- Egypt, officially Arabic Republic of Egypt, country situated in the hinge of Africa and Asia, opened on the Mediterranean Sea to the North and on the Red Sea in the East. Lined on the West by Libya and in the South by Sudan, Egypt extends in the oriental extremity of North Africa and goes on on the Asiatic continent by the Sinai. This geographic situation determines its membership of Near East. Covering a surface of 1 001 440 km2, Egypt, of which the capital is Cairo, is the most populated country of the Arabic world. The half of population are berber
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