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DEMOGRAPHICS & HISTORY

Egypt

Facts & Figures

• Area: 384,345 square miles

• Capital: Cairo

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languages.

• Ethnicity: Egyptian 99.6%, other 0.4%

• Location: Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Libya and the Gaza
Strip, and the Red Sea north of Sudan, and includes the Asian Sinai Peninsula

• Geography: Egypt is almost entirely desert. Only about 2% of the land is arable. As a
result, 99% of the population lives on only 3.5% of the land, mostly along the Nile River
Valley and fertile delta.

• Population: 97,840,549
• Religions: Muslim (predominantly Sunni) 90%, Christian (majority Coptic Orthodox) 10%

• Time Zone: Egypt is seven hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time. When it is noon in
D.C., it is 7:00 pm in Egypt.

National Holidays: Egypt

Egypt celebrates a number of national traveling during these holidays, please visit
holidays that follow a lunar calendar, such www.timeanddate.com/holidays.
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Historical Overview of Egypt

Archaeological records of a highly developed civilization in the area now known as Egypt date
back to 4000 B.C., making this remarkable country 6,000 years old. No other country boasts
such a long and uninterrupted history.

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period. Today, we know much about these dynastic kings and their reigns thanks to historical
records written by the high priests of ancient Egypt.

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