About EGYPT

EGYPT: Location, Language, Population, Currency, History


The official name of EGYPT is THE ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT , the country locate in the North of AFRICA bordered  by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Israel and the Red Sea to the east, Sudan to the south, and Libya to the west.

Capital : CAIRO

Area : Egypt has a maximum length from north to south of about 1085 km (about 675 mi) and a maximum width, near the southern border, of about 1255 km (about 780 mi). It has a total area of 997,739 sq km (385,229 sq mi)

Language: The official language is Arabic, but English is widely spoken, French and Dutch  respectively 

Population: The population of Egypt (2011 estimate) is 85,000,000. Almost 99% of the population lives within the Nile Valley and delta, which constitutes less than 4 percent of Egypt´s total area.

Currency: The unit of currency is the Egyptian pound. The Egyptian pound is written LE or L.E, some times it is written as EGP and is divided into 100 piastres. it is approximated that 5.5 EGP buys 1 USD

Egypt Time difference: GMT + 2

EGYPT Hot Spots

Enjoys Various Fields Of Tourism ( more fields coming soon )

Egypt is one of the most prominent tourist attractions among the nations of the world Because of its tourist treasures of a multi-faceted Among the most important cultural tourism, where lie the ancient civilizations of the eye And to pronounce what it was that the nations that built civilizations since the dawn of history.
Next to the old cultural tourism product, the accumulation of tender of those civilizations was stored in a unique human heritage reflected in the lives of the Egyptians, rich and diverse patterns of distinct natures, behaviors and habits of the man made the Egyptian himself.Passions Basarp ancient cultural heritage, a tourist attraction individually.

Has spared Egypt prosperous nature has given by God Almighty exclusive in nature, alluring eyes and hearts, not only beauty and magic as soon as the Nile and the pot forever settles it, but Egypt extended to Anne Bahrain on white and red and dive deep into the processes and spreads in the desert and makes all this heading months ..Egypt genius of the place, Egypt is well known .. The date is months .. Pharaonic, Greek, Romanian, Arab, Islamic, humanitarian and tender, is the factory and store product, the Arab Cultural and humanitarian, in thought, literature, politics, art, journalism and architecture, have shaped Egypt frequently attractive regions for tourism and associated with these ingredients massive producer of the Egyptian tourism infrastructure developed and modern facilities, installations and various accessories services high-end tourism from a wide range of luxurious international hotels to the transport network, air and land, sea and river distinct and to communication facilities and centers of guidance a tourist making a visit to the tourist to Egypt, no matter how objective and purpose of visit full of fun and excitement and interest..

• Historical & Culture Tourism

• Holiday vacation
• Desert safari