Capital (and largest city) Cairo

Official languages Arabic

Government Semi-presidential republic
- President Hosni Mubarak
- Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif
Establishment
- First Dynasty c.3150 BCE
- Independence from United Kingdom February 28, 1922
- Republic declared June 18, 1953

Area - Total 980,869 km² (30th)378,715 sq mi 386,660 Including Hala'ib Triangle sq mi
Water (%) 0.632

Population
- 2007 estimate 80,335,036 (est.)[1]
- 1996 census 59,312,914
- Density 74/km² (120th) 192/sq mi

GDP (PPP) 2006 estimate
- Total $329.791 billion (29th)
- Per capita $4,836 (110th)

Currency Egyptian pound (EGP)