Friday, March 4, 2011

Egypt Now

Egypts economy:
 - tourism
 - Oil, natural gas, manufacturing
 - Agriculture: making most of their limited arable land (3%)
       cotton, corn, rice, wheat, fava beans
 - The old pattern of dealing with the Nile has changed in 1970 building a damn
 - The damn controls the flooding of the Nile, and increases the amount of reclaimed land
Egypts demographics:
 - 79 million people
 - Cairo: 6.7 million, NYC: 8.3 million
 - Official language: Arabic
 - Religion: around 90% Muslim, rest are Christian

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