Egypt
North AfricaAfrica
A desert country that lives along one river: the Nile. You will find Egypt in North Africa. The capital is Cairo. About 100 million people live in the country.
- Capital
- Cairo
- People
- 100 million
- Size
- 1,000,000 km²
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Almost all Egyptians live close to the Nile, on a small strip of the country's land.
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The Suez Canal connects the Mediterranean with the Red Sea, so ships need not sail around Africa.
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The ancient Egyptians wrote in hieroglyphs: a script made of pictures.
Compare with
Size
Egypt1,000,000 km²
United Kingdom240,000 km²You could fit the United Kingdom into Egypt about 4.2 times.
People
Egypt100 millionUnited Kingdom67 millionAbout 1.5 times as many people live in Egypt as in the United Kingdom.
Its colours are red, black and white.
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Netherlands
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- Cairo
- Alexandria
- Giza
- Ismailia
- Port Said
- Luxor
- sharkia
- Sohag
- Al Maḩallah al Kubrá
- Suez
- Damanhur
- Minya
- Beni Suef
- Al Khuşūş
- Asyut
- Tanta
- 6th of October City
- Faiyum
- Aswan
- New Cairo
- Kom Ombo
- Qena
- Damietta
- Zagazig
- Al ‘Āshir min Ramaḑān
- Ḩalwān
- Mallawi
- Rosetta
- Bilbeis
- Shibin Al Kawm
- Arish
- Idkū
- Banha
- Al Maţarīyah
- Hurghada
- Abū Kabīr
- Mīt Ghamr
- Samalut
- Disūq
- Kafr el-Sheikh
- Al-'Ubūr
- Bilqās
- Ţahţā
- Kafr ad Dawwār
- Girga
- Munūf
- Mersa Matruh
- Esna
- el-Kharga Town
- El-Tor
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Neighbours
4 countries border Egypt.
Israel
Libya
Palestine
Sudan
Algeria
Morocco
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