Soccer is the most popular sport in Egypt with two of their top teams,

Al Ahly SC and Zamalek SC

Cairo is the largest city in Africa and the Middle East with 22 million people and 500 sq. km.

The ancient Egyptians invented the 365 day calendar!

The climate is dry and hot, with a mild winter, hot, dry summer season, and there are extreme hot wind and sandstorms, called “khamsin”!

Facts about

EGYPT!

As-salaam 'alykum!

(Peace be upon you)

Arabic is Egypt's official language. There are several vernacular dialects.

Cairo

96% of Egypt's land is desert

While farmland is only about 3% of the country, it is very fertile. Agriculture is important, contributing 1/8 of the GDP and 1/4 of the labor force.

Tutankhamun or King Tut, was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh from 1332 – 1323 BC and was discovered in the Valley of the Kings in 1922.

The Great Sphinx of Giza is a huge limestone statue built around 2575–c. 2465 BCE and is one of Egypt’s most famous landmarks.

The Nile River is the longest in the world. It flows north from Lake Victoria in Uganda all the way to the Mediterranean Sea from Egypt.

Population:

102.3 million

GDP:

363.2 billion USD

90% Muslim, 9% Coptic Christian, 1% other

EGYPT

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