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EGYPT
Arab Republic of Egypt GEOGRAPHY:
- Location:-------------- Northern Africa
- Area:
Total Area:--- 1,001,450 sq. km
Land Area:--- 995,450 sq. km - Capital
City:------------- Cairo
- Natural Resources:--------- Petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, phosphates,
maganese, limestone, gypsum, talc, asbestos, lead, zinc
PEOPLE:
- Population:--------------
66,050,004
- Literacy Rate:----------- 51.4% of total population, (Males: 63.6%, Females:38.8%)
- Languages:---------------- Arabic (official), English and French (widely understood by educated
classes)
- Religions:---------------- 94% Muslim (mostly Sunni), 6%- Coptic Christian and other
(official estimates)
VITAL STATISTICS: - Birth Rate:--------------- 27.82 (per 1,000
population)(1997)
- Death Rate:--------------- 8.56 (per 1,000 population)
- Infant Mortality Rate:----------- 71 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
- Fertility Rate:--------------
3.5 (per woman)
- Life Expectancy at Birth:
Total population:--- 61.75 (Males:59.8,
Female:63.8)
GOVERNMENT:
- Type of Government:------------- Republic
- Independence:------------- February 28, 1922 (from UK)
- President:--------------- Mohammed
Hosni Mubarak
- Prime Minister:----------- Kamal Ganzouri
ECONOMY:
- GDP:--------------- purchasing power parity - $183.9 billion (1996)
GDP real growth rate:-- 4.9%
GDP per capita:-- $2,900
- Inflation Rate (consumer prices):---------------
7.3% (1996)
- National Budget:
Revenues:--- $17.4 billion
Expenditures:--- $18.8 billion - External Debt:------------- $31 billion
- Currency:---------------- 1 Egyptian pound = 100 piasters
- Labor Force:--------------
17.4 million (1996)
- Unemployment Rate:-------------- 9.4% (1995-96 official estimate)
- Agriculture:--------------- Cotton, rice, corn, wheat, beans, fruits, vegetables; cattle, water buffalo, sheep, goats;
fish (annual catch about 14,000 metric tons)
- Industries:------------- Textiles, food processing,
tourism, chemicals, petroleum, construction, cement, metals.
- Exports:--------------- $4.6 billion
Commodities:--- Crude oil and petroleum products, cotton yarn, raw cotton, textiles, metal products, chemicals
- Imports:--------------- $13.8 billion
Commodities:--- Machinery and equipment,
foods, fertilizers, wood products, durable consumer goods, capital goods
DEFENCE:
- Defence
Expenditures:------------ exchange rate conversion - $3.28 billion, 8.2% of GDP
Geography:Egypt
is located at the northeast corner of Africa on the Mediterranean Sea. The Suez Canal between the Arabian Desert and the Sinai
Penisula was opened Nov. 17 1869
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