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Egypt

Cairo is Egypt's capital and biggest city, and also the biggest city in Africa. The Nile, the longest river in the world, runs through the middle of Cairo. It splits into two branches in northern Egypt, forming the Nile Delta, and provides fresh water for farming and industry.
Cairo is Egypt's capital and biggest city, and also the biggest city in Africa. The Nile, the longest river in the world, runs through the middle of Cairo. It splits into two branches in northern Egypt, forming the Nile Delta, and provides fresh water for farming and industry.

πŸ“– In short

Egypt is an Arab country in northeast Africa, crossed by the great River Nile flowing from south to north into the Mediterranean Sea. Most of its land is desert, and most people live on the two banks of the Nile. Its capital is Cairo, the biggest Arab city.

🀩 Did you know?

  • Digging of the Suez Canal began in 1859.
  • The Great Pyramid of Khufu is the only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still standing.
  • The currency is the Egyptian pound, and the official language is Arabic.
  • Egypt is the most populous Arab country.

πŸ—‚οΈ Fact file

Egypt lies in the northeast corner of the African continent. Its neighbors are the Mediterranean Sea, Palestine, the Red Sea, Sudan and Libya.
Egypt lies in the northeast corner of the African continent. Its neighbors are the Mediterranean Sea, Palestine, the Red Sea, Sudan and Libya.
Emblem of Egypt
Emblem of Egypt
Capital
Cairo
Official language
Arabic
Official name
Arab Republic of Egypt
Currency
The Egyptian pound
Area
1,001,449 kmΒ²
Population
Estimate (1998): 63,261,000 people

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🌟 The gift of the Nile

The Greek historian Herodotus said Egypt was β€œthe gift of the Nile”, because the Nile gives it water and rich mud, so crops grow on its banks in the middle of the desert.

πŸ” An ancient civilization

More than 5000 years ago a great civilization arose in Egypt. Its people built the pyramids, the Sphinx and huge temples, wrote in hieroglyphs, and excelled in medicine, astronomy and arithmetic.

πŸ’‘ The Suez Canal

Egypt has the Suez Canal, a waterway dug by people that links the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea, so ships can go from Europe to Asia without sailing around Africa.

🎯 Al-Azhar and Cairo

Cairo has al-Azhar Mosque, one of the oldest universities in the world. It has so many mosques and minarets that it's called β€œthe city of a thousand minarets”.

πŸ“Έ More pictures

Population density. Egypt's population is very unevenly spread: most people live along the two banks of the Nile and in the Delta, while few people live in the Egyptian desert.
Population density. Egypt's population is very unevenly spread: most people live along the two banks of the Nile and in the Delta, while few people live in the Egyptian desert.
A crowd of worshippers praying in a mosque. Islam is Egypt's official religion, followed by about ninety percent of the population.
A crowd of worshippers praying in a mosque. Islam is Egypt's official religion, followed by about ninety percent of the population.
Open-air markets are common in the Egyptian countryside and the old parts of cities, and are called bazaars. Many goods are sold or bartered there.
Open-air markets are common in the Egyptian countryside and the old parts of cities, and are called bazaars. Many goods are sold or bartered there.

🧩 Test yourself

1 Which river flows through Egypt?

2 What does the Suez Canal link?

3 More than ?? years ago a great civilization arose in Egypt.

4 Which picture shows β€œEgypt”?

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