Egypt
Bourguiba Mausoleum
Burchell's Zebras
At the grasslands of Milwane Wildlife Sanctuary in Swaziland
Chimpanzee
observed by Jane Goodall Institute researchers in Gombe National Park, Tanzania
Crested Barbet
Found in Pilanesberg National Park, South Africa
Angola Marimba
Karibu mosaic welcome sign
Mauritius postcard
Kente cloth from Ghana
Mali postcard - UNESCO World Heritage
Marrakesh postcard
Independence
28 February 1922 (from UK)
Capital
Cairo
Main cities
Alexandria, Giza, Shubra el Khema, El Mahalla el Kubra, Aswan, Asyut, Port Said, Suez, Ismailia
Size
1 002 000 sq km (386 874 sq miles)
Population
81 713 520 (Estimate July 2008)
Main languages
Arabic (official), English and French
Religion
Muslim (mostly Sunni) 94%, Coptic Christian and other 6%
Ethnicity
Egyptian 98%, Berber, Nubian, Bedouin, and Beja 1%, Greek, Armenian, other European (primarily Italian and French) 1%
Calling Code
20
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Some five thousand years ago, the Egyptian civilization that thrived along the banks of the Nile was one of the most developed in the Ancient world.
Its elaborate mythology and complex script – hieroglyphics –are even today extensively studied, and visitors from all over the world come to Egypt to see the its most famous vestiges, the pyramids.
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Egypt: Protests Continue in Cairo
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