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Map of Egypt
Arab Republic of Egypt
National name: Jumhuriyat Misr al-Arabiyah

President: Hosni Mubarak (1981)

Prime Minister: Ahmed Nazif (2004)

Current government officials

Land area: 384,344 sq mi (995,451 sq km); total area: 386,662 sq mi (1,001,450 sq km)

Population (2007 est.): 80,264,543 (growth rate: 1.7%); birth rate: 22.6/1000; infant mortality rate: 30.1/1000; life expectancy: 71.6; density per sq mi: 209

Capital and largest city (2003 est.): Cairo, 11,146,000 (metro. area), 7,629,866 (city proper)

Other large cities: Alexandria, 3,891,000; Giza, 2,597,600 (part of Cairo metro. area); Shubra el Khema, 1,018,000 (part of Cairo metro. area); El Mahalla el Kubra, 462,300

Monetary unit: Egyptian pound

@*@@*@@*@@*@@*@@*@@*@@*@s: Arabic (official), English and French widely understood by educated classes

Ethnicity/race: Egyptian 98%, Berber, Nubian, Bedouin, and Beja 1%, Greek, Armenian, other European (primarily Italian and French) 1%

Religions: Islam (mostly Sunni) 90%, Coptic 9%, Christian 1%, other 6%

Literacy rate: 71.4% (2005 est.)

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