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Egypt, romanized Misr, in Egyptian Arabic Mلṣr, officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a Middle Eastern country in North Africa. While the country is geographically situated in Africa, the Sinai Peninsula, east of the Suez Canal, is a land bridge to Asia.
Covering an area of about 1,001,450 square kilometres (386,560 mi˛), Egypt borders Libya to the west, Sudan to the south, and Israel and the Gaza Strip to the northeast; on the north and the east are the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea, respectively.
Egypt is the fifteenth most populous country in the world. The vast majority of its 78.8 million population (2006) live near the banks of the Nile River (about 40,000 km˛ or 15,450 mi˛), where the only arable agricultural land is found. Large areas of land are part of the Sahara Desert and are sparsely inhabited. About half of the Egyptian people today are urban, living in the densely populated centers of greater Cairo, the largest city in Africa, and Alexandria.
Egypt is famous for its ancient civilization and some of the world's most ancient and important monuments, including the Giza Pyramids, the Karnak Temple, the Valley of the Kings and the Great Sphinx of Giza; the southern city of Luxor contains a particularly large number of ancient artifacts. Today, Egypt is widely regarded as the main political and cultural centre of the Arab and Middle Eastern regions.
Governorates
Egypt is divided into 26 governorates (Muhafazat; singular – Muhafazah) and the city of Al Uqsur (Luxor), which is classified as a city rather than a governorate.
MAP OF EGYPT:
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· Aswan
· Asyut
· Al-Bahr Al-Ahmar (Red Sea)
· Bani Suwayf
· El-Beheirah
· Bur Sa'id (Port Said)
· Ad-Daqahliyah
· Dumyat
· Al-Fayyum
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· Al-Gharbiyah
· Al-Iskandariyah (Alexandria)
· Al-Isma'iliyah
· Ganub Sina (South Sinai)
· El Gizah (Giza)
· Kafr El Shaykh
· Matruh
· Al-Monufiyah
· Al-Minya
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· Al Qahirah (Cairo)
· Al Qalyubiyah
· Qina
· Shamal Sina' (North Sinai)
· Al Sharqiyah
· Suhaj
· Al-Suways (Suez)
· El Wadi El-Gedid (New Valley)
· Al Uqsur (Luxor)
· (Al Sharki-ya))
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