Location:  Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Libya and the Gaza Strip, and the Red Sea north of Sudan, and includes the Asian Sinai Peninsula.
Industries:  textiles, food processing, tourism, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, hydrocarbons, construction, cement, metals, light manufactures
Geography:  controls Sinai Peninsula, only land bridge between Africa and remainder of Eastern Hemisphere; controls Suez Canal, a sea link between Indian Ocean and Mediterranean Sea
Area:  total: 1,001,450 sq km           
           land: 995,450 sq km           
           water: 6,000 sq km
Budget:  revenues: $35.12 billion
              expenditures: $44.86 billion (2007 est.)
Languages:  Arabic (official), English and French widely understood by educated classes
National Holiday:  Revolution Day, 23 July (1952)
Currency (Code):  Egyptian pound (EGP)
Capital:  Cairo
Population:  81,713,517 (July 2008 est.)
Labor Force:  22.1 million (2007 est.)
Exports:  $25.72 billion (2007 est.)
Imports:  $43.43 billion (2007 est.)
Internet Country Code:  .eg
Airports:  88 (2007) /  Paved Runways:  72
Aircraft Departures:  Not Available

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