Egypt is a country located in north-eastern Africa and its capital is the big city of Cairo. The country is bordered by Jordan and Saudi Arabia (to the east across the Red Sea), Sudan (to the south), Libya (to the west) and Israel and the Gaza Strip (to the north-east). The country is delimited by the Mediterranean and Red Seas (to the north and east correspondingly) and geographically dominated both by the Nile River and its fertile valley, and by the Eastern and Western deserts.
Egypt is world known as the home of the ancient civilization, with its pyramids, temples, hieroglyphs and mummies. But Egypt has also an important medieval heritage, left by the Coptic Christianity and Islam - ancient churches, monasteries and mosques scatter the Egyptian landscape.
REASONS TO GO
The dazzling Great Pyramids.
A cruise in the Nile.
The cosmopolitan and idiosyncratic city of Cairo.
GOOD TO KNOW
Capital: Cairo
Currency: Egyptian pound (EGP) (LE / £E)
Area: 1.001.449 sq km
Population: 80 million
Language: Arabic
Calling Code: +20
Time Zone: UTC +2
PUBLIC HOLIDAYS
7th January: Coptic Christmas Day
25th April: Sinai Liberation Day
1st May: Labour Day
23rd July: Revolution Day
6th October: Armed Forces Day
OTHER HOLIDAYS
Eid al-Fitr: marks the end of Ramadan
Eid al-Adha: Feast of Sacrifice (around 70 days after the end of Ramadan)
Ras El Sana Hijriya: Islamic New Year
Mawlid al-Nabi: Birthday of the Prophet Mohammed
INFO
http://www.egypt.travel
