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Egypt Overview |
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Interesting Facts about Egypt |
Google Map of Egypt |
| Learn about the geography, history, people, climate, government, economy, politics, military, and other aspects of Egypt. We have nine pages of interesting Egypt facts & figures: on everything from transportation and communications systems to natural hazards to transitional issues facing .Egypt. When you hear another country being discussed on the news, visit WorldCountries.info and gets the facts. |
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total: 1,001,450 sq km land: 995,450 sq km water: 6,000 sq km |
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desert; hot, dry summers with moderate winters |
| Population |
80,335,036 (July 2007 est.) |
| Languages |
Arabic (official), English and French widely understood by educated classes |
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Feature Articles about Egypt |
Egypt News |
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Official Tourism Site
This website has been prepared to provide you with information on Egypt, ancient and modern, that will help you during your visit. We wish you a mystical trip, and look forward to seeing you in Egypt in the near future...
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Egypt Daily News
This newspaper promotes itself and "Egypt''s Independent News" and apparently lives up to the name. Covered the "Angry Friday" riots in great detail.
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Atlas Middle East Tours
For stunning photos and well written travel articles, check out this site!
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The Daily Star Egypt
This publication must be a government mouthpiece. On February 28, 2011, the day of the "Angry Friday" protests involving millions of ordinary people sick and tired of living in tyranny, the protests and riots were not even headline news or mentioned on their home page! Difficult to understand how such an organization can call this a newspaper... Useful only if you wish to know the government PR fairy tale.
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CIA World Factbook Description of Egypt |
| The regularity and richness of the annual Nile River flood, coupled with semi-isolation provided by deserts to the east and west, allowed for the development of one of the world's great civilizations. A unified kingdom arose circa 3200 B.C., and a series of dynasties ruled in Egypt for the next three millennia. The last native dynasty fell to the Persians in 341 B.C., who in turn were replaced by the Greeks, Romans, and Byzantines. It was the Arabs who introduced Islam and the Arabic language in the 7th century and who ruled for the next six centuries. A local military caste, the Mamluks took control about 1250 and continued to govern after the conquest of Egypt by the Ottoman Turks in 1517. Following the completion of the Suez Canal in 1869, Egypt became an important world transportation hub, but also fell heavily into debt. Ostensibly to protect its investments, Britain seized control of Egypt's government in 1882, but nominal allegiance to the Ottoman Empire continued until 1914. Partially independent from the UK in 1922, Egypt acquired full sovereignty following World War II. The completion of the Aswan High Dam in 1971 and the resultant Lake Nasser have altered the time-honored place of the Nile River in the agriculture and ecology of Egypt. A rapidly growing population (the largest in the Arab world), limited arable land, and dependence on the Nile all continue to overtax resources and stress society. The government has struggled to ready the economy for the new millennium through economic reform and massive investment in communications and physical infrastructure. |
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