Égypte

Administrative division into regions

Governorate (27): Alexandria, Aswan, Asyut, Beni Sueif, Bouheira, Gharbia, Giza, Dakahlia, Doumyat, Ismailia, Cairo, Qalyubiya, Kafr al-Sheikh, Qena, Red Sea, Luxor, Matrouh, Minoufiya, New Valley, Port Said, North Sinai, Sohag, Suez, Sharqiya, Al-Minya, El Fayoum, South Sinai.

Features of the country

The modern territory of the country was partially or completely occupied by the states of: Upper Egypt (Kingdom of Hierakonpolis), the Nekhen Confederacy, the Nubta Confederacy, the Tinian Confederacy, Lower Egypt, Ancient Egypt, Assyria, the Macedonian Kingdom, Kush (Meroitic Kingdom), the Achaemenid Empire, the Nabataean Kingdom, Roman Empire, Sassanid State, Byzantine Empire (Eastern Roman Empire), Arab Caliphate, Umayyad Caliphate, Abbasid Caliphate, Fatimid Caliphate, Ottoman Empire, British Empire (now Great Britain) and others.

Egypt is washed by seas: the Mediterranean Sea, the Red Sea, the Cyprus Sea.

Egypt has access to the following lakes: Nasser, Manzala, Toshka, Bardawil, Maryut, Karun, Big Bitter Lake.

The following rivers flow through the territory: Nile.

There are deserts on the territory of the country: Sahara, Libyan, Nubian, Arabian.