Egyp

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 Arabic: Jumhūrīyat Miṣr al-ʿArabīyah Egyptian: Gomhoreyet Maṣr El ʿArabeya
Banner Coat o airms
Anthem: Bilady, Bilady, Bilady My kintra, my kintra, my kintra
Caipital and largest city	Cairo 30°2′N 31°13′E
Offeecial leids	Arabic[a]
Naitional leid	Egyptian Arabic
Releegion	90% Muslim 9% Orthodox Christian 1% Ither Christian[1]
Demonym(s)	Egyptian
Govrenment	Unitar semi-presidential republic
• Preses	Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
• Prime Meenister	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
• Revolution Day	23 Julie 1952
• Republic declared	18 Juin 1953
• Current constitution	18 Januar 2014
Aurie
• Total	1,010,407.87[5] km2 (390,120.66 sq mi) (29t)
• Water (%)	0.632
Population
• 2017 estimate	109,476,000[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
Internet TLD	.eg مصر.
^ Leeterar Arabic is the sole offeecial leid.[12] Egyptian Arabic is the naitional spoken leid. Ither dialects an minority leids are spoken regionally. "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".[13][14] Arthur Goldschmidt Jr. ^ See Daylicht savin time in Egyp.

Admeenistrative diveesions

Main airticles: Govrenorates o Egyp an Regions o Egyp

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.

Territorial Organization

Govrenorate Caipital Location Alexandria Alexandria Northren Aswan Aswan Upper Asyut Asyut Upper Beheira Damanhur Lawer Beni Suef Beni Suef Upper Cairo Cairo Middle Dakahlia Mansoura Lawer Damietta Damietta Lawer Faiyum Faiyum Upper Gharbia Tanta Lawer Giza Giza Upper Ismailia Ismailia Canal Kafr el-Sheikh Kafr el-Sheikh Lawer Luxor Luxor Upper

Governorate Caipital Location Matruh Mersa Matruh Wastren Minya Minya Upper Monufia Shibin el-Kom Lawer New Valley Kharga Oasis Wastren North Sinai Arish Sinai Port Said Port Said Canal Qalyubia Banha Lawer Qena Qena Upper Red Sea Hurghada Eastren Sharqia Zagazig Upper Sohag Sohag Upper Sooth Sinai el-Tor Sinai Suez Suez Canal

References

1. "Religions". CIA World Factbook. Archived frae the original on 24 December 2018. Retrieved 9 Julie 2013.
2. Goldschmidt, Arthur (1988). Modern Egypt: The Formation of a Nation-State. Boulder, CO: Westview Press. p. 5. ISBN 978-0-86531-182-4. 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.
3. "Background Note: Egypt". United States Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs. 10 November 2010. Retrieved 5 Mairch 2011.
4. Pierre Crabitès (1935). Ibrahim of Egypt. Routledge. p. 1. ISBN 978-0-415-81121-7. Retrieved 10 Februar 2013. ... on July 9, 1805, Constantinople conferred upon Muhammad Ali the pashalik of Cairo ...
5. "Total area km2, pg.15" (PDF). Capmas.Gov – Arab Republic of Egypt. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 21 Mairch 2015. Retrieved 8 Mey 2015.
6. "Population Clock". Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics. 27 Apryle 2013. Retrieved 27 Apryle 2013.
7. "Population in Censuses by Sex & Sex Ratio (1882–2006)" (PDF). Egypt State Information Service. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 19 August 2019. Retrieved 26 Mey 2017.
8. "Egypt". International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 26 Apryle 2016.
9. "Egypt". International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 26 Apryle 2015.
10. "GINI index". World Bank. Retrieved 8 Februar 2013.
11. "2015 Human Development Report" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
12. "Constitutional Declaration: A New Stage in the History of the Great Egyptian People". Egypt State Information Service. 30 Mairch 2011. Retrieved 15 Apryle 2011.
13. name="USDept of State/Egypt"
14. "Modern Egypt". google.com.eg.

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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