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Surface
Inhabitants
Density
Governament
Capital
Other cities
Ethnic
Language
Religion
Currency
Borders
Mountains
Rivers
Lakes
Islands
Clima
Curiosity
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1.002.450 km²
90.000.000 (estimate 2015)
84 inhab/km²
Presidential republic
Il Cairo (6.500.000 inhab., 13.000.000 urbanization)
Alexandria 3.585.000 inhab.
Giza 2.200.000 inhab.
Shubra el-Khema 710.000 inhab.
Port Said 400.000 inhab.
Arab 85%
Beduin
Nubian
Berber and others 15%
Arab (official)
Dialect arab-egyptian
English
French
Sunni muslim 90%
Copti chistian 7%
Egyptian pound
NORTH: Mediterranean sea
EAST: Israel and Palestine
SOUTH: Sudan
WEST: Lybia
Jabal Katrina 2.637 mt
Nile 1.550 kms. (Egyptian part, total 6.671 km)
Nasser 5.500 km² (artificial)
Jazirat Shadwan
Arid - mediterranean
Sinai peninsula, wide 58.824 km², is located in Asia
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25 April
01 May
18 June
03 July
06 October
24 October
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Day of liberation of Sinai
Labour day
Day of the evacuation
(withdrawal of foreign troops and proclamation of the Republic in 1953)
Revolution Day
(end of the monarchical governament and foundation of the Republic in 1952)
Egyptian armed forces crossed the Suez canal in the war against Israel
Day of Suez victory
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