EGYPT

Government
Republic

POPULATION AND MAJOR CITIES

• Population is 83,386,739
• Major cities
• Cairo
• Giza
• Alexandria

ETHNICITIES

• Egyptian 99.6%
• Other .4%

NATURAL RESOURCES

• Oil
• Petroleum
• Natural gas
• Phosphates
• Gold and iron ore

INDUSTRIES

• Textiles-woven fabric
• Food processing- process food and beverages
• Tourism- pyramids
• Chemicals- make chemicals
• Pharmaceuticals- medicines

PHYSICAL FEATURES

• Egypt covers 1,001,449 square kilometers of land
• Nile valley and delta
• Western desert
• Eastern desert
• Sinai Peninsula

AGRICULTURE AND CLIMATE

• Climate is desert climate
• Agriculture
• Cotton, rice, corn, wheat,
• Beans, fruit, vegetables, cattle,
• Water buffalo, sheep, and goats

WARS

• The six day war
• Also known as the June war there was fighting between israel and arab states
• During The Fight The Former Leader of Egypt Was criticized.
• He was forced to be in the war
• Jordan, Syria, and Egypt were defeated by Israel

HISTORICAL EVENT

• The current learder of Egypt is Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
• Cleopatra was the ruler of Egypt until 30BC.
• When Cleopatra died egypt became a Roman province until 395ad

NEWS AND EDUCATION

• In Egypt age 15 and over can read and write
• Sisi removed the former elected leader of Egypt Mohammed Morsi