| | Geographic Coordinates: | 27 00 N, 30 00 E | | 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 | | Area: | total: 1,001,450 sq km
land: 995,450 sq km
water: 6,000 sq km | | Area - comparative: | slightly more than three times the size of New Mexico | | Land boundaries: | total: 2,665 km
border countries: Gaza Strip 11 km, Israel 266 km, Libya 1,115 km, Sudan 1,273 km | | Coastline: | 2,450 km | | Terrain: | vast desert plateau interrupted by Nile valley and delta | | Elevation extremes: | lowest point: Qattara Depression -133 m
highest point: Mount Catherine 2,629 m | | Capital: | 26 governorates (muhafazat, singular - muhafazah); Ad Daqahliyah, Al Bahr al Ahmar, Al Buhayrah, Al Fayyum, Al Gharbiyah, Al Iskandariyah, Al Isma'iliyah, Al Jizah, Al Minufiyah, Al Minya, Al Qahirah, Al Qalyubiyah, Al Wadi al Jadid, As Suways, Ash Sharqiyah, Aswan, Asyut, Bani Suwayf, Bur Sa'id, Dumyat, Janub Sina', Kafr ash Shaykh, Matruh, Qina, Shamal Sina', Suhaj |
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