Egypt
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Codes and identifiers
- ISO alpha-2
- EG
- ISO alpha-3
- EGY
- ISO numeric
- 818
- FIPS 10-4
- EG
- GeoNames ID
- 357994
Key facts
- Capital
- Cairo
- Area
- 1,001,450 km²
- Population
- 98,423,595
- Currency
- Pound (EGP)
- Calling code
- +20
- Top-level domain
- .eg
- Official languages
- ar-EG,en,fr
Continent
- Name
- Africa
- Code
- AF
- In this dataset
- 58 countries
Location
- Latitude
- 27
- Longitude
- 30
- Min latitude
- 21.9943692020001
- Min longitude
- 24.688342732000137
- Max latitude
- 31.656480210000026
- Max longitude
- 36.899180535000085
Boundary
The API call behind this page
Request
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
"https://geosearch.dev/v1/countries/EG?fields=iso_code,iso3_code,name,capital,population,area_sq_km,currency_code,continent_code"Response
{
"data": {
"area_sq_km": 1001450,
"capital": "Cairo",
"continent_code": "AF",
"currency_code": "EGP",
"iso3_code": "EGY",
"iso_code": "EG",
"name": "Egypt",
"population": 98423595
}
}Formatted for reading. The API returns the same JSON on one line.
Other endpoints for this country
/v1/countries/EG/regions/v1/cities?country=EG/v1/postal-codes?country=EG/v1/timezones?country=EG
Name in other languages
- Arabic
- مصر
- Chinese
- 埃及
- English
- Egypt
- French
- Égypte
- German
- Ägypten
- Hindi
- मिस्र
- Italian
- Egitto
- Japanese
- エジプト
- Korean
- 이집트
- Portuguese
- Egito
- Russian
- Египет
- Spanish
- Egipto
- Total language variants
- 151
The API returns any of them with ?lang=.
Time zones
| IANA ID | UTC offset | DST offset |
|---|---|---|
| Africa/Cairo | UTC+02:00 | UTC+03:00 |
Postal code format
- Format
- #####
- Pattern
^(\d{5})$
First-level administrative regions
- Cairo Governorate
- Muḩāfaz̧at al Jīzah
- Muḩāfaz̧at ash Sharqīyah
- Muḩāfaz̧at ad Daqahlīyah
- Beheira Governorate
- Muḩāfaz̧at al Minyā
- Muḩāfaz̧at al Qalyūbīyah
- Muḩāfaz̧at Sūhāj
- Alexandria
- Muḩāfaz̧at al Gharbīyah
- Muḩāfaz̧at Asyūţ
- Muḩāfaz̧at al Minūfīyah
- Muḩāfaz̧at al Fayyūm
- Kafr ash Shaykh
- Muḩāfaz̧at Qinā
- Muḩāfaz̧at Banī Suwayf
- Muḩāfaz̧at Aswān
- Damietta Governorate
- Ismailia Governorate
- Luxor
- Suez
- Port Said
- Muḩāfaz̧at Maţrūḩ
- North Sinai
24 of 27 shown, largest first
Largest cities
| City | Population |
|---|---|
| Cairo | 9,606,916 |
| Alexandria | 5,263,542 |
| Giza | 4,367,343 |
| Shubrā al Khaymah | 1,240,289 |
| Port Said | 780,515 |
| Suez | 699,541 |
| Madīnat an Naşr | 668,413 |
| Al Mansurah | 621,953 |
| Al Maḩallah al Kubrá | 592,573 |
| Tanta | 576,648 |
Coverage in this dataset
- Cities
- 12,088
- First-level regions
- 27
- Postal codes
- 0
- Name languages
- 151
- Boundary polygon
- Yes
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