Capital: Cairo
Government: Republic
Currency: Egyptian pound (EGP) (LE / £E)
Area total: 1,001,450 km2
land: 995,450 km2
water: 6,000 km2
Population: 78,887,007 (July 2006 est.)
Language: Arabic (official), English and French widely understood by educated people
Religion: Muslim (mostly Sunni) 90%, Coptic Christian and other 10%
Calling Code: 20
Internet: TLD .eg
Time Zone: UTC +2
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