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Detailed Analysis for Year: 2015
Full Dataset: from 1993 to 2014
Dataset updated: 17th March 2015
Data Source: CIA Factbook
National or Regional Currency: Egyptian Pound (Geneih)
Currency Symbol: EGP
Location: Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Libya and the Gaza Strip, and the Red Sea north of Sudan, and includes the Asian Sinai Peninsula
Geographic Coordinates: 27 00 N, 30 00 E
Map References: Africa
Area: total: 1,001,450 sq km ; land: 995,450 sq km ; water: 6,000 sq km
Area - Comparative: more than eight times the size of Ohio; slightly more than three times the size of New Mexico
Terrain: vast desert plateau interrupted by Nile valley and delta
Elevation Extremes(M): lowest point: Qattara Depression -133 m ; highest point: Mount Catherine 2,629 m
Land Boundaries(Km): total: 2,612 km ; border countries: Gaza Strip 13 km, Israel 208 km, Libya 1,115 km, Sudan 1,276 km
Coastline: 2,450 km
Maritime Claims: territorial sea: 12 nm ; contiguous zone: 24 nm ; exclusive economic zone: 200 nm ; continental shelf: 200 m depth or to the depth of exploitation
Geography - Note: controls Sinai Peninsula, only land bridge between Africa and remainder of Eastern Hemisphere; controls Suez Canal, a sea link between Indian Ocean and Mediterranean Sea; size, and juxtaposition to Israel, establish its major role in Middle Eastern geopolitics; dependence on upstream neighbors; dominance of Nile basin issues; prone to influxes of refugees from Sudan and the Palestinian territories