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| - CAPITAL: Cairo | |
| - POPULATION, 60,000,000 | - EXPORTS: $4.5 billion (f.o.b., 1991 est.); commodities:
crude oil and petroleum products, cotton yarn, raw cotton, textiles, metal products, chemicals; partners: EC, Eastern Europe, US, Japan |
| - TOTAL AREA: 1,001,450 sq km (386,662 sq mi) |
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| - TIME: 7 hours ahead of U.S. Eastern Standard Time, and 2 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time. | - TOURIST ATTRACTIONS: Cairo--boat trips on Nile, nightclubs; Pyramids of Giza, Sphinx, camel rides; Alexandria--beach resort. |
| - EXECUTIVE BRANCH: president, prime minister, Cabinet | - INDEPENDENCE: 28 February 1922 (from U.K.); formerly United Arab
Republic - CONSTITUTION: 11 September 1971 |
