Egypt
Name
Egypt
Descriptive Note Text
Egypt is a country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and the Sinai Peninsula in the southwest corner of Asia. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Gaza Strip of Palestine and Israel to the northeast, the Red Sea to the east, Sudan to the south, and Libya to the west. Cairo is the capital and largest city of Egypt, while Alexandria, the second-largest city, is an important industrial center on the Mediterranean coast.