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Arab Republic of Egypt · EG / EGY / 818

EG
ISO 3166-1 EGY · 818

Egypt is a northern africa country in Africa. It has a population of 98,423,595, uses EGP, speaks Arabic.

Population 98,423,595
Area (km²) 1,002,450
Capital Cairo
Region Northern Africa

All facts

fields
ISO alpha-3
EGY
ISO numeric
818
Calling code
+20
TLD
.eg
Driving side
Currencies
EGP
Languages
ara
Timezones
Flag
🇪🇬

Cities

page 1 of 6 · 254 total
Cairo Cairo 9,606,916
Alexandria Alexandria 5,263,542
Giza Giza 4,367,343
Shubrā al Khaymah Qalyubia 1,240,289
Port Said Port Said 780,515
Suez Suez 699,541
Madīnat an Naşr Cairo 668,413
Al Mansurah Dakahlia 621,953
Al Maḩallah al Kubrá Gharbia 592,573
Tanta Gharbia 576,648
Assiut Asyut 528,669
Al Fayyum Faiyum 519,047
Al Khuşūş Qalyubia 488,904
Esna Qena 462,787
Zagazig Sharqia 430,445
Ismailia Ismailia 429,465
Luxor Luxor 422,407
Kom Ombo Aswan 409,311
Aswān Aswan 379,774
6th of October City Giza 368,650
Ḩadā’iq al Qubbah Cairo 339,612
Damanhur Beheira 318,207
New Cairo Cairo 313,139
Damietta Damietta 305,920
Rosetta Beheira 301,795
Minya Minya 283,605
Banī Suwayf Beni Suweif 273,151
Shibīn al Kawm Monufia 267,945
Sohag Sohag 266,944
Qina Qena 252,883
Al ‘Āshir min Ramaḑān Sharqia 246,148
Ḩalwān Cairo 230,000
Mallawī Minya 212,628
Hurghada Red Sea 207,132
Arīsh North Sinai 199,243
Kafr ash Shaykh Kafr el-Sheikh 194,569
Bilbeis Sharqia 185,237
Banhā Qalyubia 182,254
Idkū Beheira 177,152
Marsá Maţrūḩ Matruh 176,498
Al Maţarīyah Dakahlia 162,045
Qalyub Qalyubia 156,363
Al Ḩawāmidīyah Giza 155,055
Abū Kabīr Sharqia 154,466
Mīt Ghamr Dakahlia 153,754
Akhmīm Sohag 151,430
Girga Sohag 151,256
Disūq Kafr el-Sheikh 149,291
Samālūţ Minya 142,009

Airports

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Universities

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FAQ

4 questions
What currency does Egypt use?
EGP.
What languages are spoken in Egypt?
Arabic.
What is the capital of Egypt?
Cairo.
How many cities are in Egypt?
254 on record.

Get this page as JSON

no auth
cURL 200 OK
$ curl https://api.cityapi.org/v1/countries/EG

{
  "data": {
    "iso_alpha2": "EG",
    "iso_alpha3": "EGY",
    "iso_numeric": "818",
    "common_name": "Egypt",
    "official_name": "Arab Republic of Egypt",
    "capital": "Cairo",
    "region": "Africa",
    "subregion": "Northern Africa",
    "population": 98423595,
    "flag_emoji": "🇪🇬",
    "car_side": null,
    "postal_code_format": null,
    "native_names": {},
    "calling_codes": [
      "+20"
    ],
    "tld": [
      ".eg",
      ".مصر"
    ],
    "flag_url": "/static/flags/eg.svg",
    "area": 1002450.0,
    "latitude": 27.0,
    "longitude": 30.0,
    "languages": {
      "ara": "Arabic"
    },
    "currencies": {
      "EGP": {
        "name": "Egyptian pound",
        "symbol": "£"
      }
    },
    "borders": [
      "ISR",
      "LBY",
      "PSE",
      "SDN"
    ],
    "timezone_ids": []
  }
}
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