Economy:
tourism
oil, natural gas, manufacturing
agriculture - making the most of their limited arable land (3%)
- cotton, corn, rice, wheat, fava beans
1970 building of the Aswan High Dam
the dam controls the flooding of the Nile, and increases the amount of reclaimed land
Demographics
79 million people - biggest population of Middle Eastern nations,
Cairo: 6.7 million
Official language: Arabic
90% Muslim
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