Egypt, a country linking northeast Africa with the Middle East, dates to the time of the pharaohs. Millennia-old monuments sit along the fertile Nile River Valley, including Giza's colossal Pyramids and Great Sphinx as well as Luxor's...
Capital: Cairo
Currency: Egyptian Pound
Official language: Arabic
President: Abdel Fattah El-Sisi
Prime minister: Mostafa Madbouly
Gross domestic product: 476.7 billion USD (2022)
Population: 111 million (2022)
Source: World Bank
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