Egypt - Egipt

	Arab Republic of Egypt;
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Capital city	Cairo
System	republic
Currency	Egyptian pound (EGP)
Time zone	UTC 2
Surface	1 001 450 km²
Population	94 798 827
Official language	Arabic
Dominant religion	Islam
Telephone code	20
Internet domain	.eg

Egypt

Egypt - a country located in the North-East Africa with the Sinai Peninsula in the west Asia.

Characteristic

Geography

The area of Egypt is located in the territory of Northeast Africa and partly on the Sinai Peninsula in Asia. Egypt is located adjacent to countries such as Sudan (South), Libya (west) i Israel (East). The territory of the republic was divided into 4 regions: Western Desert, Arabian (Eastern) Desert, Delta, Nile Valley and Sinai Peninsula. The Nile is the only river that crosses Egypt, it is 6,671 km long. Important regions are the valley and the Nile delta, the smallest of the separated regions, but their population is 98% of the country's population.

Climate

In Egypt, an extremely dry tropical climate prevails. Annual rainfall generally does not exceed several dozen millimeters. For this reason, most of the population lives in areas in the Nile delta and valley. There is a riverside oasis by the river, the length of which is less than 3 thousand meters. kilometers. For millennia, an artificial irrigation system has been created in Egypt, significantly increasing the area of arable land. The irrigation system was expanded in 1970, when a dam (Great Dam), an artificial reservoir (Lake Nasser) and a hydropower plant were built in Aswan.

fauna and Flora

The desert climate of Egypt makes the flora very poor. Lush vegetation is limited only to the valley and delta of the Nile and cities where it has the character of urban greenery.

There is a great variety of animals in Egypt. Species such as the Dorcas gazelle and mountain sheep live there, which can only be found in a small area of south-west Egypt. In the desert, species typical of this region, such as the desert jumper and the fenek (desert fox), are found. Scorpions are also common. Dangerous animals in Egypt include spotted snakes and the cobras that live in agricultural areas. Rodents are a scourge in Egypt, and they reproduce rapidly. There are also about 150 species of birds in Egypt.

Society

Egypt is the most populous Arab country and the third most populous country in Africa. The vast majority of the population is Arab Egyptians - Fellahs (almost 90% of the population). Apart from them, Egypt has about 8 million Copts - Christians, who are descendants of the people living in Egypt long before the Muslim conquest. Copts constitute about 10% of the entire local population. Their characteristic feature is a tattooed - usually on the hand - cross.

Culture and art

An administrative division

Administrative divisions of Egypt

Egypt is divided into 27 muhafaz. Provinces are further divided into wards, villages and cities.

Cities

According to official data from 2006, Egypt had over 200 cities with a population of over 15,000. residents. The country's capital Cairo was the only city with over 5 million inhabitants; 3 cities with a population of 1-5 million; 2 cities with a population of 500-1000 thousand; 37 cities with a population of 100,000-500,000; 56 cities with a population of 50-100 thousand; 65 cities with a population of 25-50 thousand. and the rest of the cities below 25,000 residents.

Interesting places

Objects from the UNESCO World Heritage List

Abu Mena
Saint Catherine's Monastery at the foot of Mount Sinai and surroundings
Memphis with necropolis and pyramid zones from Giza to Dahshur
Muslim Cairo
Ancient Thebes with a necropolis
Wadi al-Hitan (Whale Valley)
Monuments of Nubia from Abu Simbel to Philae

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In the case of a car trip, still in Poland, you must apply for a document Carnet de Passage, thanks to which we will be exempt from additional duty.

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contact

Diplomatic representations

Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Cairo

5 Aziz Osman, Zamalek, Egypt, Cairo

Phone: 20 227 367 456

Fax: 20 227 355 427

Web page: https://kair.msz.gov.pl/pl/

E-mail: [email protected]

The Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt in Warsaw

Address: ul. Alzacka 18, 03-972 Warsaw

Phone: 48 22 590 66 00; 48 22 590 66 01; 48 22 590 66 02

Fax: 48 22 617 90 58

E-mail: [email protected]

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