Egypt

Egypt (Arabic: مصر Miṣr [mesˁr], Egyptian Arabic pronunciation be: [mɑsˤr]), alias de Arab Republic of Egypt, be country wey dey link northeast corner den southwest corner of Asia via sam land bridge wey Sinai Peninsula form am. Edey share border Mediterranean Sea go de north, de Gaza Strip of Palestine den Israel go de northeast, de Red Sea go de east, Sudan go de south, den Libya go de west. De Gulf of Aqaba insyd de northeast dey separate Egypt from Jordan den Saudi Arabia. Cairo be de capital den largest city of Egypt, while Alexandria, de second-largest city, be important industrial den tourist hub for de Mediterranean coast. For approximately 100 million inhabitants, Egypt be de 14th-most populated country insyd de world, den de third-most populated insyd Africa. Dem dey consider Egypt make e be regional power for North Africa, de Middle East den de Muslim world insyd, den middle power worldwide. Ebe country wey dey develop wey get diversified economy, wey be de largest insyd Africa, de 38th-largest economy by nominal GDP den 127th by nominal GDP per capita. Egypt be founding member of de United Nations, de Non-Aligned Movement, de Arab League, de African Union, Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, World Youth Forum, den member of BRICS. Government Administrative divisions Dem divide Egypt into 27 governorates. Dem further divide governorates go regions. De regions dey contain towns den villages. Each governorate get capital, sometimes wey dey carry de same name as de governorate. Demographics Largest cities References External links Government Egypt Information Portal (Arabic, English) Egypt Information and Decision Support Center (Arabic, English) Egypt State Information Services (Arabic, English, French) Egyptian Tourist Authority General Country Profile from de BBC News Egypt. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Egypt profile from Africa.com Egypt web resources wey GovPubs provide for de University of Colorado Boulder Libraries Egypt news Archived 28 November 2018 at de Wayback Machine Egypt profiles of people den institutions de Arab Decision project provide Egypt at Curlie Wikimedia Atlas of Egypt Geographic data wey dey relate to Egypt at OpenStreetMap Egypt Maps – Perry–Castañeda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin Trade World Bank Summary Trade Statistics Egypt