| Facts About Egypt |
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| • | Location-
Northern Africa, |
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| bordering the
Mediterranean |
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| Sea, between
Libya and the |
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| Gaza Strip |
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| • | Capital City-
Cairo |
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| • | Government-
Republic |
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| • | Independence
Day- |
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| February 28,
1922 |
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| • | Official
Language- Arabic |
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| • | Religion- 94%
Muslim |
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6% Christian |
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| • | Population-
70,712,345 |
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| • | Climate-
desert; hot, dry |
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| summers with
moderate |
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| winters |
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| • | Literacy- |
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| Total Population- 51.4% |
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| Male- 63.4% |
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| Female- 38.8% |
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| people over
the age of 15 |
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| that can read
and write.) |
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