Egypt+Henry+Connor



‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ ‍ ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ ‍‍  By Connor Hoyt and Henry O'Connell media type="custom" key="22071774" align="left"media type="custom" key="22071776" align="right" ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

* 31.1711 degrees east longitude (Eastern Hemisphere). __Relative__ * * Borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Red Sea to the east. 28.8013 degrees north latitude (Northern Hemisphere). Borders Libya to the west and Sudan to the south. ||=  ||
 * = [[image:africacountryproject/egypt map 2.gif width="256" height="319"]] ||=  //__‍‍‍‍__// **__ Location __**  __Absolute__ *

** ‍‍__Place‍‍__ ** || ===== **__Physical Characteristics__** =====
 * [[image:africacountryproject/Egypt Desert.jpg width="228" height="173" align="center" caption="The Sahara Desert"]]
 * Northern and eastern Africa.
 * On the Mediterranean coast.
 * Part of the Sahara Desert is located in western Egypt.
 * The Nile River is in eastern Egypt
 * The temperature is up to 108 degrees Fahrenheit in the summers and as low as 40 degrees Fahrenheit in the winters.
 * Annual Rainfall ranges from virtually nothing in the deserts to about eight inches in the Nile Delta.

**__Human Characteristics/Culture__**

__Population__

 * 789 million and growing by 1.8 million annually
 * Exact population is difficult to know here are as many as 5 million ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍informal residents‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ in Egypt.

__Language__

 * The main language in Egypt is Arabic.
 * They use word plays, jokes, and clutches in their language.
 * The language students learn in school is English.

__Religion__

 * Muslim is the main religion in in Egypt.
 * In their religion, frequent praying is expected (5 times a day).
 * On Friday, men gather in a temple for prayers.
 * The rest of the week they pray at work, home, and even in public.

__Eating/ Diet__

 * Egyptians prepare large fancy meals for guests.
 * They leave food on their plate to show that their host fed them well.
 * At restaurants, they do it to show great wealth.

__Personal Appearance__

 * Women cover their hair and their skin.
 * They don't cover their hands or their face.
 * Men may also wear similar covers, but they don't have to.
 * Visitors remove their shoes before entering a house.
 * Must completely cover their company.

__Housing__
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 * The wealthy live in lavish and luxury houses.
 * The poor live in less nice apartments. || [[image:africacountryproject/Med Coast.jpg width="224" height="157" align="center" caption="Mediterranean Coast"]]

**__ Human-Environment Interaction __** In Egypt, humans adapt to the environment because they had to adapt to sandy dry deserts. They had to wear light clothing so they don't sweat. Humans had to adapt to living near the Nile. Many people want to live near the Nile because it is the only place where you can farm and have clean water. Humans can change the environment too. Humans had to create places for water to go through so other places can farm and use the water. They also created a dam for hydroelectricity. Sometimes it causes problems in the environment. Some problems are pollution in Egypt due to smoke stacks and broken down cars. The water in Egypt gets badly polluted and that makes it unhealthy to use.

Cairo, Egypt's capital, is Africa's largest city and the 16th largest city in the world. Cairo is a modern city of approximately 70 million people. It has Africa's only subway system, with 53 stations and 65 kilometers of track, carrying 2.5 million passengers per day. Cairo's Tahrir Square was the location of the 2011 Egyptian Revolution, where the egyptians overthrew their leader, Hosni Mubarak. The revolution was coordinated using cell phones, Facebook, and Twitter. || ||
 * [[image:africacountryproject/camels-pyramids-egypt.jpg width="192" height="125"]] || **__ Movement __** The transportation in Egypt includes the river bus, camels, donkeys, trains, and the airline. Some of the exports in Egypt are oil, petroleum, metal, cotton, textiles, and chemicals. The imports in Egypt are food, commodities, equipment, and wood. ‍‍The Internet and T.V. stations are growing. || [[image:africacountryproject/river bus.jpg width="192" height="137" align="center" caption="River Bus"]] ||
 * [[image:africacountryproject/12345.jpg width="192" height="108"]] || **__Cairo__**

**__ Regions __**
 * > [[image:africacountryproject/egypt pie rel.png width="417" height="218"]] ||> [[image:africacountryproject/resource egypt.gif width="216" height="242" caption="Egypt natural resources"]] ||

__Links__
__Photo-peach on Egypt by Henry __

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