Ayra's information

Location:

• Northern Africa
• bordering Mediterranean Sea
• between Libya and the Gaza Strip, and the Red Sea
• north of Sudan
• includes the Asian Sinai Peninsula

Climate:

• Desert
• hot, dry summers
• moderate winters

Terrain:

• vast desert plateau interrupted by Nile valley and delta

Major geographical features:

• controls Sinai Peninsula
• only land bridge between Africa and remainder of Eastern Hemishere
• controls Suez Canal
• sea link between Indian Ocean and Mediterranean Sea
• dependence on upstream neighbors

Racial:

• Caucasian
• Black
• Middle Eastern
• It depends on who you ask. Most Americans believe that Egyptians are caucasian. Most Egyptians classify themselves as just Egyptian or African. 

Ethnic:

• Egyptian: 99.6%
• Other: 0.4%

Class structure:

• No rigid social structure
• Wealthy upper class and lower class

Politics:

• Republic
• Cairo
• 27 Governorates
• Red Sea
• Alexandria
• Ismailia
• Giza
• Cairo
• Luxor
• New Valley
• Suez
• Port Said
• Damietta
• South Sinai
• North Sinai
• Constitution
• Latest approved by a constitutional committee in December 2013
• allows parliament to withdraw confidence from president and force early elections by 2/3 majority
• stipulates the president, not prime minister, appoints several powerful ministers
• foreign affairs, interior and justice
• sets limits to president's powers
• he can only serve 2 4 year terms
• before 6 years and re-elected unlimited number of times
• Approved by referendum held on Jan 14-15 2014
• 98.1% of Egyptians said yes
• 20 million participated in vote
• reached 38.6%
• many Egyptians boycotted the vote
• police arrested 400 people campaigning for a no vote
• Ratified by interim president on Jan 19 2014
• http://rt.com/op-edge/new-constitution-of-egypt-022/
• Legal System
• Mixed based on Napoleonic civil law and Islamic religious law
• judicial review by Supreme Constitutional Court and Council of State
• 3 Branches
• Executive
• Legislative
• Judicial

PICTURES:

 http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/africa/egnewzz.gif (map)

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/maps/africa/egypt/map_of_egypt.jpg  (map)

http://www.mapsofworld.com/egypt/maps/egypt-map.gif (map)

http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/africa/egafrica.gif (map)

http://www.freeworldmaps.net/africa/egypt/egypt-map-physical.jpg (map)

http://www.history-map.com/picture/001/pictures/Peninsula-Sinai-Egypt.jpg (Sinai Peninsula)

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41916000/gif/_41916320_troop_move_map416.gif (Suez Canal)

http://www.odeion.org/atlantis/pyramids-of-giza.jpg (great pyramids of Giza)

http://the-top10.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/112.jpg (Sphinx with nose)

http://paradiseintheworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Great-Sphinx-of-Giza-Egypt.jpg (Sphinx full body)