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Egypt By: Kaenan Austin Eddie Michelle
Language
In the south they speak Nubian and in the west some speak Berber but the most common are Arabic and Swalilal
Your welcome in Berber is idh-iysessbhene Hello in Arabic is Ahlan
Education
Egypt has the largest education system in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and it has grown rapidly since the early 1990s
The public education in Egypt has three levels kindergarten primary school and preparatory school which takes you from the age of 4- 14. After that there is secondary school which is for people who are committed to learning and the age group is 15-17. The education is free in any government schools. There are very few private schools in Egypt. On average poor people go to school for 3 years less than
Culture
Women wear veils mostly everywhere they go and they don’t appear in public with out one.
Family honor is very important.
Egypt is a republic with a parliamentary government like in the U.S
Many people live in a area along the Nile River called the Nile Valley Alson the Nile Delta.
In Those Places it gets Really crowed with several thousand people per square kilometer.
The president is the head of the state. They have large pictures posters of him everywhere in Cairo.
Islam is the most practiced religion there!
Economy
Egypt's economy depends on agriculture, media, petroleum exports, and tourism
More than three million Egyptians working abroad (Saudi Arabia, the Persian Gulf and Europe, mainly) Rapidly-growing population, limited arable land, and dependence on the Nile all overtax resources and stress the economy. Economic conditions have started to improve after a period of stagnation from the adoption of more liberal economic policies by the government, as well as increased revenues from tourism and a booming stock market
Medical
IFMSA is a medical group in Egypt organized to keep Egypt safe and give sick people hope.
People who are apart of IFMSA organize many heath projects to keep Egypt healthy. The IFMSA is a student medical group in Egypt that helps Egypt in many advances in medical research They sometimes go out of the country to get help from other countries to fight certain diseases that cannot be done by themselves. Egypt is doing well in fighting off diseases such as Typhoid fever and keeping their county clean for
Diseases
Some of the most common and widespread diseases are:
Cholera
Escherichia coli diarrhea
Hepatitis A
West Nile Fever
Schistosmiasis
Typhoid fever
Land Latitude and longitude: 30º06 N and 31º25 E. Climate: hot, dry summers with moderate winters Terrain: vast desert plateau broken apart by the Nile valley and delta Natural resources: petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, phosphates, manganese, limestone, gypsum, talc, asbestos, lead, zinc Land use: arable land: 2.87% permanent crops: 0.48% other: 96.65% (2001) Irrigated land: 33,000 sq km (1998 est.) Natural hazards: droughts, earthquakes, flash floods,
Climate The days are warm or hot, and nights are cool. Egypt has only two seasons: Mild winter from November to April, hot summer from May to October. Egypt receives fewer than eighty millimeters of precipitation annually. Most of the precipitation is around the coast. The wettest area (around Alexandria) receives only around 200 millimeters of rain a year. Cairo (the capital) receives about one centimeter of precipitation a year.
Sources
http://geography.about.com/library/cia/blcegypt.htm
http://www.mapsofworld.com/lat_long/egypt-lat-long.h http://www.touregypt.net/climate.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Egypt http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IFMSA_–_Egypt
Language
In the south they speak Nubian and in the west some speak Berber but the most common are Arabic and Swalilal
Your welcome in Berber is idh-iysessbhene Hello in Arabic is Ahlan
Education
Egypt has the largest education system in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and it has grown rapidly since the early 1990s
The public education in Egypt has three levels kindergarten primary school and preparatory school which takes you from the age of 4- 14. After that there is secondary school which is for people who are committed to learning and the age group is 15-17. The education is free in any government schools. There are very few private schools in Egypt. On average poor people go to school for 3 years less than
Culture
Women wear veils mostly everywhere they go and they don’t appear in public with out one.
Family honor is very important.
Egypt is a republic with a parliamentary government like in the U.S
Many people live in a area along the Nile River called the Nile Valley Alson the Nile Delta.
In Those Places it gets Really crowed with several thousand people per square kilometer.
The president is the head of the state. They have large pictures posters of him everywhere in Cairo.
Islam is the most practiced religion there!
Economy
Egypt's economy depends on agriculture, media, petroleum exports, and tourism
More than three million Egyptians working abroad (Saudi Arabia, the Persian Gulf and Europe, mainly) Rapidly-growing population, limited arable land, and dependence on the Nile all overtax resources and stress the economy. Economic conditions have started to improve after a period of stagnation from the adoption of more liberal economic policies by the government, as well as increased revenues from tourism and a booming stock market
Medical
IFMSA is a medical group in Egypt organized to keep Egypt safe and give sick people hope.
People who are apart of IFMSA organize many heath projects to keep Egypt healthy. The IFMSA is a student medical group in Egypt that helps Egypt in many advances in medical research They sometimes go out of the country to get help from other countries to fight certain diseases that cannot be done by themselves. Egypt is doing well in fighting off diseases such as Typhoid fever and keeping their county clean for
Diseases
Some of the most common and widespread diseases are:
Cholera
Escherichia coli diarrhea
Hepatitis A
West Nile Fever
Schistosmiasis
Typhoid fever
Land Latitude and longitude: 30º06 N and 31º25 E. Climate: hot, dry summers with moderate winters Terrain: vast desert plateau broken apart by the Nile valley and delta Natural resources: petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, phosphates, manganese, limestone, gypsum, talc, asbestos, lead, zinc Land use: arable land: 2.87% permanent crops: 0.48% other: 96.65% (2001) Irrigated land: 33,000 sq km (1998 est.) Natural hazards: droughts, earthquakes, flash floods,
Climate The days are warm or hot, and nights are cool. Egypt has only two seasons: Mild winter from November to April, hot summer from May to October. Egypt receives fewer than eighty millimeters of precipitation annually. Most of the precipitation is around the coast. The wettest area (around Alexandria) receives only around 200 millimeters of rain a year. Cairo (the capital) receives about one centimeter of precipitation a year.
Sources
http://geography.about.com/library/cia/blcegypt.htm
http://www.mapsofworld.com/lat_long/egypt-lat-long.h http://www.touregypt.net/climate.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Egypt http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IFMSA_–_Egypt
