Capital city:                          Cairo

Region:                                Middle East

Area:                                     1 001 450 km²

Population:                          70 712 345

Main cities:                          Alexandria, Ismaïlia, Gîza, Port Saïd, Assiout, Helwân, Tanta, El Mahlla el Kubra,

                                              Zagazig, El Mansoura, Suez, Assouan

Currency:                             Egyptian pound

Dial code:                            20

Internet code:                      EG

Information: The Arab Republic of Egypt (Jumhuriyat Misr al-'Arabiyah in Arabic), is a country located in the northeast of Africa. There are four main regions, the Low Egypt, Middle Egypt, High Egypt and Nubia. Even if Egypt is 94 % made of desert, yet it has some ecosystems that adapted themselves to especially hostile conditions: lotus, papyrus, palm trees, tamaris, acacias, jacarandas, poincianas, mangroves. During around three thousand years, the Nile valley hosted one of the most brilliant civilization of the Ancient World: Ancient Egypt.