africa • EGY
Egypt
Location marker · geographic overview
27° N / 30° ETHE WORLD, ONE COUNTRY AT A TIME
- Capital
- Cairo
- Population
- 116,538,258 2024
- Area
- 1,002,450 km² (year unavailable)
- Languages source-listed
- Arabic
- Currency
- Egyptian pound (EGP)
- Geography
- Coastal country
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Sources & limitations.
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FROM THE TRAVEL GUIDE · Egypt
Egypt (Arabic: مصر màSr) is known for its world-famous pyramids, mummies, temples, art, churches, mosques, bustling cities, friendly people, and hieroglyphics, Egypt is considered a cradle of civilisation and has one of the longest histories of any country in the world. Egypt may perhaps have the oldest tourist industry in the world; Egypt has been visited by millions of people since ancient times.
Food & everyday culture
Koshari is a famous dish, which is usually a mixture of macaroni, lentils, rice and chickpeas, topped with tomato sauce and fried onions. Very popular amongst the locals and a must try for tourists. The gratinated variation is called Tâgen.Read the eat section ↗
Excerpts from Wikivoyage contributors, revision 2026-09-26. CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected excerpts; wiki formatting removed; omissions marked […]. Guide wording and any figures belong to this dated source; they do not replace the atlas statistics above. Food descriptions are not official national-dish designations.
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- National flower
- Not yet verified
- Official national dish
- Not yet verified
- Representative food
- Not yet verified
- Subregion
- Northern Africa
- Calling code
- +20
- Internet domain
- .eg, .مصر
- Land border codes
- ISR, LBY, PSE, SDN
Quick facts
- Traffic keeps to the right side of the road. Source ↗
- The country-code web domain is .eg or .مصر. Source ↗
- The source lists sunday as the start of the week. Source ↗
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Source-matched September 26, 2026; not live data. Sources & limitations.