Egypt Tourism Largest Cities and Culture

Egypt Tourism Largest Cities and Culture

Largest Cities or Towns in Egypt

      Rank                   Name        Governorate Pop.    Rank Name   Governorate Pop.

1. Cairo              Cairo              9,801,536     11 Faiyum Faiyum 531,861
2. Alexandria     Alexandria   5,362,517      12 Khusus Qalyubia 502,864
3. Giza                Giza               4,458,135     13 Zagazig Sharqia 460,501
4. Shubra           Qalyubia      1,275,700      14 Ismailia Ismailia 450,388
5. Port Said        Port Said      791,749         15 Aswan Aswan 401,890
6. Suez                Suez              716,458        16 6th of October Giza 376,302
7. Mansoura      Dakahlia       632,330        17 Damanhur Beheira 329,572
8. El Mahalla      Gharbia        614,202        18 New Cairo Cairo 319,488
9. Tanta               Gharbia       597,694         19 Damietta Damietta 312,863
10. Asyut               Asyut           562,061         20 Minya Minya 298,021

Egypt Tourism Culture

Egypt is a recognised cultural trendsetter of the Arabic-speaking world. Contemporary Arabic and Middle-Eastern culture is heavily influenced by Egyptian literature, music, film and television. Egypt gained a regional leadership role during the 1950s and 1960s, giving a further enduring boost to the standing of Egyptian culture in the Arabic-speaking world.

Al-Azhar Park is listed as one of the world's sixty great public spaces by the Project for Public Spaces.
Egyptian identity evolved in the span of a long period of occupation to accommodate Islam, Christianity and Judaism, and a new language, Arabic, and its spoken descendant, Egyptian Arabic which is also based on many Ancient Egyptian words.

The work of early 19th century scholar Rifa'a al-Tahtawi renewed interest in Egyptian antiquity and exposed Egyptian society to Enlightenment principles. Tahtawi co-founded with education reformer Ali Mubarak a native Egyptology school that looked for inspiration to medieval Egyptian scholars, such as Suyuti and Maqrizi, who themselves studied the history, language and antiquities of Egypt.

Egypt's renaissance peaked in the late 19th and early 20th centuries through the work of people like Muhammad Abduh, Ahmed Lutfi el-Sayed, Muhammad Loutfi Goumah, Tawfiq el-Hakim, Louis Awad, Qasim Amin, Salama Moussa, Taha Hussein and Mahmoud Mokhtar. They forged a liberal path for Egypt expressed as a commitment to personal freedom, secularism and faith in science to bring progress.

Egypt Tourism Overview

Egypt Capital and Largest City: Cairo
Egypt: 30°2′N 31°13′E
Egypt Official Languages: Arabic
Egypt National Language: Egyptian Arabic
Egypt Demonym(s): Egyptian
Egypt Government:
Unitary semi-presidential republic under an authoritarian regime
Egypt President: Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
Egypt Prime Minister: Mostafa Madbouly
Egypt Legislature: Parliament
Egypt Upper House: Senate
Egypt Lower House: House of Representatives
Egypt Establishment:
Unification of Upper and Lower Egypt c. 3150 BC
Fall of Memphis 343 BC
Arab Conquest 639–642
Ayyubid dynasty & Mamluk Sultanate 1171/4–1517
Muhammad Ali Dynasty Inaugurated 9 July 1805
Independence from United Kingdom 28 February 1922
Revolution Day 23 July 1952
Republic declared 18 June 1953
Current constitution 18 January 2014
Egypt Area Total: 1,010,408 km2 (390,121 sq mi) (30th)
Egypt Population:
2024 Estimate Neutral increase 107,785,000 (14th)
2017 Census Neutral increase 94,798,827
Egypt Currency: Egyptian pound (LE/E£/£E) (EGP)
Egypt Time Zone: UTC+2 (EGY)
Summer (DST) UTC+3
Egypt Driving Side: right
Egypt Calling Code: +20
Egypt ISO 3166 Code: EG
Egypt Internet TLD:
.eg
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