Egypt By: Octavia Jones

Egypt Map

Countries Natural Resources Oil Gas Bees Papyrus Plant Wax Honey

Economy Egypt's economic spectrum has great diversity, including involvement with agriculture, textiles and some industry.

Independence Day Independence or National Days are the most important day for a country to celebrate as a national holiday. The majority of the countries on earth became independent after 1800 and many more following World War II when European powers granted independence to their colonial holdings, especially Africa. Egypt was declared independent on February 28, 1922 from under the British rule and it acquired full sovereignty following World War II.

GDP & GNP GDP - real growth rate:3.1% (2003 est.) GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $4,000 (2003 est.) GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 17% industry: 33% services: 50% (2003) GNP:92.89 billion dollars GNP per capita:1255 dollars

Currency and inflation Rate is used as the medium of exchange. In this country pound is used for the purpose of commutation. In Arabic it is popularly known as the gunaih and is divided into 100 qirsh or 1000 malleem.

Population of Country and Highest City Population Cairo Pop:15,892,400 Metro Area:7,937,70 Egypt population: 36.6 million

Egypt Labor Force:22.1 Million Unemployment Rate:91% Percentage of Population below poverty line:20%

Agriculture Products Oranges Capsicum Green Beans Artichoke Onions Chilly peppers Strawberries Sweet potatoes Fruits

Industries Egypt at the time of the 1952 revolution was much further advanced industrially than any other Arab country or indeed any country in Africa except South Africa. Under the socialist Nasser administration, the government coordinated industrial expansion and the establishment of an industrial base. As a result, bureaucracy and a dependence on political directives from the government became common to Egyptian industry. Since the early 1990s the government has promoted privatization as a way to eventually increase industrial output

Exports Main Exports: Fruit Vegetable Export Partners: Italy 12.1%, US 11.3%, Spain 8.7%, UK 5.5%, France 5.4%, Syria 5.1%, Saudi Arabia 4.3%, Germany 4.2%

Imports Imports Partners: S 11.7%, China 9.7%, Italy 6.4%, Germany 6.3%, Saudi Arabia 4.7%, Russia 4.3% Main imports Cedar, oil, Timber from Lebanon Copper, Semi-precious stones, Gold, 'from Nubia Ebony, Ivory, Slaves, Exotic animals, fromother parts of tropical Africa Horses, Fruit, Honey, Pots, Copper from countries around the Mediterranean

Ethnic Groups Ethnic Groups The population of the Nile valley and the delta, which are home to the overwhelming majority of Egyptians, forms a fairly homogeneous group whose dominant physical characteristics are the result of the admixture of the indigenous

Ethnic Groups African population with those of Arab ancestry. Within urban areas (the northern delta towns especially), foreign invaders and immigrants—Persians, Romans, Greeks, Crusaders, Turks,

Religions Languages The most widely spoken language in Egypt is Egyptian Arabic (Ma ṣ ri), part of the Arabic languages of the Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family. Descended from the spoken Arabic brought to Egypt during the AD seventh-century Muslim conquest, its development was influenced mainly by the indigenous Copto-Egyptian language of pre-Islamic Egypt and later by other languages such as Turkish. It is the national language of Egypt, spoken by more than 76 million people. It is also one of the most widely spoken and studied varieties of Arabic.

Miscellaneous Facts Egypt is one of the world’s oldest civilizations. Here are a collections of facts and trivia that will help tourists get more from their holiday. The Great Pyramid at Giza is the only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still standing. It was built from 2,500,00 stones each weighing 2 to 7 tons.