Egypt is officially known as Arab Republic of Egypt. Egypt is located in the North Africa. Egypt is a major power in Africa. Egypt is one of the powerful countries in the Muslim world. The area covered by Egypt is almost 1,010,000 square kilometers. Egypt is surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the north side, bordered by Gaza Strip and Israel to the north east, bordered by Red sea to the east side, bordered by Sudan to the South side and bordered by Libya to the west side. Egypt is one of the most over crowded countries in Middle East and Africa. The majority population of Egypt lives near the banks of River Nile. The area for living near the banks of the River Nile is about 40,000 squares kilometers. Many peoples are also live in Sahara Desert. Half of the Egypt population use to lives in city areas. The main cities of Egypt are Cairo, Alexandria and other main cities of Egypt are in the Nile Delta. gyptian Republic was declared on 18 June 1953. General Muhammad Naguib is the first president of Arab Repubic of Egypt. But later on he was forced to resign from the presidency in 1954 by Gamal Abdel Naseer.

The worst part of Egypt history is in 1967 when Israel occupied Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula and the Gaza Strip during six day war. Egyptians started the movement against the Hussni Mubarik command to resign. Many of the Egyptian takes part in this revolution. The protest was widespread on the 25 January 2011. The main goal of this protest was to get rid from the Hussni mubarik regime. Many Egyptian peoples and also the peoples from many countries supported this protest. United States also forced Husni Mubarik to resign but he doesn’t want. On 29 January 2011 it becomes clear that Husni Mubarik regime has lost control over the country. The Happiest day in Egyptians lives is 11 feburary 2011 when Husni Mubarik resigned and went to Cairo. Then Egyptian military take short control over the city. And they arranged Parlimentary elections which are held in September.

The flag has golden hawk in it. This flag design is come in 1972. The flag of Egypt is consists of three color which are red, white and black. Egypt is 30th largest country in the World. The Egypt’s land area has same size as Central America size. The climate of Egypt is moderate. Most of rain falls in Egypt’s is in usually winter months. The only rain fall in Egypt is about to 4 to 5 millimeters per year. The rain fall is usually at the end of year. The rain fall is 410 mm on the north coat mostly in the months of October to March. The rainfall is also on the sinai’s mountains and some of the northean side of area which are Damietta, Sidi Barrany and Baltim. Rain fall is occasionally in Alexandria. There are many places in Egypt for tourism. Football is most popular sports in Egypt.

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