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COUNTRY FACTS: EGYPT
Name(official): Arab Republic of Egypt
Name(short): Egypt
Capital City: Cairo
Location: North Africa Click to enlarge map of egypt
Map of Egypt
Coordinate: 27 00 N, 30 00 E
Independence: (from Britain) February 28th, 1922
President:
  • Mohamed Morsi from 30 June 2012 - President
  • Mohamed Hussein Tantawi - President(acting) 11/2/2011 - 12/8/2012
  • Hosni Mubarak 14/10/1981 - 11/2/2011
    (resigned in response to mass protest by the people of Egypt)
  • Sufi Abu Taleb - President(Acting) 06/10/1981 to 14/10/1981
  • Anwar El Saddat - President(assassinated) 15/10/1970 - 06/10/1981
  • Gamal Abdel Nasser Hussein - President 23/06/1956 to 28/09/1970
  • Muhammad Naguib President 18/06/1953 to 14/11/1954
  • Vice President Mahmoud Mekki from 12 Aug. 2012 -
  • Omar Suleiman (V.P.31/01/2011 to 11/02/2011)
  • Prime Minister Hesham Qandil from 2 Aug. 2012 -
  • Kamal Ganzouri - (PM 7/12/2011 - 2/8/2012)
  • Essam Sharaf PM 07/03/2011 - 07/12/2011
  • Ahmed Shafiq - PM 31/1/2011 to 7/3/2011
  • Ahmed Nazif - PM 14/7/2004 to 31/1/2011
Type of Government: Republic (Transistion)
Total Area: 1 001 450 sq.km.(390,000 sq. miles)
Population: 80,471,869 (July 2010 est)
77,699,427 (2006 population census.)
People: Egyptian 98%, Berber, Nubian, Bedouin, and Beja 1%, Greek, Armenian, other European (primarily Italian and French) 1%.
Religion: Muslim94%, coptic christians/others6%
Languages: Arabic(official), English and French
Literacy: 71.4%total, 83.0%male, 59.4%female (2005 est)
Currency: Egyptian Pound (1EGP= 100piasters)
GDP(per capita): $3 900 (2005est.)
Arable Land: 2%
Agriculture: corn, wheat, cotton, beans, rice, vegetables, fruits, cattles, goats, sheep, waterbuffalo.
Natural resources: natural gas, petroleum, manganese, iron ore, phosphate, asbestos, gypsum, limestone, talc, lead, zinc
Embassy in Japan: Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt,
Chancery: 1-5-4 Aobadai, Meguro-ku.
Post Code: 153-0042 Tel. 03-3770-8022(3), 03-3589-0653(tourism)
Embassy of Egypt, Japan
General Info: GOVERNMENT INFO
International Phone Code: country code +20


ECONOMY: BUSINESS, TRADE AND INVESTMENT

MAJOR CITIES

Al Qahirah, Al Iskandariyah, Al Jizah, Subra al-Khayah,Bur Said, As Suways, Al Mahallah al-Kubra, Tanta, Al Mansurah, Asyut.

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GOVERNMENT: ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS

Egypt is divided into the following 26 governorates(muhafazat):
Ad Daqahliyah, Al Bahr Al Ahmar, Al Buhayrah, Al Fayyum, Al Gharbiyah, Al Iskandariyah, Al Isma'iliyah, Al Jizah, Al Minufiyah, Al Minya, Al Qahirah, Al Qalyubiyah, Al Wadi al Jadid, As Suways, Ash Sharqiyah, Aswan, Asyut, Bani Suwayf, Bur Sa'id, Dumyat, Janub Sina', Kafr Ash Shaykh, Matruh, Qina, Shamal Sina', Suhaj.

GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS