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Egypt

 Introduction

Egypt is a North African country which attained independence on 28th February 1922.

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 Political  

It is a presidential with legislature system of government

The last elections were held on 26th May 2014. (source, International Foundation for Electoral Systems)
 Economical  

The currency is the Egyptian Pound - EGP and main economic activity is Services.

GDP latest $286.54 Billions

Gini Coefficient 30.8 (2013)

(Source, World Bank)

 ICT  

ccTLD is .eg

Penetration of Internet 54.6%

Regulator is National Telecom Regulatory Authority

Population

 The country’s population at December 2015 was 84.71 Million

Urbanization/Rural population was at 43.1% / 56.9%

(Source, United Nations Population Department)

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