Arab Republic of Egypt جمهورية مصر العربية | |
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Anthem: | |
Capital and largest city | Cairo 30°2′N 31°13′E / 30.033°N 31.217°E |
Official languages | Modern Standard Arabic |
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Religion | Islam 85 % mostly Sunni Christianity 15 % |
Demonym(s) | Egyptian |
Government | Unitary semi-presidential republic |
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi | |
Moustafa Madbouly | |
• Speaker of the House of Representatives (Egypt) | Ali Abdel Aal |
Legislature | Parliament |
National senate | |
House of the Representatives | |
Establishment | |
Circa | |
• Muhammad Ali dynasty inaugurated | 9 July 1805 |
• Unilateral Declaration of Egyptian Independence | 28 February 1922 |
• Egyptian revolution of 1952 | 23 July 1952 |
• Republic declared | 18 June 1953 |
• Constitution of Egypt | 18 January 2014 |
Area | |
• Total | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (29th) |
• Water (%) | 0.632 |
Population | |
• 2020 estimate | 100,075,480 (13th) |
• 2017 census | 94,798,827 |
• Density | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (83rd) |
GDP (PPP) | 2019 estimate |
• Total | $1.391 trillion (19th) |
• Per capita | $14,023 (94th) |
GDP (nominal) | 2019 estimate |
• Total | $302.256 billion (40th) |
• Per capita | $3,047 (126th) |
Gini (2015) | ▼ 31.8 medium · 51st |
HDI (2019) | 0.707 high · 116th |
Currency | Egyptian pound (E£) (EGP) |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
Driving side | right |
Calling code | +20 |
ISO 3166 code | EG |
Internet TLD | |
Website Egypt | |
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Egypt is a country in northeast Africa, parts of the country hang on to the Middle East. Its capital city is Cairo. Egypt is famous for its ancient monuments, such as the Pyramids and the Sphinx.
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