Egypt

• Capital: Cairo
• Major Cities
  • Alexandria
  • Suez
  • Aswan
  • Giza
  • Port Said
  • Luxor
• Major Geographical Features
  • Western Desert
  • Libyan Desert
  • Eastern Desert
  • Lake Nasser
  • Nile River
  • Sinai Peninsula
  • Mediterranean Sea
  • Red Sea
  • Gulf of Suez
  • Gulf of Aqaba
  • Suez Canal
• Official Name: Arab Republic of Egypt
  • Formerly the United Arab Republic (with Syria)
• Religions:
  • Sunni Muslim
  • Coptic Christian
• Language: Arabic
• 1869: Suez Canal completed
• 1981: President Anwar Sadat assassinated
• 2011: Longtime President Hosni Mubarak resigns during Egyptian Revolution and sentenced to life imprisonment
• 2012: Mohamed Morsi (a member of the Muslim Brotherhood) elected president and expands presidential authority
• 2013: The Egyptian military ousts President Morsi after unrest in the nation
• Independence: 1922 from the United Kingdom
• Government: republic
• Currency: Egyptian Pound
• Egypt is slightly larger than 3 New Mexicos
• Literacy: 58%
• The Sinai Peninsula is the only land bridge between Africa and Eurasia
• Largest population in the Arab world
• Nile River is the longest river in the owrld
• 95% desert
• Industries
  • Textiles
  • Food
  • Tourism
  • Petroleum
  • Chemicals
• 2,450 kilometers of coastline
• 2nd most populated African nation (after Nigeria)
• 95% of the population lives along the Nile
• Recently, Egypt has been found to be fostering religious intolerance against Christians and other non-Muslims