Overview

Egypt covers 1,001,450 km², with 0.6% water coverage. Its 120 million people belong to 5 ethnic groups practicing Islam and Christianity, across lush vegetation along the Nile, desert, oases with palm groves, beaches, Mediterranean scrub, steppe, and mangroves, with 1 major river, 8 international airports, 5 ports, a railway, and an excellent road network, plus 5 hydroelectric plants. 115 cities range from 100,500 to 4,200,000, and two more reach roughly 7,268,000 and 25,570,000.