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United Arab Republic
Sovereign state in the Middle East (1958–1971) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the union of Egypt and Syria. For the confederation between the United Arab Republic and the Kingdom of Yemen, see United Arab States. For the union of Libya, Egypt and Syria, see Federation of Arab Republics. For the union of Tunisia and Libya, see Arab Islamic Republic.
For other uses, see United Arab Republic (disambiguation).
"UAR" redirects here. For other uses, see UAR (disambiguation).
The United Arab Republic (UAR; Arabic: الجمهورية العربية المتحدة, romanized: al-Jumhūriyya al-ʿArabiyya al-Muttaḥida) was a sovereign state in the Middle East from 1958 until 1961. It was initially a political union between Egypt (including the governance of Gaza) and Syria from 1958 until Syria seceded from the union following the 1961 Syrian coup d'état. Egypt continued to be known officially as the United Arab Republic until September 1971 when it was formally dissolved by Anwar Sadat.[2]
Quick Facts الجمهورية العربية المتحدة (Arabic)al-Jumhūriyya al-ʿArabiyya al-Muttaḥida, Status ...
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1958[1]–1971 | |||||||||||||||
Anthem: والله زمان يا سلاحي Walla Zaman Ya Selahy "It has been a long time, oh my weapon!" | |||||||||||||||
![]() United Arab Republic from 1958 to 1961 (remained without Syria until 1971 when it was dissolved) | |||||||||||||||
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Capital and largest city | Cairo | ||||||||||||||
Official languages | Arabic | ||||||||||||||
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Religion | Islam Christianity Judaism | ||||||||||||||
Demonym(s) | Arabian | ||||||||||||||
Government | Federal Nasserist one-party Arab socialist republic
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President | |||||||||||||||
• 1958–1970 | Gamal Abdel Nasser | ||||||||||||||
• 1970–1971 | Anwar Sadat | ||||||||||||||
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• 1958–1971 | List | ||||||||||||||
Prime Minister | |||||||||||||||
• 1958–1962 (first) | Gamal Abdel Nasser | ||||||||||||||
• 1970–1971 (last) | Mahmoud Fawzi | ||||||||||||||
Legislature | National Assembly | ||||||||||||||
Historical era | Arab Cold War | ||||||||||||||
22 February 1958[1] | |||||||||||||||
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28 September 1961 | |||||||||||||||
10 June 1967 | |||||||||||||||
11 September 1971 | |||||||||||||||
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• Total | 1,195,000 km2 (461,000 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
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Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) | ||||||||||||||
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Calling code | +20 | ||||||||||||||
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The republic was led by Gamal Abdel Nasser as the Egyptian president. The UAR was a member of the United Arab States, a loose confederation with the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen, which was dissolved in 1961.