Place:Outline of Egypt

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The Coat of arms of Egypt
The location of Egypt
An enlargeable map of the Arab Republic of Egypt

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Egypt:

Egypt (Arabic: مصر  Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [mɑsˤɾ], Arabic: [mɪsˤɾ]) is a sovereign country located in eastern North Africa that includes the Sinai Peninsula, a land bridge to Asia.[1] Covering an area of about 1,002,450 square kilometers (387,050 sq mi), Egypt borders Libya to the west, Sudan to the south and Palestine to the east. Its northern coast borders the Mediterranean Sea; the eastern coast borders the Red Sea. Egypt is famous for its ancient civilization and some of the world's oldest monuments, including the Giza pyramid complex with the Great Sphinx, the step pyramid at Sakkara, Edfu Temple, Abu Simbel, etc. The southern city of Luxor contains numerous ancient artifacts, such as the Karnak Temple and the Valley of the Kings. Egypt is widely regarded as an important political and cultural nation of the Middle East, as center of the Arab World. Egypt, historically, has been the northern "Gateway to Africa" with many scientific expeditions organized from Cairo.

General reference

  • Pronunciation: /ˈiːdʒɪpt/ (About this soundlisten)
  • Common English country name: Egypt
  • Official English country name: The Arab Republic of Egypt
  • Common endonym(s): Misr
  • Official endonym(s): Ǧumhūriyyat Miṣr al-ʿArabiyyah
  • Adjectival(s): Egyptian
  • Demonym(s):
  • Etymology: Name of Egypt
  • International rankings of Egypt
  • ISO country codes: EG, EGY, 818
  • ISO region codes: See EG
  • Internet country code top-level domain: .eg

Geography of Egypt

Geography of Egypt

An enlargeable relief map of Egypt
An enlargeable topographic map of Egypt
  • Egypt is: a country
  • Location
    • Egypt is situated within the following regions:
    • Time zone: Egypt Standard Time (UTC+02), Egypt Daylight Time (UTC+03) April–September
    • Extreme points of Egypt
      • High: Mount Catherine 2,629 m (8,625 ft)
      • Low: Qattara Depression −133 m (−436 ft)
    • Land boundaries: 2,665 km (1,656 mi)
 Sudan 1,273 km (791 mi)
 Libya 1,115 km (693 mi)
 Palestine and  Israel 277 km (172 mi)
  • Coastline: 2,450 km (1,522 mi)
  • Population of Egypt: 88,662,800 people (2015 estimate) - 15th most populous country
  • Area of Egypt: 1,002,450 km2 (387,050 sq mi) - 30th largest country
  • Atlas of Egypt

Environment of Egypt

  • Climate of Egypt
  • Environmental issues in Egypt
  • Ecoregions of Egypt
  • Renewable energy in Egypt
  • Geology of Egypt
  • Wildlife of Egypt
    • Fauna of Egypt
      • Birds of Egypt
      • Mammals of Egypt
  • Center for Documentation of Cultural and Natural Heritage

Geographic features of Egypt

An enlargeable satellite image of the lower Nile River and Delta.
  • Deserts of Egypt
    • Western Desert
    • Eastern Desert
  • Glaciers in Egypt: none[2]
  • Lakes of Egypt
  • Rivers of Egypt
  • World Heritages Sites in Egypt
  • Suez Canal

Regions of Egypt

  • Nile Valley and Delta
  • Western Desert (also known as the Libyan Desert)
  • Eastern Desert (also known as the Arabian Desert)
  • Sinai Peninsula

Ecoregions of Egypt

List of ecoregions in Egypt

Administrative divisions of Egypt

Administrative divisions of Egypt

  • Governorates of Egypt (27)
    • Markazes of Egypt (166)
      • Municipalities of Egypt
        • Districts of Egypt
Governorates of Egypt
Governorates of Egypt

Governorates of Egypt

Nr. Name Area (km2) Population (2015) Capital
2 Alexandria 2,300 4,812,186 Alexandria
27 Aswan 62,726 1,431,488 Aswan
22 Asyut 25,926 4,245,215 Asyut
3 Beheira 9,826 5,804,262 Damanhur
19 Beni Suef 10,954 2,856,812 Beni Suef
16 Cairo 3,085 9,278,441 Cairo
5 Dakahlia 3,538 5,949,001 Mansura
6 Damietta 910 1,330,843 Damietta
15 Faiyum 6,068 3,170,150 Faiyum
9 Gharbia 1,942 4,751,865 Tanta
14 Giza 13,184 7,585,115 Giza
13 Ismailia 5,067 1,178,641 Ismailia
4 Kafr el-Sheikh 3,467 3,172,753 Kafr el-Sheikh
26 Luxor 2,410 1,147,058 Luxor
1 Matruh 166,563 447,846 Mersa Matruh
20 Minya 32,279 5,156,702 Minya
10 Monufia 2,499 3,941,293 Shibin el-Kom
21 New Valley 440,098 225,416 Kharga
8 North Sinai 28,992 434,781 Arish
7 Port Said 1,345 666,599 Port Said
11 Qalyubia 1,124 5,105,972 Banha
25 Qena 10,798 3,045,504 Qena
23 Red Sea 119,099 345,775 Hurghada
12 Sharqia 4,911 6,485,412 Zagazig
24 Sohag 11,022 4,603,861 Sohag
18 South Sinai 31,272 167,426 El-Tor
17 Suez 9,002 622,859 Suez
Municipalities of Egypt

List of cities in Egypt

Demography of Egypt

Demographics of Egypt

  • Censuses of Egypt
  • DNA history of Egypt
  • Population history of Egypt

Ethnicities

  • Arabs
  • Nubians
  • Beja
  • Bedouin

Nationalities

  • Egyptians
  • Greeks
  • Armenians

Government and politics of Egypt

Politics of Egypt

  • Form of government: Semi-presidential republic
  • Capital of Egypt: Cairo
  • Elections in Egypt
  • Political parties in Egypt
  • Egyptian Revolution of 2011

Branches of the government of Egypt

Government of Egypt

Executive branch of the government of Egypt

Legislative branch of the government of Egypt

  • Parliament of Egypt – it was dissolved by the army of Egypt on 11 February 2011.
    • Upper house: Shura Council
    • Lower house: People's Assembly of Egypt

Judicial branch of the government of Egypt

Egyptian Judicial System

  • Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt
  • Court of Appeal
  • Court of First Instance
  • Family Court

Foreign relations of Egypt

Foreign relations of Egypt

International organization membership

The Arab Republic of Egypt is a member of:[1]

Egypt is 1 of only 7 U.N. members which is not a member of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.

Law and order in Egypt

Law of Egypt

  • Cannabis in Egypt
  • Capital punishment in Egypt
  • Constitution of Egypt
  • Crime in Egypt
  • Human rights in Egypt
    • LGBT rights in Egypt
    • Freedom of religion in Egypt
  • Law enforcement in Egypt
    • Emergency law in Egypt

Media of Egypt

Media of Egypt

Military of Egypt

Military of Egypt

  • Command
  • Forces
    • Army of Egypt
    • Navy of Egypt
    • Air Force of Egypt
  • Military history of Egypt
  • Military ranks of Egypt

History of Egypt

History of Egypt

History of Egypt, by period

  • History of Ancient Egypt: 3100 BC to 639 AD
    • Ancient Egypt
      • List of ancient Egypt topics
    • Early Dynastic Period of Egypt
      • First Dynasty of Egypt c. 3150–2890
      • Second Dynasty of Egypt: 2890–2686
    • Old Kingdom of Egypt
      • Third Dynasty of Egypt: 2686–2613
      • Fourth Dynasty of Egypt: 2613–2498
      • Fifth Dynasty of Egypt: 2498–2345
      • Sixth Dynasty of Egypt: 2345–2181
    • First Intermediate Period of Egypt
      • Seventh Dynasty of Egypt: 2181, usually considered spurious
      • Eighth Dynasty of Egypt: 2181–2160
      • Ninth Dynasty of Egypt: 2160–2130
      • Tenth Dynasty of Egypt: 2130–2040
      • Early Eleventh Dynasty of Egypt: 2134–2061
    • Middle Kingdom of Egypt
      • Late Eleventh Dynasty of Egypt: 2061–1991
      • Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt: 1991–1803
      • Thirteenth Dynasty of Egypt: 1803–1649
      • Fourteenth Dynasty of Egypt: 1705–1690
    • Second Intermediate Period of Egypt
      • Fifteenth Dynasty of Egypt: 1674–1535
      • Sixteenth Dynasty of Egypt: 1660–1600
      • Abydos Dynasty | | 1650–1600
      • Seventeenth Dynasty of Egypt: 1580–1549
    • New Kingdom of Egypt
      • Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt: 1549–1292
      • Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt: 1292–1189
      • Twentieth Dynasty of Egypt: 1189–1077
    • Third Intermediate Period of Egypt
      • Twenty-first Dynasty of Egypt: 1069–945
      • Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt: 945–720
      • Twenty-third Dynasty of Egypt: 837–728
      • Twenty-fourth Dynasty of Egypt: 732–720
      • Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt: 732–653
    • Late Period of ancient Egypt
      • Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt: 672–525
      • History of Achaemenid Egypt: 525 BC to 332 BC
        • Twenty-seventh Dynasty of Egypt: 525–404
        • Twenty-eighth Dynasty of Egypt: 404–398
        • Twenty-ninth Dynasty of Egypt: 398–380
        • Thirtieth Dynasty of Egypt: 380–343
        • Thirty-first Dynasty of Egypt: 343–332
    • History of Ptolemaic Egypt: 332 BC to 30 BC
    • History of Roman Egypt: 30 BC to 639 AD
      • Diocese of Egypt c. 381 to 539
  • Sasanian Egypt: 619 to 629
  • History of Arab Egypt: 639 to 1517
    • Muslim conquest of Egypt
    • Saladin in Egypt 1163 to 1174
  • History of Ottoman Egypt: 1517 to 1805
  • History of Egypt under the Muhammad Ali dynasty: 1805 to 1882
    • Muhammad Ali's seizure of power
  • History of modern Egypt: since 1882
    • History of Egypt under the British: 1882 to 1956
      • 1919 Egyptian revolution
        • Unilateral Declaration of Egyptian Independence
      • Egypt during World War II
      • History of republican Egypt 1952 to present
        • History of Egypt under Gamal Abdel Nasser 1952-1970
          • 1952 Egyptian revolution
          • Republic of Egypt (1953–58)
        • History of Egypt under Anwar Sadat 1970 to 1981
        • History of Egypt under Hosni Mubarak 1981-2011
        • Egyptian crisis (2011–14)
          • 2011 Egyptian revolution (also called "25th of January revolution")
          • June 2013 Egyptian protests
          • 2013 Egyptian coup d'état
          • Post-coup unrest in Egypt (2013–2014)

History of Egypt, by region

  • History of Alexandria
    • Timeline of Alexandria
  • History of Cairo
    • Timeline of Cairo
  • History of Giza
  • History of Luxor
  • History of Memphis, Egypt
  • History of the Nile Delta
  • History of Port Said
    • Timeline of Port Said
  • History of the Sinai Peninsula
  • History of Suez

History of Egypt, by subject

Culture of Egypt

Culture of Egypt

  • Egyptians
  • Architecture of Egypt
    • Ottoman architecture in Egypt
  • Cuisine of Egypt
  • Languages of Egypt
  • Media in Egypt
  • National symbols of Egypt
    • Coat of arms of Egypt
    • Flag of Egypt
    • National anthem of Egypt
  • Prostitution in Egypt
  • Public holidays in Egypt
  • Religion in Egypt
    • Islam in Egypt
    • Christianity in Egypt
    • Judaism in Egypt
    • Hinduism in Egypt
  • World Heritage Sites in Egypt

Art in Egypt

  • Art in Egypt (see also Art of Ancient Egypt)
    • Contemporary art in Egypt
  • Cinema of Egypt
  • Literature of Egypt
  • Music of Egypt
  • Television in Egypt
  • Theatre in Egypt

Sports in Egypt

Sports in Egypt

  • Egypt at the Olympics
  • Football in Egypt

Economy and infrastructure of Egypt

Economy of Egypt

  • Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 52nd (fifty-second)
  • Agriculture in Egypt
  • Communications in Egypt
    • Internet in Egypt
  • Companies of Egypt
  • Currency of Egypt: Pound
  • Energy in Egypt
  • Health care in Egypt
  • Mining in Egypt
  • National Bank of Egypt
  • Tourism in Egypt
  • Transport in Egypt
    • Airports in Egypt
    • Rail transport in Egypt
  • Water supply and sanitation in Egypt

Education in Egypt

Education in Egypt

See also

Egypt

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Egypt". The World Factbook. United States Central Intelligence Agency. July 3, 2009. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/egypt/. 
  2. ↑ The only glaciers in Africa are on Mt Kenya (in Kenya), on Kilimanjaro (in Tanzania), and in the Ruwenzori Mountains (which are located in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo). See Proceedings of the Riederalp Workshop, September 1978; Actes de l'Atelier de Riederalp, septembre 1978): IAHS-AISH Publ. no. 126, 1980.

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