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Anthem

Bilady, Bilady, Bilady (Listen in Real Audio Format)

 

Region
MAP OF EGYPT

 

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. There will soon be 27 governorates, as the city of Al Uqsur is becoming a governorate.

 

:: Ad Daqahliyah

:: Aswan

:: Asyut

:: Bani Suwayf

:: El-Beheirah

:: Dumyat

:: Al-Fayyum

:: Al Qalyubiyah

:: Qina

:: Al Sharqiyah

:: Matruh

:: Al-Monufiyah

:: Al-Minya

:: Suhaj

:: Al Qahirah (Cairo)

:: Al-Gharbiyah

:: Al-Iskandariyah (Alexandria)

:: Al-Isma'iliyah

:: Ganub Sina(South Sinai)

:: El Gizah (Giza)

:: Kafr El Shaykh

:: Al-Suways (Suez)

:: El Wadi El-Gedid (New Valley)

:: Bur Sa'id(Port Said)

:: Al Uqsur (Luxor)

:: Al-Bahr Al-Ahmar (Red Sea)

:: Shamal Sina' (North Sinai)

 

National Holidays

  :: Eid al-Fitr 24th ,25th & 26th October 2006
  :: Islamic New Year 31st January 2006
  :: Sinai Liberation 25th April
  :: Labor Day 1st May
  :: Coptic Easter 24th April 2006
  :: Prophets Birthday 10th April 2006
  :: National Day 23rd July
  :: Armed Forces Day 6th October
  :: Eid al-Adha 30,31st December 2006 & 01, 02nd January 2007
  :: Coptic Christmas 7th January

جمهورية مصر العربية
Jumhūriyyat Misr al-Arabiyyah
Arab Republic of Egypt

Capital

Cairo
30°2′N 31°13′E

Largest city

Cairo

Official languages

Arabic

Government

Republic

 .: President

Hosni Mubarak

 .: Prime Minister

Ahmed Nazif

Establishment

 

 .: First Dynasty

c. 3200 BC 

 .: Independence Granted

February 28, 1922 

 .: Republic Declared

June 18, 1953 

Area

 

 .: Total

1,001,450 km² (30th)

 

386,560 sq mi 

 .: Water (%)

0.6

Population

 

 .: 2006 est.

76,000,000 (16th)

 .: 1996 census

59,312,914

 .: Density

77/km² (120th)
199/sq mi 

GDP (PPP)

2004 estimate

 .: Total

$339,200,000,000 (32nd)

 .: Per capita

$4,072 (112th)

HDI (2003)

0.659 (119th) – medium

Currency

Egyptian pound (LE) (EGP)

Time zone

EET (UTC+2)

 .: Summer (DST)

EEST (UTC+3)

Internet TLD

.eg

Calling code

+20
 
 

 

Average Temperatures

M
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Cairo
Min/
Max

Alexandria
Min/
Max

Luxor
Min/
Max

Aswan
Min/
Max

Hurghada
Air/
Water
Average

Sharm
Air/
Water
Average
Jan C
F		 8.6/19.1
47/66		 9.3/18.3
49/65		 5.4/23
42/74		 8/23.8
46/75		 24/18
75/64		 24/18
75/64
Feb C
F		 9.3/21
48/69		 9.7/19.2
49/67		 6.8/25.4
44/78		 9.4/26.1
49/79		 25/18
77/64		 25/18
77/64
March C
F		 11.2/23.7
52/75		 11.3/21
52/70		 10.7/29
51/84		 12.6/30.4
54/86		 26/20
79/68		 26/20
79/68
April C
F		 13.9/28.2
56/83		 14.5/23.6
58/75		 15.7/35
60/95		 17.5/36
63/97		 31/25
88/77		 31/25
88/77
May C
F		 17.4/32.4
63/90		 16.7/26.5
62/80		 20.7/39.3
69/103		 21.1/38.5
71/101		 35/26
95/79		 35/26
95/79
June C
F		 19.9/34.5
68/95		 20.4/28.2
69/83		 22.6/41
72/107		 24.2/42.1
76/108		 37/28
99/82		 37/28
99/82
July C
F		 21.5/35.4
71/96		 22.7/29.6
73/86		 23.6/40.8
74/106		 24.5/42
76/108		 40/28
107/82		 40/28
107/82
Aug C
F		 21.6/34.8
71/95		 22.9/30.4
73/87		 23.5/41
74/107		 24.7/41.3
76/107		 42/29
108/84		 42/29
108/84
Sept C
F		 19.9/23.3
68/89		 21.3/29.4
71/85		 21.5/38.5
71/101		 22.2/39.6
72/103		 38/27
100/81		 38/27
100/81
Oct C
F		 17.8/29.8
64/86		 17.9/27.7
64/82		 17.8/35.1
64/95		 19.3/36.6
66/99		 32/25
90/77		 32/25
90/77
Nov C
F		 12.1/24.1
54/75		 14.8/24.4
59/76		 12.3/29.6
54/85		 14.5/30.2
58/86		 26/23
79/73		 26/23
79/73
Dec C
F		 10.4/20.7
51/69		 11.2/20.4
52/69		 7.7/24.8
45/76		 9.9/20.5
50/69		 26/19
79/66		 26/19
79/66

Avoid the Sun Burn
Wear clothes made from tightly woven fabric and a hat, Stay out of the sun between 11am and 3pm when it is at its strongest.
 

If you’re not sure if it’s safe, do the shadow test to make an on-the-spot UV estimate. Just look at your shadow: if you can’t se it at all, dangerous UV rays are reaching you. If your shadow is shorter than you are, you’re in high-UV territory. If it extends way out beyond you, you’re somewhat safer from UVB rays, UVA rays remain in effect all day, everyday.


Make sure that you buy a sunscreen which offers "broad spectrum" protection to ward off both UVA and UVB rays.
Dermatologists recommend at least SPF15. Don’t be fooled by SPF30. It does not give you double the protection of SPF15: it gives you 3% more.
Check out last year’s sun screen dregs as a sun screen’s properties can change with time, especially in extreme heat.
Wear protective sunglasses as UV rays can cause cataracts.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distances Between Destinations

Distance (km) Alexandria Aswan Cairo Hurghada Matrouh Luxor Port Said Sharm Elsheikh
Alexandria   1133 216 761 323 662 273 716
Aswan 1133   926 500 1435 229 1146 1429
Cairo 216 926   548 524 708 220 503
Hurghada 761 500 548   1072 282 581 781
Matrouh 323 1435 524 1072   1217 596 1227
Luxor 662 229 708 282 1217   928 1211
Port Said 273 1146 220 581 596 928   536
Sharm Elsheikh 716 1429 503 781 1227 1211 536  
 

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