Egyp
30°E / 26°N 30°E
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.
Arab Republic o Egyp جمهورية مصر العربية
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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 | ||||
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| Demonym(s) | Egyptian | ||||
| Govrenment | Unitar semi-presidential republic | ||||
• Preses | Abdel Fattah el-Sisi | ||||
• Prime Meenister | Moustafa Madbouly | ||||
| Legislatur | Hoose o Representatives | ||||
| Establishment | |||||
| c. 3150 BC | |||||
• Muhammad Ali dynasty inauguratit | 9 Julie 1805[4] | ||||
• Unthirldom frae Unitit Kinrick | 28 Februar 1922 | ||||
| 23 Julie 1952 | |||||
| 18 Juin 1953 | |||||
• Current constitution | 18 Januar 2014 | ||||
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• Total | 1,010,407.87[5] km2 (390,120.66 sq mi) (29t) | ||||
• Water (%) | 0.632 | ||||
| Population | |||||
• 2017 estimate | 108,273,000[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) |  0.690[11]medium · 108t | ||||
| Currency | Egyptian poond (EGP) | ||||
| Time zone | UTC+2[c] (EET) | ||||
| Drivin side | right | ||||
| Cawin code | +20 | ||||
| ISO 3166 code | EG | ||||
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Admeenistrative diveesions
Egyp is dividit intae 27 govrenorates. The govrenorates are further dividit intae regions. The regions contain touns an veelages. Each govrenorate haes a caipital, whiles carryin the same name as the govrenorate.
In Aprile 2008, Cairo an Giza wur subdividit intae 4 govrenorates, namely the governorates of Cairo, Giza, 6 October an Helwan. As o Aprile 2011, 6 October an Helwan govrenorates war again incorporated intae Giza an Cairo respectively. In 2009, the ceety o Luxor wis declared an independent govrenorate.
The Upper govrenorates are locatit sooth o Cairo, while the Lawer govrenorates are locatit in the Delta o the Nile, north o Cairo.
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References
Freemit airtins
- Govrenment
- Egyp's Govrenment Services Portal Archived 2006-03-20 at the Wayback Machine (Arabic, Inglis)
- Egyp Information Portal (Arabic, Inglis)
- Egyp Information and Decision Support Center (Arabic, Inglis)
- Egyp State Information Services (Arabic, Inglis, French)
- Chief o State an Cabinet Members Archived 2012-11-19 at the Wayback Machine
- Egyptian Tourist Authority Archived 2012-05-03 at the Wayback Machine
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