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Last reviewed: 11 March 2010 |
Area: 1,001,450 sq. km
Population: 76.5 million (Census 2006)
Capital City: Cairo (population - 17 million)
People: Eastern Hamitic (Egyptians, Bedouins, and Berbers) (99%); Greek, Nubian, Armenian, other European (primarily Italian and French) (1%)
Languages: Arabic (official), English widely understood
Religion(s): Muslim (mostly Sunni) (90%), Coptic Christian (9%) and other (1%)
Currency: 1 Egyptian Pound (LE) = 100 Piastres (PT)
Major political parties: National Democratic Party Wafd Party and Tagammu Party
Government: Republic
Head of State: Field Marshall Tantawi (Head of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces de facto ruler of Egypt since February 2011)
Prime Minister/Premier: Essam Sharaf (since 7 March 2011)
Foreign Minister: Ambassdor Nabil Al-Arabi (since March 2011 )
Membership of/Participation in international groups/organisations: Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (ABEDA), African Development Bank (AfDB), Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD) Arab Monetary Fund (AMF), African Union (AU), Arab League, Organisation of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC - observer), Arab Maghreb Union (AMU), Council of Arab Economic Unity (CAEU), Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA), Common Market for Eastern and South Africa (COMESA), D-8, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), The Group of 15 (G15), Inter-Governmental Group of Twenty Four (G24), The Group of 77 at the United Nations (G77), International Atomic Energy (IAEA), International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), International Chamber of Commerce(ICC), International Criminal Court (ICCt (signatory)), International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (ICRM), International Development Association (IDA), Islamic Development Bank (IDB), International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), International Finance Corporation (IFC), International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCS), International Hydrographic Organisation (IHO), International Labour Organisation (ILO), International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Maritime Organisation (IMO), International Mobile Satellite Organisation (IMSO), International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol), Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC),International Organisation for Migration (IOM), Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO), International Communications Satellites Organisation (ITSO), International Telecommunications Union(ITU), Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT) United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC), Non-Alligned Movement (NAM), Organisation of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC), OAS (observer), Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (OIC), Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE - partner), Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA), United Nations (UN), African Union/United Nations Hybrid operation in Darfur(UNAMID), United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation(UNESCO), United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL),United Nations Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS),United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI), United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), Universal Postal Union (UPU), WCO, World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU), World Health Organisation (WHO), World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), World Trade Organisation (WTO)
Address:
Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt
26 South Street
London
W1K 1DWA
Consulate General:
2 Lowndes Street
London SW1X 9ET
Defence Office:
24 South Street
London W1K 1DN
Commercial Office:
23 South Street
London W1K 2XD
Press and Information Office:
299 Oxford Street
London W1C 2DZ
Cultural Office:
4 Chesterfield Gardens
London W1J 5BG
State Tourist Bureau:
170 Piccadilly
London W1J 9EJ
Medical Office:
47 Longridge Road
London SW5 9SD
Telephone:
(020) 7499 3304/2401
(020) 7235 9719 Consulate General
(020) 7493 2649 Defence Office
(020) 7499 3002 Commercial Office
(020) 7409 2236 Press and Information Office
(020) 7491 7720 Cultural Office
(020) 7493 5283 State Tourist Bureau
(020) 7370 6944 Medical Office
Fax:
(020) 7491 1542
(020) 7235 5684 Consulate General
(020) 7495 3573 Defence Office
(020) 7493 8110 Commercial Office
(020) 7493 7456 Press and Information Office
(020) 7408 1335 Cultural Office
(020) 7408 0295 State Tourist Bureau
(020) 7370 3641 Medical Office
Office hours:
Mon-Fri: 0930–1630
