Places in Egypt - find information on all places in Egypt

Find information on almost all places in Egypt. Whether you are looking for information on regions in Egypt or information on cities and places in Egypt, this website is the right place in the web to start your search.

Facts and figures about Egypt at a glance

Egypt is a sovereign country on the continent of Africa. Egypt covers a total area of 1,001,450.0 km² and has a population of approximately 98,423,595 people.

The capital of Egypt is Cairo (Cairo) with a population of 9,606,916 people.

Facts and figures about Egypt
Country	Code	Area	Population	P/km²
Egypt	EG	1,001,450.0 km²	98,423,595 people	98.3

Population density in Egypt
Population density
98.3 p/km² (very low)	Egypt: Very low population density

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Information on Egypt

Information on Egypt
Name	Official name	Code	Status	Regions	Capital	Continent
Egypt	Arab Republic of Egypt	EG	Sovereign country	27	Cairo Cairo	Africa

Time in Egypt

Time in Egypt
Current time	Summer time (DST)	Standard time	Current timezone offset	Timezone
Tue, 5 Dec 2023 - 5:14am (05:14h)	No	Tue, 5 Dec 2023 - 5:14am (05:14h)	UTC +2.0	Africa/Cairo

Currency in Egypt

Currency in Egypt
Currency	Abbreviation
Pound	EGP

Languages in Egypt

Languages in Egypt
Languages
Arabic , English , French

Neighbouring countries of Egypt

Neighbouring countries of Egypt
Neighbouring countries
Israel, Libya, Palestinian Territory, Sudan Show neighbouring countries of Egypt in map.

Telecommunication in Egypt

Telecommunication in Egypt
International calling code	Internet top level domain (TLD)
+20	.eg

Latitude & Longitude of Egypt

Latitude & Longitude of Egypt
Position	Latitude (width)	Longitude (length)
Show on map	27°00'00.0"N (27.0000000°)	30°00'00.0"E (30.0000000°)

Regions in Egypt

Regions in Egypt
Regions
There are 27 primary administrative regions in Egypt. Have a closer look at the regions in Egypt.

Largest places in Egypt

There are 11 places in Egypt with a population of more than 500,000 people.

Largest places in Egypt
Place	No	Population
Cairo Cairo	1.	9,606,916
Alexandria Alexandria	2.	5,263,542
Giza Giza	3.	4,367,343
Shubra al Khaymah Shubrā al Khaymah	4.	1,240,289
Port Said Port Said	5.	780,515
Suez Suez	6.	699,541
Al Mansurah Al Manşūrah	7.	621,953
Al Mahallah al Kubra Al Maḩallah al Kubrá	8.	592,573
Tanta Ţanţā	9.	576,648
Asyut Asyūţ	10.	528,669
Al Fayyum Al Fayyūm	11.	519,047

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External sources of information on Egypt

Egypt on Wikipedia

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If you prefer you can search any place in Egypt by first letter. Just click on the respective first letter in the index of places in Egypt. All places in Egypt starting with this letter will be listed. Also sometimes the full name of a certain place maybe unknown. Then this search option may also be usefull for searching such places in Egypt.

Follow the hierarchy in Egypt

You can click your way through the hierarchy starting from the continent Africa, over a region in Egypt to a certain place or city in Egypt, as all places and cities in Egypt are linked hierarchically to each other. The actual hierarchy is always displayed in the breadcrumb navigation, so you can always see exactly where you are.