Egypt

  __ **Egypt** __

   __  Egypt is located in Northern Africa. It borders the Mediterranean Sea. It can be found between Libya and the Gaza Strip. It is approximately three time the size of New Mexico and it mostly made up of desert plateaus.
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 __ **Population: ** __  Egypt has a population of about 77,505,756. 99% of the population are Egyptians and the other 1% are Italian and French.     **__Culture: __** 94% of Egyptians are Muslim and the remaining 6% are Coptic Christian. The official language of Egypt is Arabic, but the educated classes can also understand English and French. Egypt's days of independence falls on February 28, 1922. Their national holiday is on July 23 and is known as their Revolution Day.  <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> __**Natural Resources:**__ <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> Some of Egypt's natural resources are petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, phosphates, manganese, limestone, gympsum, talc, lead, and zinc.

<span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> __<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">**Agriculture:** __ <span style="font-size: 70%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"><span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> Egypt produces cotton, rice, corn, wheat, beans, fruits, vegetables; cattle, water buffalo, sheep, and goats. <span style="color: #221b1e; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> __**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> Climate:    **__ <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> Egypt experiences hot, dry summers and moderate winters. <span style="color: #221b1e; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"><span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> __<span style="font-size: 140%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">**Government:** __Egypt has been Republic ever since they won their independence in 1922. The chief of state is President Mohammed Hosni Mubarak and the head of government is Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"><span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> __** Why Egypt was a colony of Great Britain: **__ Egypt was a colony of Great Britain because it was near two big bodies of water, the <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"><span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">  Mediterranean and Red Sea. They also had the Nile River running through which gave the fertile lands. They had a surplus of cotton which lead to the boom of the textile industry in great Britain.