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Egypt
Egypt
Country Profile
Capital City: Cairo (al-Qa hirah)
(pop. estimated 16 million)
Other Cities: Alexandria (6 million), Aswan, Asyut, Port Said, Suez, Ismailia
Local Time: UTC +2h
Geography:
Location:Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Libya
and the Gaza Strip
Area: 1 001 450 sq. km (386 000 sq. mi.)
Terrain: Desert, except Nile valley and delta.
Border countries:
Palestine (Gaza Strip), Israel, Libya, Sudan
Climate: Dry, hot summers; moderate winters
Government:
Type: Republic
Independence: 1922 (from the UK)
Constitution: 1971
People:
Nationality: Noun and adjective--Egyptian(s)
Population (2000): 68 million
Ethnic groups: Egyptian, Bedouin Arab, Nubian
Religions: Sunni Muslim 90%, Coptic Christian
Languages: Arabic (official), English, French
Literacy--total adult: 55.2%, male: 66.6%, female: 43.6% (1999-2000
est.). \
Business
Currency: Egyptian Pound (EGP)
Natural resources: Petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, phosphates,
manganese, limestone, gypsum, talc, asbestos, lead, zinc.
Agriculture products: Cotton, rice, corn, wheat, beans, fruits,
vegetables; cattle, water buffalo, sheep, goats.
Industries: Textiles, food processing, tourism, chemicals,
hydrocarbons, construction, cement, metals.
Exports partners:
USA 13.3%, Italy 12.3%, UK 7.9%, France 4.7%, Germany 4.7%, India
4.2% (2003)
Imports partners: USA 13.6%, Germany 7.4%, Italy 7%, France 6.6%,
China 4.8%, Saudi Arabia 4.3% (2003)
Internet Links
Official Sites of Egypt
The Egyptian
Presidency
Mohamed Hosny Mubarak President of the Arab Republic of Egypt.
Egypt's People
Assembly
The Egypt Parliament.
Egyptian Shoura
Assembly
The Senate.
Egypt State
Information Service
Egypt State Information Service.
Ministry of Foreign
Affairs
MOFA Egypt.
Diplomatic Missions
Egyptian
Embassy in Berlin (Germany)
Embassy of Egypt
in the U.S.
Washington D.C.
Egyptian Missions Abroad
Addresses of Egypt's Missions abroad.
Foreign Diplomatic Missions in Egypt
Addresses of foreign diplomatic representations in Egypt.
Statistics
CAPMAS
Central agency for public mobilization and statistics.
Weather
Egyptian Meteorological
Authority (EMA)
Maps
Map of Egypt
Political Map of Egypt.
Map of the Middle East region
Map of North Africa and the Middle East
News
Freedom of expression in Egypt: It's definitely under
threat. From bannings of books by Al-Azhar to beatings-up of
journalists. From court cases against authors to assassinations of
writers by militants. Draconian press legislation and plain old
censorship seem mild in comparison.
Al Ahram Daily
News from Egypt. (Arabic)
Al Ahram Weekly
English language weekly online edition.
Al-Gomhuria
Daily Newspaper (in Arabic)
Cairo Press Review
Press review of Arabic newspapers by Egypt State Information Service.
The
Egyptian Gazette
News from Egypt.
Egypt Today
Egypt monthly magazine.
Middle East Time
The uncensored online edition of the Egypt based newspaper.
El Tahrir
Home of several Arabic Newspapers.
la revue
d'Egypte
Egypt culture magazine in French.
Arts & Culture
Museums & Libraries
Bibliotheca
Alexandrina
The revival of the Ancient Library of Alexandria, dedicated to be a
center of culture, science and academic research.
Egyptian
Museum
Collections of Egyptian artifacts, established in 1835.
Museums
in Egypt
Information about Museums in Egypt by Tour Egypt.
Business & Economy
Bank al-Markaz al-Misr
Central Bank of Egypt.
National Bank of Egypt
NBE is the oldest commercial bank in Egypt.
Cairo and Alexandria
Stock Exchanges
Egyptian Stocks
Egyptian capital market stock quotes.
Egyptian Exporters
Association
EEA is a nonprofit organization founded by the Egyptian private sector
exporters.
Transportation
EgyptAir
The Egypt Airline.
Egypt International Airports:
City, Location: Alexandria, El Nhouza Airport, IATA Airport code: ALY
City, Location: Aswan, Daraw Airport, IATA Airport code: ASW
City, Location: Cairo Int'l, IATA Airport code: CAI
City, Location: Hurghada Int'l, IATA Airport code: HRG
City, Location: Luxor, IATA Airport code: LXR
City, Location: Sharm El Sheikh, IATA Airport code: SSH
Egyptian
Tourist Authority
Official site for the Government Tourist Offices in the Americas.
Tour
Egypt
An Egypt guide with over 15,000 pages of information about every aspect
of travel, ancient and modern Egypt.
Education
Ain Shams
University
The third Egyptian University, founded in 1950
Al-Azhar University
Chief centre of Islamic and Arabic learning in the world, founded 970
Cairo University
Giza, Middle East's largest University, founded 1908
Egyptian Universities
Network
The Egyptian Universities Network (EUN) acts as the Internet service
provider since 1993
History
egy.com
Cairo's recollections online - Egypt's first website and a journey into
bygone days of Egypt.
additional sites:
A Brief
Review of Modern Egyptian History
The middle of the Eighteenth century can be considered as starting point
in recounting the history of modern Egypt.
Egypt History
Arab Net pages about Egypt's History.
Ancient Egypt
The Archeological Map
of Egypt
The project puts all the Egyptian archeological sites on a multimedia
geographic information system to document the Egyptian archeological
heritage.
Abzu Regional Index: Egypt
Index of resources for the study of ancient Egypt, Oriental Institute,
University of Chicago.
Ancient Egypt
The British Museum's web site on ancient Egypt, includes information on
Egyptian life, gods and goddesses, mummification, rulers, pyramids,
temples, time, trade, and writing.
The Ancient
Egypt Site
The history, language and culture of Ancient Egypt by Egyptologist
Jacques Kinnaer.
Centre for Computer-aided
Egyptological Research (CCER)
The use of Egyptological data on computers.
Eternal Egypt
Site about five thousand years of Egyptian civilization, view artifacts,
interactive maps and timelines.
Guardian's Egypt
A cyberjourney to Ancient Egypt
International Association of Egyptologists
Egyptology international.
KMT
A modern journal of Ancient Egypt.
The Pharaonic
Village
A journey back in time.
Search
Egypt WWW Index
Egypt related links.
Egyptsearch
An Egypt directory.
Egypt Web Search
A Search engine and directory.
Masrawy
An Egypt directory.
Newsgroup of Egypt
soc.culture.egyptian
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