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General
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Obviously
it is not within the scope of any internet site to cover those
centuries, with great detail, nevertheless, "PACK2EGYPT", the most
informative guide to Egypt on the World Wide Web, has given the correct
guidance and information provided by this site.
Visiting
Egypt can turn out to be one of those lifetime dreams that you can
never give up.
We have
defined Egypt through many perspectives.
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| Getting
Here |
| Egypt
can be reached by all means of
transportation, air, sea
and land. There are direct
flights from all over
Europe, New York, the Middle
East, most of Africa
and some of the Far East
countries...
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| Geography |
| Almost
98% of the Egyptian population
lives
on less than 4% of the land, which
would be the narrow
strip of land that
borders the banks of
the Nile River. The
rest of the country is pretty
much desert... |
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Climate |
| Being
in the desert, Egypt's
climate can be
summarized in three words,
hot, sunny, and dry.
There are basically
two seasons: a hot season from
May to October
and a cooler season from
November to April... |
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Demography |
| Over
population is Egypt's
most immense problem,
with 63 million people, it is
the most populous
nation in the Arab World,
and next to Nigeria, it
has the second
highest population in Africa... |
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Culture |
| Religion
and family life make
up a
cornerstone of Egyptian
culture. Its religion, Islamic or Christian,
provides the strong unifying bond
between family members, friends,
as well as strangers... |
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Religion |
| The
remaining 5 % goes
to the Coptic
Christian Minority,
a few Roman Catholics,
Armenians and a very small Jewish
community consisting of less than .
one
hundred members... |
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Arts |
| In
Egypt, music can always be heard.
Whether it's coming from a taxi,
a coffee shop or someone singing
in the streets, you can’t miss it. A
voice you’ll definitely get
to know is that of Om Kolthum... |
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Economy |
| The
four pillars of the
Egyptian
economy are oil and gas, Suez
Canal revenues, remittances
from Egyptians working abroad
and tourism. The
resources are vast, but
the ever-increasing population
eats them all up... |
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Language |
| Egypt’s
official language is
Arabic, however, the
Arabic spoken
in Egypt, known
as colloquial Arabic, differs from that
of Classical Arabic, which
is the lingua
franca within the Arab world... |
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