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Egypt

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Egypt

This is a map of Egypt is showing major cities, bodies of water and geographical features.

Population

During the time between 1960-2011, the population has grown by almost 50 million since then. The estimated population in 2011 was 81,121,077. Now the estimated population since the end of 2011 is 82,079,636. Most of the people that live there are Muslim, Coptic and Christian.

Launguage

In Egypt, the official language is Arabic. The Coptic language is now only used in literature. Some of the other less spoken languages are Itaian, Armenian and Greek.

Food

The Egyptians ate pigeons, cranes, teal, geese, and duck. Teal is a freshwater duck that is found in America, Europe, and Asia. They also ate bread, beans, onions, and green vegetables. The Egyptians enjoyed beef the most. They did not eat that much beef because it was very expensive, because cattle needed fields of grass to eat, and that took up a lot of land. People ate lots of fish because they were cheap and easy to access. They also ate fruit, and also bought their food at a local market.

Clothing

The types of clothing that people wore were usually made from cotton and linen. Egypt has a large supply of Egyptian cotton and linen was an easy resource since it was made from flax.

Entertainment

Most of the people did not have a lot of entertainment. The men would hunt for fun and the children played little games like leap frog. Everyone did enjoy playing the board game, Senet.

Religion

Most of the Egyptians are Sunni Muslims. The second highest religion is Cotic Christians. 90% is Sunni, 9% is Coptic, 1% is Christian

Famous People

These are some famous people from Egypt.

Rushty Abaza- film actor

Adel Adham- film actress

Ahmed Adaweyah- song writer

Dalida- song writer

Ibrahim Nagi- poet

Ahmed Abdel Muti Hijazi- poet

Major Industries and Ways They Make Money

Some of the major industries include steel, cement, textile, food, construction and pharmaceutical.

Government

Egypt turned into a democratic society in 2005. The president is elected for 6 years at a time. Egypt is a republic where the Supreme Constitutional Court leads the Judiciary. The Legislature includes the People's Assembly and the Advisory Council.

Poverty Rate

In Egypt there are needs that aren't being met, like any other place in the world. There are issues with the educating of children and adults when it comes to reading and literacy. The girls and the women get less education then the boys and the men. The government is working hard to ensure that these issues are met to the right standards. Water can be a hard resource, and not very good easy access to, since with the hot sun and deserts makes it tuff. The Nile River is an easy access to water. As population grows, the amount of land needed for housing and businesses rises, and the amount of land for agriculture falls. So Egypt can produce less of its own food, as time goes on.

HDI-

Table 8: Comparing Water Stress Index (SWI) and Social Water Stress Index (SWSI) for the Nile Basin states
Country:	Available renewable water	Available water per capita	WSI Water Stress Index	HDI Human Devel-opment Index	Social resource scarcity (rank)	SWSI Social Water Stress Index	WSI (rank)	SWSI (rank)	SWSI rank minus WSI rank
Egypt	58.10	936	11	0.614	65	17	17	20	3
Sudan	154.00	5,766	2	0.333	19	5	82	57	-25
Ethiopia	110.00	1,950	5	0.244	7	21	34	16	-18
Kenya	30.20	1,112	9	0.463	43	19	18	18	0
Uganda	66.00	3,352	3	0.328	18	9	58	36	-22
Tanzania	89.00	2,964	3	0.357	28	9	50	33	-17
Rwanda	6.30	1,215	8	0.187	2	44	22	10	-12
Burundi	3.60	594	17	0.247	8	68	13	6	-7
	Standard hydrological indicators			HDI taken to indicate social adaptive capacity			Comparison between water stress and social water stress

Organizations

- UNHCR

- CIDA

- EMRO

- NDI

Interesting Facts

1. A Pharaoh never let his hair be seen – he would always wear a crown or a headdress called a nemes.

2. Both Egyptian men and women wore makeup – eyepaint was usually green (made from copper) or black (made from lead). The Egyptians believed that the makeup had healing power. Originally the makeup was used as a protection from the sun – rather than for looks.

3. While the use of antibiotics did not begin in the 20th century, early folk medicine included the use of mouldy foods or soil for infections. In ancient Egypt, for example, infections were treated with mouldy bread.

4. Rich Egyptians wore wigs while the other classes would wear their hair long or in pig tails. Until 12, Egyptian boys had their heads shaved except for one plaited lock, this was as a protection against lice and fleas.

5. Egyptian soldiers were used as an internal police force. Additionally, they collected taxes for the Pharaoh.

Pictures

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