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Area: 1,001,450 sq. km. (386,000 sq. mi.); approximately equal to Texas and New Mexico combined.Cities: Capital--Cairo (pop. estimated at 16 million). Other cities--Alexandria (6 million), Aswan, Asyut, Port Said, Suez, Ismailia. Terrain: Desert, except Nile valley and delta. Climate: Dry, hot summers; moderate winters.

Nationality: Noun and adjective--Egyptian(s). Population (July 2006 est.): 78,887,007. Annual growth rate (2006 est.): 1.75%. Ethnic groups: Egyptian, Bedouin Arab, Nubian. Religions: Muslim 94%, Coptic Christian and other 6%. Languages: Arabic (official), English, French.Education: Years compulsory--ages 6-15. Literacy--total adult: 58%. Health: Infant mortality rate (2006 est.)--31.33 deaths/1,000 live births. Life expectancy (2006 est.): 71 years.

GovernmentType: Republic.

Independence: 1922. Constitution: 1971. Branches: Executive--president, prime minister, cabinet.Legislative--People's Assembly (444 elected and 10 presidentially appointed members) and Shura (consultative) Council (176 elected members, 88 presidentially appointed). Judicial--Supreme Constitutional Court. Administrative subdivisions: 26 governorates. Principal political parties: National Democratic Party (ruling). Principal opposition parties--New Wafd Party, Liberal Party, National Progressive Unionist Grouping (Tagammau), and Nasserite Party. Suffrage: Universal at 18.

Egypt is the most populous country in the Arab world and the second-most populous on the African Continent. Nearly all of the country's 79 million people live in Cairo and Alexandria.

Approximately one-third of Egyptian labor is engaged directly in farming, and many others work in the processing or trading of agricultural products.

Egypt's natural resources include agricultural capacity of the Nile Valley and Delta, petroleum, natural gas, phosphates, and iron ore.

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