ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code: `EG`

Technical information about ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code EG

Below, you can find technical information regarding the EG code, which represents Egypt within the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 standard.

Code	`EG`
Related codes	`EGY818`
Name	Common Egypt مصر (Arabic) Official جُمهورِيّةُ مِصرَ العَرَبيّةِ (Arabic)
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Capital	Cairo (30.044445, 31.235834)
Urban areas	Abu HammadAl Mahallah al KubraAl MansurahAl MarjAlexandriaAlmazahAr RawdahAssiutAz ZamalikBadr
Official language	Arabic
Area	1,001,449 km²
Population	98,423,595
Population density	98.87
Currency	`EGP` Egyptian Pound (£)
Measurement units	Metric Meter (m), Kilogram (kg), Liter (L), Celsius (°C)
Time zone	UTC +2 hours During Daylight Saving Time, it shifts to UTC +3 hours
Continent	Africa
Country bounds	N: 31.6673, S: 21.7254, W: 24.6981, E: 36.8983
Driving side	Right
Calling code	+20
Internet TLD	`.eg`
Barcode prefix	622
Landlocked	No
Government	Republic
Established	1922
Religion	Islam
National dish	Ful medames, kushari,

Egypt, a country in Northern Africa, borders the Mediterranean Sea to its north, lies between Libya and the Gaza Strip, and touches the Red Sea's coastline north of Sudan; it also encompasses the Asian Sinai Peninsula.

*The map highlights the location of Egypt.

Related locale codes

ar-EG – Arabic (Egypt)

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