Place:Egypt

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NameEgypt
Alt namesArab Republic of Egyptsource: Wikipedia
Egiptosource: Cassell's Spanish Dictionary (1978) p 749; UN Terminology Bulletin (1993) p 50
Egitosource: Rand McNally Atlas (1994) p 319
Egittosource: Cassell's Italian Dictionary (1983) p 174
Egyptesource: Engels Woordenboek (1987) I, 219
Jumhuriyat Misr Al-Arabiyasource: CIA, World Fact Book (1995); Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) p 186-187
Jumhūrīyah Miṣr al-`Arabīyahsource: Britannica Book of the Year (1993) p 600
Misrsource: Wikipedia
Miṣrsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
United Arab Republicsource: Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
Ägyptensource: Cassell's German Dictionary (1982) p 1006
Égyptesource: Cassell's French Dictionary (1981) p 160; UN Terminology Bulletin (1993) p 50
TypeNation
Coordinates27°N 30°E
Located in[[Place:|]]     (1922 - )
Contained Places
General region
Thebaid
Governorate
Ad Daqahliyah
Al Bahr al Ahmar
Al Buhayrah
Al Gharbiyah
Al Iskandariyah
Al Jizah
Al Minufiyah
Al Minya
Al Qahirah
Al Qalyubiyah
Al Uqsur
Al Wadi al Jadid
Al-Ismāʿīlīyah
As Suways
Ash Sharqiyah
Aswan
Asyut
Banī Suwayf
Būr Saʿīd
Dumyāṭ ( 1955 - )
Faiyûm
Janub Sina'
Kafr ash Shaykh ( 1949 - )
Matruh
Qina
Shamāl Sīnā'
Suhaj
Inhabited place
Dendera
El Faiyûm
El-'Araba el Madfuna
El-Hawawish
El-Mahalla El-Kubra
El-Mo'alla
El-Tor
Fostat
Hala'ib
Imbaba
Kafr Dawar
Kom Ombo
Mendes
Nag Hammadi
Noubarya
Nuweiba
Port Fouad
Sais
Tahapanes
Tanis
Thebes
Region
Aṣ Ṣaʿīd
Frontier
Miṣr Baḥrī
Urban
Unknown
Al Isma'iliyah
Bur Sa'id
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog
the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia

Egypt (; , ; Egyptian Arabic:  ; Coptic: , ; Egyptian: Kemet), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Western Asia. Covering an area of about , Egypt is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northeast, the Red Sea to the east, Sudan to the south and Libya to the west.

Egypt is one of the most populous countries in Africa and the Middle East. The great majority of its estimated 76 million live near the banks of the Nile River, in an area of about , where the only arable agricultural land is found. The large areas of the Sahara Desert are sparsely inhabited. About half of Egypt's residents live in urban areas, with the majority spread across the densely-populated centres of greater Cairo, Alexandria and other major cities in the Nile Delta.

Egypt is famous for its ancient civilization and some of the world's most famous monuments, including the Giza pyramid complex and its Great Sphinx. 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.

Egypt possesses one of the most developed economies in the Middle East, with sectors such as tourism, agriculture, industry and service at almost equal rates in national production. Consequently, the Egyptian economy is rapidly developing, due in part to legislation aimed at luring investments, coupled with both internal and political stability, along with recent trade and market liberalization.

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