Passport card
Arab Republic of Egypt
Egypt
- Capital
- Cairo
- Continent
- Africa
- Currency
- Egyptian pound
- Languages
- Arabic
- People
- About 12 crore
- Size
- About 10.0 lakh km²
- Leader
- President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
- Lies on
- Two continents: Africa and Asia
- Time
- 3½ hours behind India in winter: at 12 noon in India, it is 8:30 am in Cairo, and 9:30 am in summer
⭐ Almost everyone in Egypt lives along the Nile, because most of the land is desert.
Your Egypt stamp
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Two ways to learn
Learn about Egypt
Find it on the globe
Fly from India to Egypt
Turn the globe with your finger. Egypt has 4 neighbours on land: tap one to visit it.
Sudanto the south
Libyato the west
Israelto the north-east- Palestineto the north-east
Compare with India
Egypt and India, side by side
Both are drawn to the same scale.
- SizeIndia is more than 3 times the size of Egypt.
- PeopleIndia has about 12 times as many people: about 146 crore in India and about 12 crore in Egypt.
- DistanceCairo is about 4,400 km from Delhi, in a straight line.
- TimeEgypt is 3½ hours behind India in winter. When it is 12 noon in India, it is 8:30 am in Cairo, or 9:30 am in summer.
Test yourself
Quiz Me
30 questions on Egypt, a fresh mix every time you play. Answer one at a time and see why straight away.
Fly through 30 questions on Egypt
- A fresh mix from the country's 100 questions, every round.
- See the right answer and why, straight away.
- Score 18 or more to earn Egypt's passport stamp.
Map puzzle
Put Egypt back on the map
Egypt and its neighbours have fallen off the map. Can you put all 5 back?
Big neighbours stop at the edge of this map. Places too tiny to see are shown as circles.
Drag each piece to its place on the map, or tap a piece and then tap its place.
For parents and teachers
Free Egypt worksheet
One page to print: colour the flag, name the neighbours, fill in the blanks and more. The answers are at the bottom, upside down.
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