Republic of Egypt | |
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Anthem: "Bilady, Bilady, Bilady" "بلادي، بلادي، بلادي" (English: "My country, my country, my country") | |
![]() Location of the Republic of Egypt | |
Capital and largest city | Cairo 30°2′N 31°13′E / 30.033°N 31.217°E |
Official languages | Arabic |
Recognised national languages | Egyptian Arabic[a] |
Other languages |
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Religion | Islam 50% (mostly Sunni) Christianity 50% (Coptic) |
Demonym(s) | Egyptian |
Government | Unitary semi-presidential republic |
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi | |
Moustafa Madbouly | |
Ali Abdel Aal | |
Legislature | Parliament |
National senate | |
House of the Representatives | |
Establishment | |
c. 3150 BC | |
• Muhammad Ali dynasty inaugurated | 9 July 1805[3] |
28 February 1922 | |
23 July 1952 | |
• Republic declared | 18 June 1953 |
18 January 2014 | |
Area | |
• Total | 1,010,408[4] km2 (390,121 sq mi) (29th) |
• Water (%) | 0.632 |
Population | |
• 2024 estimate | ![]() |
• 2024 census | 114,484,252 (14th) |
• Density | 100/km2 (259.0/sq mi) (83rd) |
GDP (PPP) | 2019 estimate |
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GDP (nominal) | 2019 estimate |
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Gini (2015) | ![]() medium · 51st |
HDI (2024) | ![]() high · 105th |
Currency | Egyptian pound (E£) (EGP) |
Time zone | UTC+2[c] (EET) |
Driving side | right |
Calling code | +20 |
ISO 3166 code | EG |
Internet TLD | |
Website Egypt | |
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Egypt, officially the Republic of Egypt, is a country located mostly in northeast Africa but partly in the Middle East. Egypt's capital city is Cairo. Egypt is famous for its ancient monuments, such as the Pyramids and the Sphinx.
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.
... on July 9, 1805, Constantinople conferred upon Muhammad Ali the pashalik of Cairo ...
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