Capital: Cairo

Continent: Africa

Location: Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Libya and the Gaza Strip, and the Red Sea north of Sudan, and includes the Asian Sinai Peninsula

Climate: desert; hot, dry summers with moderate winters

Population: 78,887,007 (July 2006 est.)

Languages: Arabic (official), English and French widely understood by educated classes

Religions: Muslim (mostly Sunni) 90%, Coptic 9%, other Christian 1%

Currency: Egyptian pound