Country’s Profile
| Official
Name: |
Arab Republic of Egypt |
| Capital: |
Cairo |
| Head
of State: |
President Hosni Mubarak |
| Political
System: |
Republic |
| Language: |
Arabic |
| Currency: |
Egyptian Pound (EP) |
| Area: |
1,001,450 sq km |
| Population
: |
69,600,000 |
| Density
: |
69.4/km˛ |
| Urbanization: |
45% |
| Real
GDP Growth : |
5% (2000 est.) |
| Gross
Domestic Product : |
$3,600 (2000 est.) |
| Consumer
Price Inflation: |
3% (1999 est.) |
Membership
of international organizations
ABEDA, ACC, ACCT, AfDB, AFESD, AL, AMF, BSEC, CAEU, CCC, EBRD, ECA, ESCWA, FAO, G-15, G-19, G-24, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Inmarsat, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITU, MINURSO, MONUC, NAM, OAPEC, OAS, OAU, OIC, OSCE, PCA, UN, UNAMSIL, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNITAR, UNMIBH, UNMIK, UNMOP, UNOMIG, UNRWA, UNTAET, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WtrO
Natural
catastrophe history in the 20th Century:
| Date |
Event |
Area
Affected |
| 1954 |
Flood |
|
| 1955 |
Earthquake |
Nile Delta, Mediterranean Sea |
| 1962 |
Crop failure |
|
| 1968 |
Flood |
|
| 1971 |
Drought |
|
| 1991 |
Earthquake |
|
(Re)insurance
companies in selected country:
