the essentials in brief

State name: Arab Republic of Egypt
Capital: El-Kahira (the Victorious), Cairo, approximately 20 million inhabitants
Time zone: CET + 1 / CET + 0
Total area: 1.001.449 sq km, of which 95% is desert
Total population: approximately 80 million
UN membership: since 1945
religions: Muslims: 94%, Christians: 6%
Ethnic groups: Egyptians: 99%, Bedouins: 1%
National holidays: January 7: Coptic Christmas Day, April 25: Sinai Liberation Day (Sinai only), May 1: Labour Day, June 18: Liberation Day, July 23: Revolution Day, August 15: Wafa'a El Nil (Nile Flood), October 6: Armed Forces Day, October 24: Suez Victory Day, December 23: Victory Day, Independence: February 28, 1922 (from Great Britain)
Language: The official language is Modern Standard Arabic.
State religion: Islam, Sunni branch, approximately 10% Copts, some Catholics and Protestants
Currency: Egyptian pound (LE or EGP), 1 pound = 100 piastres
Time reckoning: Islamic calendar (lunar year) and simultaneously Gregorian calendar