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Latin alphabet Internet country code top-level domain for Egypt From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
.eg is the Latin alphabet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Egypt. Any entity who wants to register a domain name ending with .eg must have a local representative or the domain name has to be hosted on Egyptian DNS servers. Egypt's Arabic alphabet ccTLD is .مصر.[1][2]
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| Introduced | 30 November 1990 |
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| TLD type | Country code top-level domain |
| Status | Active |
| Registry | Egyptian Universities Network |
| Sponsor | Egyptian Universities Network |
| Intended use | Entities connected with  Egypt |
| Actual use | Popular in Egypt |
| Structure | Registrations are at the second level, and at the third level beneath various second-level labels |
| Registry website | domain.eg |
There are several second-level domains. Registrations are possible at the second level (directly under .eg) or at the third level beneath these names, with required documents sometimes differing depending on the one selected.[3][4]
During the 2011 Egyptian protests, the domain was shut down by the government.[5]
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