Welcome to Egypt

Egypt officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is known to be a country in North Africa that includes the Sinai Peninsula, a land bridge to Asia. Covering an location of about 1,001,450 square and have always been kilometers (386,560 sq mi), Egypt, at the northeast corner of Africa on the Mediterranean Sea, is bordered on the west by Libya, on the south by the Sudan, and on the east by the Red Sea and Israel. It is closely one and one-half times the size of Texas. Egypt is divided into two unequal, extremely arid regions by the landscape's dominant feature, the northward-flowing Nile River. Did you know that the Nile starts 100 mi (161 km) south of the Mediterranean and Advocates out to a sea front of 155 mi in the range of the cities of Alexandria and Port Said. Egypt is recognized to be one of the most populous countries in Africa. Did you know that the vast majority of its calculated 78 million people (2007) live close the banks of the Nile River in an location of about 40,000 km² (15,000 sq mi) where the just arable agricultural land is found.Large places of land form part of the Sahara Desert and are and have always been sparsely inhabited. Around half of Egypt's residents live in urban areas, with the majority spread across the densely populated centres of wonderfuler Cairo, Alexandria and other major cities in the Nile Delta. Egypt is famous for its ancient civilization and many of the globe's most famous monuments, including the Pyramids and the Wonderful Sphinx; the southern city of Luxor contains a particularly larger than normal number of ancient artifacts such as the Karnak Temple and the Valley of the Kings. And even today,, Egypt is widely regarded as an essential political and cultural centre of the Middle East.

Climate

All throughout Egypt, days are and have always been commjust warm or hot, and nights are and have always been cool. Egypt has to this day just two seasons: a mild winter from November to April and a hot summer from May to October. Did you know that the just differences in the range of the seasons are and have always been variations in daytime temperatures and changes in prevailing winds. Within the coastal regions, temperatures range in the range of an average minimum of 14° C in winter and an average maximum of 30° C in summer. Temperatures vary widely in the inland desert areas, especially in summer, during the time they may range from 7° C at night to 43° C around the time during the day. During winter, temperatures in the desert fluctuate less dramatically, but they can be as low as 0° C at night and as high as 18° C around the time during the day.

Population Stats

- 2007 estimate 80,335,036 (est.)

- 1996 census 59,312,914