The ISO code of Egypt is EG according to the ISO 3166 standard. The local name of the country is Misr. Egypt capital city is Cairo. People in Egypt speak the Modern Standard Arabic language. Around 3150 BC, Egypt emerged as a sovereign political entity. In the year 3150 BC, Egypt emerged as a sovereign political entity. The largest city in Egypt is Cairo.

Egypt is located in the UTC +02:00 time zone, which is also called Central Africa Time or CAT. The internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Egypt is .eg. Other domains assigned to Egypt are مصر.. The International dialing code for Egypt is 20. People in Egypt drive on the right side of the road. Total land area of Egypt is 1,001,450 km² (approx. 386,660 mi²). Egypt is not a landlocked country. It means that is is bordered by at least one major body of water.