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| Arab Republic of Egypt
جمهورية مصر العربية
Ǧumhūriyyat Maṣr al-ʿArabiyyah |
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Capital
(and largest city) |
Cairo
 30°2′N 31°13′E |
| Official language(s) |
Arabic[a] |
| Ethnic groups |
99% Egyptians
0.9% Nubians
0.1% Greeks |
| Demonym |
Egyptian |
| Government |
Military junta |
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Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces |
Mohamed Hussein Tantawi[b] |
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Prime Minister |
Essam Sharaf |
| Establishment |
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Unified state[1][2] |
c. 3100 BC |
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Independence from the United Kingdom |
28 February 1922 |
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Republican regime |
18 June 1953 |
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Provisional Constitution[3] |
30 March 2011 |
| Area |
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Total |
1,002,450 km2 (30th)
387,048 sq mi |
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Water (%) |
0.632 |
| Population |
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2011 estimate |
81,015,887[4] (16th) |
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2006 census |
76,699,427 (total)[5]
incl. 3,901,396 abroad |
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Density |
Real density:[c]
2,755.2/km2 (38th)
7,136/sq mi
Arithmetic density:
76.3/km2 (126th)
197.5/sq mi |
| GDP (PPP) |
2011 estimate |
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Total |
$508.265 billion[6] |
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Per capita |
$6,361[6] |
| GDP (nominal) |
2011 estimate |
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Total |
$231.111 billion[6] |
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Per capita |
$2,892[6] |
| Gini (1999–00) |
34.5 (medium) |
| HDI (2010) |
 0.620[7] (medium) (101st) |
| Currency |
Egyptian pound (EGP) |
| Time zone |
EET (UTC+2 (No DST Since 2011)) |
| Drives on the |
right |
| ISO 3166 code |
EG |
| Internet TLD |
.eg, مصر. |
| Calling code |
+20 |
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