Geography> Facts
Official Name: Arab Republic of Egypt
Capital City: Cairo
Type of Government: Republic
Head of Government: Prime Minister Atef Obeid
President: Hosni Mubarak
Official Language: Arabic
Area: 997,738 sq. km/618,597 sq. mi.
Population: 70 million Religion Islam
Currency: Egyptian Pound (E£)
Number of Time Zones: 1
- Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) plus 2 hrs;
-Eastern Standard Time (EST) plus 7 hrs.(EST)
Measurement System: Metric system;
*and some traditional measurement system
