Egypt which is formally known as the Arab Republic of Egypt is a nation crossing the upper east corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia by a land connect shaped by the Sinai Peninsula. Egypt is a Mediterranean nation bordered by Palestine (Gaza Strip) and Israel toward the northeast, the Gulf of Aqaba and the Red Sea toward the east, Sudan toward the south, and Libya toward the west. Over the Gulf of Aqaba lies Jordan, over the Red Sea lies Saudi Arabia, and over the Mediterranean lie Greece, Turkey, and Cyprus, albeit none share a land border with Egypt.
Islam is the official religion and Arabic is the official language of Egypt. With more than 95 million population, Egypt is the most populous nation in North Africa, the Middle East, and the Arab world, the third-generally crowded in Africa (after Nigeria and Ethiopia), and the 15th most populous in the world. Most of the population of Egypt lives near the banks of the Nile River, an area of about 40,000 square kilometers (15,000 sq. mi), where the only arable land is found. The large regions of the Sahara Desert, which constitutes the greater part of Egypt’s region, is sparsely inhabited. Around half of Egypt’s residents live in urban areas, with most spread over the densely populated centers of greater Cairo, Alexandria and other major cities in the Nile Delta.
The official language of Egypt is Arabic. The spoken languages are: Egyptian Arabic (68%), Sa’idi Arabic (29%), eastern Egyptian Badawi Arabic (1.6%), Sudanese Arabic (0.6%), Domari (zero. 3%), nobiin (0.3%), Beja (0.1%), siwi and others. Moreover, greek, Armenian and italian, and more recently, African languages like Amharic and Tigrigna are the main languages of immigrants. The main foreign languages which use to study in schools and higher education in English, French, German, and Italian.