Geography of Egypt

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Geography of Egypt

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[[File:LocationEgypt.svg|thumb|250px|Egypt's location]]
[[File:LocationEgypt.svg|thumb|250px|Egypt's location]]
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The '''geography of Egypt''' relates to two regions: [[North Africa]] and [[West Asia]]. [[Egypt]] has coastlines on the [[Mediterranean Sea]], the [[River Nile]], and the [[Red Sea]]. Egypt borders [[Libya]] to the west, [[Palestine]] and [[Israel]] to the east and [[Sudan]] to the south (with a current dispute over the [[Halaib Triangle|Halaib triangle]]). Egypt has an area of {{convert|1,010,408|km2|mi2|abbr=on}}.{{cite web|url=https://www.capmas.gov.eg/Pages/StaticPages.aspx?page_id=5035|title=Density By Governorate 1/7/2020 – Area km2 (Theme: Population – pg.14)|publisher=Capmas.gov.eg|access-date=8 July 2021|archive-date=2 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181102023819/https://www.capmas.gov.eg/Pages/StaticPages.aspx?page_id=5035|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=http://www.capmas.gov.eg/pdf/EgyptinFigures2015/EgyptinFigures/Tables/PDF/1-%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86/pop.pdf |title=Total area km2, pg.15 |publisher=Capmas.Gov – Arab Republic of Egypt |access-date=8 May 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150321110107/http://capmas.gov.eg/pdf/EgyptinFigures2015/EgyptinFigures/Tables/PDF/1-%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86/pop.pdf |archive-date=21 March 2015 }}
The '''geography of Egypt''' relates to two regions: [[North Africa]] and [[West Asia]].
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[[Egypt]] has coastlines on the [[Mediterranean Sea]], the [[River Nile]], and the [[Red Sea]]. Egypt borders [[Libya]] to the west, [[Palestine]] and [[Israel]] to the east and [[Sudan]] to the south (with a current dispute over the [[Halaib Triangle|Halaib triangle]]). Egypt has an area of {{convert|1,010,408|km2|mi2|abbr=on}}.{{cite web|url=https://www.capmas.gov.eg/Pages/StaticPages.aspx?page_id=5035|title=Density By Governorate 1/7/2020 – Area km2 (Theme: Population – pg.14)|publisher=Capmas.gov.eg|access-date=8 July 2021|archive-date=2 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181102023819/https://www.capmas.gov.eg/Pages/StaticPages.aspx?page_id=5035|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=http://www.capmas.gov.eg/pdf/EgyptinFigures2015/EgyptinFigures/Tables/PDF/1-%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86/pop.pdf |title=Total area km2, pg.15 |publisher=Capmas.Gov – Arab Republic of Egypt |access-date=8 May 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150321110107/http://capmas.gov.eg/pdf/EgyptinFigures2015/EgyptinFigures/Tables/PDF/1-%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86/pop.pdf |archive-date=21 March 2015 }}


The longest straight-line distance in Egypt from north to south is {{convert|1420|km|mi|abbr=on}}, while that from east to west measures {{convert|1275|km|mi|abbr=on}}. Egypt has more than {{convert|2,900|km|mi|abbr=on}} of coastline on the Mediterranean Sea, the [[Gulf of Suez]], and the [[Gulf of Aqaba]]. It has an [[Exclusive Economic Zone]] of {{convert|263,451|km2|mi2|abbr=on}}.
The longest straight-line distance in Egypt from north to south is {{convert|1420|km|mi|abbr=on}}, while that from east to west measures {{convert|1275|km|mi|abbr=on}}. Egypt has more than {{convert|2,900|km|mi|abbr=on}} of coastline on the Mediterranean Sea, the [[Gulf of Suez]], and the [[Gulf of Aqaba]]. It has an [[Exclusive Economic Zone]] of {{convert|263,451|km2|mi2|abbr=on}}.
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