About Egypt

>> Geography <<

•  Location  

Heart of the World Middle East North Africa & West Asia.

•  Border Countries  

Libya in the West, Sudan in south, Mediterranean sea in the North, Red Sea in the East.

•  Elevation extremes 

Lowest Point: Alexandria   -00 m
Highest Point: Jabal Mussa 2,286m

•  Natural resources 

Oil, natural gas, Iron, phosphates, potash ....

>> People <<

• Population  

70,000,000(Jan 2004 est.)

•  Ethnic groups  

 The majority are Arab round 99.9% the rest are different

•  Religions 

The majority are Sunni Muslim round 85 %, Christian round 15% (majority Coptic Orthodox, but some Greek and Roman Catholics, Syrian Orthodox, Coptic Orthodox, Armenian Orthodox, and Protestant denominations

•  Languages  

Arabic (official), English, French widely understood among upper and middle classes many other language like German, Italian & Spanish easy to touch in the tourist cities.

>> Government <<

•  Country name  

Conventional long form: Arab republic of Egypt
Conventional short form:  Egypt
Local short form: Misr
Local long form: Gomhorit Masr El Arabai

•  Government type  

Republic

•  Capital  

Cairo, now we call it the large Cairo because it is combination in between 03 cities ( Cairo – Giza – Kaliobia ) with about 20.000. 000 citizens

•  Major Tourist Cities 

Cairo - Alexandria – Sharm El Sheikh – Dahab – Nuwieba – Taba - Hurghada –  Safaga – El qusier – Marasa alama - Luxor – Aswan – Abo Simble  - Fayoum – Menia – Kina  New Valley Oasis ( Baharia – Farafra - Dakhla- Kharga )

>> Transportation <<

•  Infrastructure  

Egypt has built very strong Infrastructure like large & long roads covers all Egypt either south or north also under Ground Metro, modern couches, telephone lines, Satellite system to make Travel within Egypt more comfort & easy.

Egyptian roads signs are marked in English and Arabic, and there are petrol stations and rest houses at regular intervals through out the country.

•  Transportation  

Modern cars with taxi sign are easily available on the road.

Taxi also can be arranged by the hotel. Rent Car offices are also available at the Airports and international companies like Europe car and Hertz or local rent a car companies.
Daily bus service and Railway trains connect Cairo with all Egyptian cities. Private cars service is also available between all cities .

•  Ports  

Nueiba Port, in Sinai on the Red Sea. Daily ferry boat connects with Aqaba port in Jordan and Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt has Private boats available for excursion to Pharaon Island or Aqaba Hurghada Port has ferry boat in between Hurghada & Sharm El Sheikh .

•  Airports  

International and charter flights fly into Cairo International Airport, and all other airports in the tourist cities like Alexandria, Sharm El Sheikh, Hurghada , Marsa alam, Luxor and Aswan.

Domestic flight covers all Egyptian cities by Egypt Air. All airports provide banking, car-hire and tourist information, Office services in addition to duty-free shop, restaurant and snack bar facilities.

The national carrier Egypt Air Airlines links Cairo with many of the capitals in Europe, Far East and the Arab world, and operates wide body jets to New York, Chicago and Detroit. Many other international air carriers operate regularly to Cairo .

>> Communication <<

•  Telephone  & Mobile

Direct Local & International telephone lines is available everywhere either in the hotels or in the street the same for the mobile SIM cards is available even for short time use only the trip time , fax and telex communication is available in some exact places like hotels or business centers everywhere

•  Newspapers  

Arabic and English Newspapers, as well as foreign publications, are available at many newsstands either in the hotels or in the streets.

•  Mailing  

Postage stamps & post cards can be purchased at hotels and post offices.

Internet : is available in the most of the hotels also in the big & tourist cities you can find easy internet coffee with very fast download & cheap price about 01 $ per hour

•  Television  

 Egyptian Television broadcast in English and French on channel 09 , there is also Channel  02 for the translated movies & news , Other Satellite channels are available in most of the hotels with cable.

•  Radio  

Egyptian radio has many channels on the FM wave with different language   English, French, German also the FM Music Channel.

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