peoples of the ancient Near East, only the Egyptians have stayed where they were and remained what they were, although they have changed their language once and their religion twice. In a sense, they constitute the world's oldest nation. For most of their history, Egypt has been a state, but only in recent years has it been truly a nation-state, with a government claiming the allegiance of its subjects on the basis of a common identity.
... on July 9, 1805, Constantinople conferred upon Muhammad Ali the pashalik of Cairo ...