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)

Flag
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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