EGYPT EGYPT REGION AFRICA NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE FEBRUARY 28 1922 DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION SEPTEMBER 11 1971 POPULATION 67273906 1999 EST AREA 385229 SQ MI CAPITAL CAIRO FORM OF GOVERNMENT REPUBLIC MAIN INDUSTRIES FOOD PROCESSING TEXTILES OIL TOURISM CHEMICALS LIGHT MANUFACTURING NATURAL RESOURCES PETROLEUM NATURAL GAS PHOSPHATES IRON ORE GYPSUM MAGANESE CURRENCY POUND GDP 188 BILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 2850 1998 EST LANGUAGES ARABIC OFFICIAL ENGLISH FRENCH RELIGIONS MUSLIM LITERACY RATE 51 LIFE EXPECTANCY 60 YEARS MALE 64 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 27 PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 8 PER 1000 POPULATION
