Discover Egypt & Sinait

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Egypt has a total area of 1Mio square kilometers. The most egyptians live at the  Nile, which is the longest river over the world with a length of 6671 km. 95 % of Egypt are deserts. The other 5% are countryside beside the Nile. 

The biggest part of the 65 Mio egyptians live in the rank Nile region. Their national language is egyptian-arabian (armeya).

The national flag is red-white-black with a golden eagle.

The most rank area of Egypt is besides the Nile. Every qm ground is used agriculturally: cotton, millet, rice, vegetables, fruits, sugar cane, wheat

 

The coasts of Mediterranean, Red Sea, Gulf of Suez and Gulf of Aqaba are 2450 km long.

 

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The crop growing goes by traditional methods. The countrymen (they are 80% of the hole population) prepare their fields with wooden waterwheels, which were already used in pharaonic times. 

The main city of Egypt is Cairo. Approximately 7 Mio people live in Cairo and the small villages around it. (nobody knows the exact number)

 

 

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Since 1981  Mohamed Hosni Mubarak is the head of state .

Local time is the middle european time with additionally one hour. Summer time is from May to October. Because of the different time changes, the time is for four weeks the same as in Europe. This happens two times a year. Local currency: Egypt pound

If people only travel to Egypt to visit all big cities and see the 97 pyramids, they will miss some main things, which Egypt is famous for:

The beautiful beaches, the fantastic dive spots, the impression rocks and deserts. Camel or jeep tours through the desert or to oasis are really wonderful.

 

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