Egypt , the Arab
Republic of Egypt, Arabic:
Gomhuriat Masr Al-Arabiah)
is a large country located
in north-eastern Africa
with its capital located
in its largest city, Cairo.
Egypt also extends into
Asia by virtue of holding
the Sinai Peninsula. Egypt
is bordered by Israel
to the north-east, by
Jordan and Saudi Arabia
to the east (across the
Red Sea), by Sudan to
the south and by Libya
to the west. The country
is bounded by the Mediterranean
and Red Seas (to the north
and east respectively)
and geographically dominated
both by the River Nile
and its fertile well-watered
valley, and by the Eastern
and Western deserts.
Egypt (together with
its southern neighbour
Sudan) is perhaps best
known as the home of the
ancient Egyptian civilization,
with its temples, hieroglyphs,
mummies, and - visible
above all - its pyramids.
Less well-known is Egypt's
medieval heritage, courtesy
of Coptic Christianity
and Islam - ancient churches,
monasteries and mosques
punctuate the Egyptian
landscape. Egypt stimulates
the imagination of western
tourists like few other
countries and is probably
one of the most popular
tourist destinations world-wide.
Cities