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  Egypt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Arab Republic of Egypt, commonly known as Egypt, (in Arabic: مصر, romanized Misr, or Masr in Egyptian dialect), kemet in Ancient Egyptian, is a republic predominantly in north-eastern Africa, together with the Sinai in southwest Asia.
Egypt is the second most populous country in Africa, and the vast majority of its 77 million population (2005) lives less than a kilometer away from the banks of the River Nile (about 40,000 km²), where the only arable agricultural land is found.
Egypt borders on Libya on the west, on Sudan on the south and on Israel on the northeast.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Egypt   (2140 words)

  
 Egypt   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Egypt (Arabic: مصر;, romanized Mişr or Maşr, in Egyptian dialect) is the most populous nation of northeastern Africa.
Egypt was the first Arab country to establish peace with Israel after the signing of the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty (main point of the Camp David Accords).
Egypt's important role in geopolitics stems from its strategic position: as a land bridge between Africa and Asia, and as a passage between the Mediterranian Sea and the Indian Ocean through the Suez Canal.
www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/e/eg/egypt.html   (1000 words)

  
 demographics of egypt   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Egypt is the most populous country in the Arab world and the second-most populous on the African Continent.
Egypt's vast and rich literature constitutes an important cultural element in the life of the country and in the Arab world as a whole.
Egypt has endured as a unified state for more than 5,000 years, and archeological evidence indicates that a developed Egyptian society has existed for much longer.
www.yourencyclopedia.net /demographics_of_egypt.html   (691 words)

  
 Egypt - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The Arab Republic of Egypt, commonly known as Egypt, (Arabic: مصر;, romanized Mişr or Maşr, in Egyptian dialect) is the most populous nation of northeastern Africa.
Egypt is on good terms with most of its neighbours, and was the first Arab nation to make peace with Israel.
Egypt also has a strong Christian heritage as evidenced by the existence of the Coptic Orthodox Church headed by the Patriarch of Alexandria, which claims a following of 50 million Christians worldwide (one of the famous Coptic Orthodox Churches is Saint Takla Haimanot Church in Alexandria http://www.St-Takla.org).
open-encyclopedia.com /EG   (1164 words)

  
 Read about Egypt at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Egypt and learn about Egypt here!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Arabic and official name for Egypt, is of Semitic origin, and possibly means 'a country' or 'a state'.
It was the Muslim Arabs who introduced Islam and the Arabic language in the Seventh Century changing Egypt into a linguistically "Arab" nation once and for all.
Egypt was the first Arab state to establish peace with the State of Israel after the signing of the
encyclopedia.worldvillage.com /s/b/Egypt   (1376 words)

  
 Demographics of Egypt   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Small communities spread throughout the desert regions of Egypt are clustered aroundoases and historic trade and transportation routes.
Egypt's vast and rich literature constitutes an important cultural elementin the life of the country and in the Arab world as a whole.
Egypt has endured as a unified state for more than 5,000 years, and archeological evidence indicates that a developed Egyptiansociety has existed for much longer.
www.therfcc.org /demographics-of-egypt-43050.html   (620 words)

  
 Egypt   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The name Egypt came via the Latin word Aegyptus derived from the ancient Greek word Αίγυπτος "aiguptos", which in turn is derived from the ancient Egyptian phrase ḥwt-k3-ptḥ ("Hut ka Ptah"), the name of a temple of the god Ptah at Memphis.
Egypt operates under a multi-party semi-presidential system where the executive power is divided between the President and the Prime Minister.
Egypt also has a strong Christian heritage as evidenced by the existence of the Coptic Orthodox Church headed by the Patriarch of Alexandria, which has a following of approx.
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/E/Egypt.htm   (1992 words)

  
 Demographics of Egypt   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Small communities spread throughout the desert regions of Egypt are clustered around and historic trade and transportation routes.
Egypt's vast and rich literature constitutes an important cultural element in life of the country and in the world as a whole.
Egypt has endured as a unified state more than 5 000 years and archeological indicates that a developed Egyptian society has for much longer.
www.freeglossary.com /Demographics_of_Egypt   (1034 words)

  
 Demographics of Egypt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nearly 100% of the country's 78 million people live in three regions of the country:Cairo and Alexandria and elsewhere on the banks of the Nile; in the Nile delta, which fans out north of Cairo; and along the Suez Canal.
Many theories has been proposed on the origins of the Egyptians; however, none are conclusive, and the most widely accepted theory is that Egyptian society was the result of a mix of East African and Asiatic people who moved to the Nile Valley after the Ice Age.
The Arabic word for Egypt is Misr, which originally connoted "civilization" or "metropolis".
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Demographics_of_Egypt   (741 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Demographics of Egypt   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The Nile in Egypt Length 6 695 km Elevation of the source 1 134 m Average discharge 2 830 m³/s Area watershed 3 400 000 km² Origin Africa Mouth the Mediterranean Basin countries Uganda - Sudan - Egypt The Nile (Arabic: النيل; an-nīl), in Africa, is one of the two...
Al-Azhar Islamic university in Cairo Egypt Al-Azhar University, or Al-Azhar Al-Shareef (الأزهر الشريف; literally, The Noble Al-Azhar), is connected to the mosque in Cairo named to honor Fatima Az-Zahraa, the daughter of Muhammad, from whom the Fatimid Dynasty claimed descent.
A map showing countries commonly considered to be part of the Middle East The Middle East is a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Demographics-of-Egypt   (1633 words)

  
 The International Encyclopedia of Sexuality: Egypt   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Egypt’s estimated population in 1999 was 66 million, with 36.1 percent of the population under age 15 years, 60 percent between ages 15 and 65, and 3.7 over age 65.
Egypt was part of the Byzantine Empire from the third to the seventh centuries of the Common Era, when it was conquered by Arab invaders who introduced the Muslim religion and Arabic language.
Egypt’s medical surveillance of blood units is, therefore, a good indicator of the prevalence of HIV in the adult population.
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 Demographics of Egypt -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Small communities spread throughout the (An arid region with little or no vegetation) desert regions of Egypt are clustered around oases and historic trade and transportation routes.
Ethnic minorities include a small number of (A member of a nomadic tribe of Arabs) Bedouin Arab nomads in the Sinai and eastern and western deserts, as well as some (A native or inhabitant of Nubia) Nubians clustered along the Nile in Upper (southern) Egypt who are estimated for about 0.8% of the population.
Egypt's vast and rich (Creative writing of recognized artistic value) literature constitutes an important cultural element in the life of the country and in the Arab world as a whole.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/D/De/Demographics_of_Egypt.htm   (764 words)

  
 Demographics Of Egypt - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Egypt 1995: results from the Demographic and Health Survey.
Egypt 1992: results from the demographic and health survey.
State policies and the birth rate in Egypt: from socialism to liberalism.
encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /demographics_of_egypt.htm   (193 words)

  
 Egypt - Gurupedia
Egypt (Arabic: رمص;, romanized Mişr or Maşr, in Egyptian dialect) is an islamic country and the most populous nation of northeastern Africa.
Egypt was the first Arab country to establish peace with Israel after the signing of the
Egypt also has a strong Christian heritage as evidenced by the existence of the Coptic Orthodox Church headed by the Patriarch of Alexandria, which claims a following of 50 million Coptic Orthodox Christians worldwide.
www.gurupedia.com /e/eg/egypt.htm   (906 words)

  
 The Daily Star - Politics - Egypt's economic fertility need only be harvested   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Egypt had two million people when Napoleon Bonaparte invaded the country in 1798; it grew to 20 million in 1950 and reached 75 million in 2004.
The pessimists would mention how many babies are born in Egypt every day, and, in self-pity, start calculating the number of new mouths to be fed, the new kids who need school places, the new patients who need hospital beds, and the impact of this growth on the supply of housing, electricity and water supply.
Egypt should work with other Arab governments and the private sector to establish a joint Arab Investment Office and strive to divert at least 10 percent of total Arab direct and portfolio investments abroad into promising sectors in Egypt.
www.dailystar.com.lb /article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=19128   (1552 words)

  
 Learn more about Egypt in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Egypt (Arabic: مصر; Misr) is a large nation of northeastern Africa.
Large areas of land are part of the Sahara Desert and very sparsely inhabited.
The government has struggled to ready the economy for the new millennium through economic reform and massive investment in communications and physical infrastructure.
www.onlineencyclopedia.org /e/eg/egypt.html   (548 words)

  
 Demographics Of Egypt   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Blaming the PA terrorist authority, as Israel is trying to do, is like blaming Egypt and Syria for Israel's lack of...
Weapons are pouring in through Egypt because Israel has lost control of the...
The contretemps is rooted in demographics, the underlying force driving Israel's...
demographics-of-egypt.wikiverse.org   (771 words)

  
 William E. Gordon
Seeing the field of demographics as an attempt to define the demography of an area, we can simplify the study of demographics into three separate, but not necessarily, mutually exclusive, groupings of: size and density; distribution and vital statistics.
The third and final area of demographic inquiry is the vital statistics of the population of Berenike.
This does not mean that the residents had no other identity than that of the Graeco-Roman nor does it mean that this cultural identity cannot by defined.
www.archbase.com /berenike/UCstudentLA4.html   (3527 words)

  
 Mrs. Mubarak advocates principles of right, freedom; demographics addresses
It also has a negative impact on the nation's demographic distribution map, as the majority of people are concentrated in a limited geographical area, he added.
During the past 20 years, Taj Eddin said, Egypt has witnessed a population increase, that is equivalent to the increase in the population of five European countries and nine Arab states.
At present, young people constitute the wide base of Egypt's population, he said, adding that the population increase was the outcome of many cultural values that need to be addressed.
www.arabicnews.com /ansub/Daily/Day/020907/2002090737.html   (708 words)

  
 Egypt: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Egypt
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The Arab Republic of Egypt (Arabic: Jumhuriyat Misr al-Arabiyah, جمهوريّة مصر العربيّة, where Misr (مصر) is the word for Egypt) is a large nation of northeastern Africa.
Israel invaded Egypt on October 29, 1956, occupied the Sinai and then withdrew on January 22, 1957.
www.encyclopedian.com /eg/Egypt.html   (157 words)

  
 Demographics Of Egypt Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
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 Ancient [and Modern] Egypt - History, Present-Day, Islam, etc   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Many people like to portray the land south of Sunt (Aswan) as a distinctive area that was not a part of ancient Egypt.
Nubia is a name that was given to Egypt's southern frontier, by the Arabs, after the 7th century CE.
Egypt as a colony of eastern caliphates; as an autonomous state - Resisting the Arab Rule - The Fatimid Locusts Destroy Egypt - Ayyubids - Mamluks - Ottomans - Arab Republic of Egypt.
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 Egypt - Biocrawler definition:Egypt - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The Arab Republic of Egypt, commonly known as Egypt, (in Arabic: مصر;, romanized Miṣr or Maṣr, in Egyptian dialect) is a republic mostly located in North-Eastern Africa.
Does not border the Mediterranean, but is technically Mediterranean in its climate, fauna and flora.
You can find it there under the keyword Egypt (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt)The list of previous authors is available here: version history (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Egyptandaction=history).
www.biocrawler.com /biowiki/Egypt   (2117 words)

  
 Egypt General information | AME Info Country Guide
Egypt is bordered to the north by the Mediterranean, to the south by Sudan, to the west by Libya, and to the east by the Red Sea and Israel.
Coverage is limited to Cairo, Alexandria and along the north coast line of the Red Sea from Suez to Sharm el-Sheikh and the major towns along the Nile.
Whilst changes are periodically made to the information herein AME Info FZ LLC or Columbus Publishing Limited does not warrant that information currently accessible is either up-to-date or accurate.
www.ameinfo.com /egypt_demographics   (752 words)

  
 Egypt: Modern Culture and Lifestyle | eThemes | eMINTS
This is the homepage of Egypt's government TV broadcast service.
Includes information on their president, pictures of presidential palaces, and a profile on Egypt as a country.
This site will help students learn about Egypt, including the history of it and what it is like in modern times.
www.emints.org /ethemes/resources/S00000197.shtml   (451 words)

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