Egypt is an Arab country located in the far north-east of Africa. It has land in Asia, where the Sinai Peninsula is part of its territory. Egypt is bordered by three countries: Palestine, Sudan and Libya. It is also bordered by two Mediterranean plains, which are considered the most important water bodies in the world: the Red Sea and the Mediterranean.
Egypt has long coasts on both sides of the Red Sea. , While the Mediterranean Sea is bordered by the north. Egypt is officially called the Arab Republic of Egypt and its currency is the Egyptian pound. Its main cities are Cairo, which is its capital, Mansoura, Giza, Alexandria and others. The official religion in Egypt is Islam, and the official language is Arabic. The total area of the Arab Republic of Egypt is about 1,002,450 square kilometers and its population exceeds 80 million.
According to the statistics of 2014, the population of the Arab Republic of Egypt is approximately 87 million. This number is limited to the population residing in Egypt. , The number will exceed 95 million people, and based on this information and statistics, Egypt is the largest Arab country in terms of population. The majority of the population in Egypt is concentrated in the Nile Valley. Cairo is the largest city in terms of population in Egypt, with a population of more than 9 million.
The religion that most of Egypt's population embraces is Islam. Egypt is famous for its many cultural and archaeological monuments which are considered to be the most beautiful. The most beautiful and famous of these monuments are the pyramids built by the pharaohs more than 2,000 years ago.
The pyramids of Egypt are characterized by beauty and splendor. The pyramid is located in Giza Governorate on the west bank of the Nile River. Many experts disagreed about the reasons for the construction of this Great Pyramid.
Some of them said that it was built to be a graveyard for Pharaoh Al-Mohammed Egyptian fourth called (Khufu), where Khufu was the second Pharaoh in this family, and some of them saw this view. Egypt is also famous for many other monuments, the most important monuments left by the Romans in Egypt after they ruled for a long time, and is also known for diversity in the terrain and geographical areas, in which the Nile Valley, which is characterized by high fertility, and the Nile Delta, the beautiful.
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