Egypt

The Arab Republic of Egypt (in Arab: it is a country of Africa, placed in his extreme north-east, and includes the peninsula of the Sinai (that belongs to the Asian continent). Most of his surface it integrates the desert of the Sahara, only lived around the oases. His capital is Cairo.

It is one of the most populous countries of Africa. One agrees most of the population in the banks of the river Nile and in the delta where there are the zones of fertile land. Almost the half of the Egyptians they live in urban areas, especially in the centers densely filled with Cairo and Alexandria.

Egypt is famous for his ancient civilization and his monuments, as the pyramids and the great sphinx; Luxor's southern city contains a great number of ancient, such remains as Karnak's temple and the Valley of the Kings. Today Egypt is a political and cultural important center of the Near East.