Egypt

By: Megan Slojewski

All About Egypt

. The capital city of Egypt is Cairo.

. The land area of Egypt is 1,010,000 square kilometres.

. The average population in Egypt is 76 million.

. In Egypt the most commonly used languages are Standard Arabic, Egyptian Arabic, English and French.

. The main parts of the economy in Egypt are agriculture, media, petroleum exports, and tourism.

MAP OF EGYPT

Culture

• Egypt was among the earliest civilizations. Its culture has been influenced on Europe, the Middle East and the other African countries. Egypt is famous for its many festivals and religious carnivals, they are celebrated by all Egyptians irrespective of creed or religion.

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Major Industries

• The major industries in Egypt are, textiles, food processing, tourism, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, hydrocarbons, construction, cement, metals, light manufactures.

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Imports/Exports

• Imports • Machinery and

equipment, food, chemicals, wood products and fuel

• All the imported products for egypt add up to 56.43 billion dollers

• Exports • Crude oil and

petroleam products, cotton, textiles, metal products, and chemicals.

• All the exported products from egypt make a profit of 33.36 billion dollars.

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History

• Egyptian history is broken up into 5 different sections. • The Prehistory – Prehistory dates back to before the pharaohs and

writing. Around 3000BC was when the first dynasty of Egypt began to rule.

• The Dynastic – The Dynastic was when dynasties started ruling Egypt with Pharaohs and Kings and consists of 9 different periods.

• The Greco Roman Period – The Greco Roman Period is when Egypt was ruled by Greek Kings and Roman Emperors.

• The Archaic Islamic Period - The Islamic Period took place after the invasion by the Arabs.

• The Colonial Period – The colonial period was when Egypt was ruled by different parts of Europe in the 1790's the French Occupation took place. Followed by the British Occupation which occurred in 1882. touregypt.net

Current Events in Egypt

• New ancient Egyptian temples found in Sinai. The temples are believed to be 3000 years old remains of an ancient city.

• Savola seeks to double Egypt edible oil exports by 2009.

• An unusual pattern of the avian flu has broken out in Egypt, with toddlers and young children as the prime victims.

Google news (egypt)

Summary

• Overall with Egypt’s exploding population, and exotic festivals. Their culture and customs are one of the earliest known parts of civilization. I have enjoyed consuming information about this interesting country and hope to visit there.

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