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Egypt

Egypt

Area: 101,4 square kilometers
Capital: Cairo
Time: Moscow: - 1 hour.


Geography:

Egypt borders on Libya, Sudan, Israel, has a maritime border with Saudi Arabia and Jordan.

Washed in the north of the Mediterranean Sea in the east - the Red Sea. Egypt belongs to the largest artificially constructed canal - Suez Canal, which connects the Mediterranean and Red Sea.

The relief of the country is mostly flat. Low mountains (less than 2000 meters above sea level), which coincides with the country’s highest point Mount Catherine (2,642 m), located in the south of the Sinai Peninsula, a medium-ghat Etbay (up to 1000 m above sea level) extends along the entire coast of the Red Sea (the highest peaks Shaib al-Banat - 2187 m and Hamat - 1977 m). The plateau of the Libyan and Arabian deserts are separated by the valley of the Nile.

State system:

Presidential-parliamentary republic. Head of state - the president, the legislature at the National Assembly.

Airports in the country and time of flight: Cairo, Sharm el-Sheikh, Hurghada

Weather:

Tropical continental desert from the sharp daily fluctuations in temperature. In the desert daytime temperatures can reach 50 ° C, and at night drop to 0 ° C. The cool season in Upper Egypt (south of Cairo) lasts from December to February. In April-May, when from the Sahara desert in about 50 days of hot, dry winds blowing khamsin, frequent sand storms. Relative humidity increases in July, when flooding of the Nile begins.

In Lower Egypt (north of Cairo), especially its coastal strip, the climate is mostly subtropical Mediterranean. The cool season lasts from October to April. In the narrow Mediterranean strip of frequent rains. Summer begins in May and is accompanied by a significant increase in relative humidity.

Precipitation rare and irregular. The average annual rainfall in most parts of the country less than 100 mm (28 mm area of Cairo), and in the north approx. 200 mm (in Alexandria - 190 mm), but in some years may reach 400 mm.
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The average temperature in Cairo from Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec
t ° C +14 +15 +17 +21 +25 +27 +28 +28 +26 +24 +19 +15

Average temperature in Hurghada Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec
t ° C +16 +16 +19 +22 +26 +28 +29 +30 +28 +25 +21 +17

Language:

Official language: Arabic

Say the Egyptians in the Egyptian dialect of Arabic. In the cities have a wide distribution of English and French. The population of some of the oases in the west of the country says the Berber language.

Religion:

94% of Egyptians are Muslim Sunni areas. Around 6% of believers are Christians, the Copts.

Currency:
International name: EGP

Egyptian pound is divided into 100 piastres (PT). Local funds have the following advantage: Egyptian pound notes: 100, 50, 20, 10, 5, 1; piastres banknote: 50, 25; coins: 20, 10, 5. The papers are almost identical in size and therefore easy to confuse them, especially the 50 piastres and 50 pounds. So be careful!

Piastres have a distinctive appearance:
5 piastres: “silver” with an eagle, nickel with the pyramids or a vase.
10 piastres: “silver” with an eagle or a mosque, nickel from the mosque.
20 piastres: “silver” with an eagle or a mosque.
25 piastres: “silver” with a hole in the middle.

Egyptian pounds freely exchanged for dollars and other convertible currencies at banks, hotels exchange offices, airports. This document shall be submitted not. Commission for the exchange is not taken. Street money changers to be avoided! After an exchange necessarily need to recalculate the amount and check the current exchange rate with the specified in the bill.

Banks are taking any type of currency, checks, major credit cards.

In the hotels you can pay with major international credit cards. Often taking and dollars, but counting is thus in favor of the seller.

Do I need a visa to travel: Yes

Visa:

When traveling on vacation in Egypt, your passport must be valid, at least 3 months. Visa for tourists for up to one month is made at the airport upon arrival, the same is taken consular fee. Visas can be obtained in advance at the Egyptian embassy.

For young women traveling alone (ie without a husband and not as part of tour group) are more severe and there may be problems with obtaining visas.

Customs restrictions:

From Egypt can not remove coral, sea shells, stuffed crocodiles, ivory. In the case of acquisition of data items as souvenirs must present a receipt from the store.

Be declared cameras (cameras and accessories to indicate not required). Two liters of alcohol and 24 cans of beer, tourists can purchase during their stay in Egypt in the duty free shops located in all tourist centers. Evaluation of the purchase of alcoholic beverages be placed in the passport of the buyer, and you can only buy alcohol for 24 hours after arrival.

Allowed duty-free importation of personal effects, 250 grams of tobacco or 50 cigars, and liters of alcohol.

Representation in Russia:

Consular Section
Address: Moscow, Kropotkin Lane. 12
phone: 246-30-96, 246-02-34, 246-30-80
fax: 246-10-64
Tourist Office: 134-40-83. Fax: 134-95-70

Russia’s Mission:

Consular Section
Address: Cairo, Cairo, Dokki, Giza str., 95, Egypt
Phone: (8-10-202) 761-4511
Fax: 761-4512
http://www.egypt.mid.ru/

Consulate General
Address: Alexandria, Saba-Pacha, Tag-Roussa str. 9, Alexandria, Egypt
Phone: (8-10-203) 583-3534
fax: (8-10-203) 583-2811
http://www.consul-alexandria.ru

Line voltage: 220V

Tips:

Tips for small services are called “baksheesh”. The size of it, usually within a pound. Baksheesh decided to give the boy, which enables you to car door, the hotel staff, brought to you by the suitcase (it is common practice), self-styled guide to an ancient temple, maids (daily or about 10 LE per week), cleaning the toilets in 50 piastres, service personnel (1 - 2 LE), whose help the visitor something has gone beyond his direct duties or when they were executed very well.

In restaurants, the waiter left the surrender of the size of one to five pounds, rounding the amount of the account. The attendants at museums and churches, the owners of camels, the tactics of its relationship with visitors also build per baksheesh. Do not offer tips to those who practice their profession on their social status is with you on equal terms.

Some Egyptians demand money for what they photographed.

Cuisine:

Raspolagayas at the crossroads of Africa and Asia, Egypt can offer many delicious and original. Egyptian cuisine has absorbed the dishes other eastern countries, the Egyptian cooks adapt recipes taste of Turkish, Egyptian, Lebanese, Syrian and Greek cuisine. Simple national dishes are prepared with plenty of fresh and ripe fruits and vegetables, and seasoned with a little spice, although the Egyptian dishes are rarely sharp.

Each meal must serve the bread, which is called «aish». Traditional bread «aish baladi» (baladiysky bread) - round and flavorful tortilla wholemeal flour, coated in ground wheat. It is divided in half, as the Greek pita, and filled with various fillings. And of course, he is neot’emlennoy part of a mezze - appetizers, which you can order in many restaurants. Dipping pieces of bread in baba ghannuugh (eggplant dip with olive oil and garlic), hummus (chickpea paste) and tahina (sesame seed paste). Then, try hot or cold wara inab - rolls of grape leaves stuffed with minced meat and rice. And bit different salads: torshi (salad of pickled vegetables) and tabulah (bulgur salad of parsley, tomatoes and onions, seasoned with lemon juice and olive oil). Perhaps after such snacks other dishes you can not order.

With the bread in the daily diet includes beans, fuul. Prepare them in different ways, such as fuul midamess, when the beans are boiled with vegetables and make bean puree with tomatoes, onions and spices. This dish is served with eggs for breakfast, but without eggs - for lunch or dinner. You can buy bread stuffed with Fuul from trays in the street.
Chickpeas and beans are included in many national dishes, their crushed or ground to a paste and add in the tahini and hummus with lots of garlic.

There is no Egyptian meal without rice and bread. Most Egyptians use the meat in small quantities, and prepare it with vegetables and served with rice. With lamb or beef made torly, vegetable stew with onions, marjoram and lemon juice. Very popular kofta - meatballs of minced meat with spices and onions, which are put on skewers served with traditional side dishes: rice, lentils, greens, tomato salad, tahini sauce and bread.

Due to the proximity of the Red Sea in the Egyptian kitchen there is a large variety of fish dishes. The most common dish in restaurants - assorted fish. A lot of specialized fish restaurants. Besides the usual perch, try shrimp (hambari), squid (calamari), scallops (gandofli) and eel (tibaan). Tender meat eel, deep fried, you can easily buy from street vendors.

Rice often prepared with nuts, onions and vegetables. In Egyptian cuisine made stuffed green leafy vegetables and various mixtures of rice, for example, wara inab - rolls of grape leaves, stuffed with a mixture of spiced rice with a small amount of stuffing. Traditional salad, unchanged for the Egyptian table - it cut tomatoes, coriander, mint, a little green pepper and onion, seasoned with garlic butter. With eggplant, which is the main ingredient babaganush, also produce an Egyptian dish mussaka: fried eggplant interbed minced meat, sprinkle with cheese and baked. In recipes often used okra, collard and cauliflower and potatoes, for example, stewed with tomatoes and garlic.

Hamaam - grilled pigeon stuffed with rice - is a national delicacy. They are specially grown in different parts of Egypt. Since doves are small, You can order several, but they are hard to eat, like any small bird. Most delicious pigeon cooked in small local restaurants.

Egyptian desserts are usually buried in honey syrup. Baklava (filo dough rolls with nuts and honey) - least of all the sweet desserts. Also you will find fatir pancakes with various fillings, ranging from eggs to apricots, and a very sweet dessert basbousa, which is prepared from dough with semolina, soaked in honey and sprinkled with hazelnuts. After dinner in many homes and restaurants serve fresh fruit: fresh figs, dates (of which there more than 200 different varieties and sizes), oranges and pomegranates.

Coffee has always been and remains a national tradition - the locals often gather in cafes to drink coffee, discuss latest news, play backgammon and listen to Egyptian music.

Special treats - fruit juices. Owners of small shops often blended fruit juice with ice and sugar syrup, obtained by the delicious drinks for hot weather.

As in any Muslim country, alcohol is not welcome and very expensive for tourists. But Stella, the local beer, has a mild flavor and is sold in large bottles, ideal to quench your thirst in this hot country.
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Shopping:

In the East, decided to bargain, and the harder you are going to insist on its price, the more respectful to you will be treated.

There are no specific hours of shops do not exist. In winter, shops are open from 9.00 to 20.00 with a lunch break of at least 12.00 to 14.00. Supermarkets are usually open longer. Summer lunch, usually lasts from 14.00 to 16.00. Many shops are closed only at 21.00-22.00. Banking hours: from 8.30 to 14.00, some till 20:00, bureaux at airports - around the clock, Friday and Saturday - the weekend.

Souvenirs:

In Egypt you can find lots of souvenir shops offering jewelry of gold, silver, precious and semi-precious stones, carpets, spices, perfumes, aromatic oils and essences, perfume bottles for storage of delicate work, glass and ceramics, water pipes, boards to play chess and Backgammon, fabrics of cotton and silk, straw hats, leather crocodile, cobra, cow, camel, dried dates and dried flowers “karkade, books, postcards, a variety of spices. In big cities you can find stores world-renowned companies, where the price is acceptable. Markets are everywhere. But remember: counterfeiting in the markets - the usual thing.

Do not collect corals as souvenirs! They were forbidden to export.

Office hours:

The main historical sites and museums are open daily from 9 to 18 hours. During Ramadan, they can work less: to open later and close earlier. Administrative agencies often do not work on Fridays, and some shops - on Sundays.

Safety:

The need for conventional precautions against thieves: to carry a purse, belt and look for photo-video equipment and bags.

Country code: +20

Geographic domain name is the first level:. Eg

Health:

The most typical health problems for tourists - little trouble with his stomach because of the presence of water and eating bacteria, to which the newcomers have not yet developed immunity, and various forms of discomfort due to the careless attitude to sun and heat.

Emergency numbers:

126 - Tourist Police
123 - State ambulance assistance
125 - Fire Service


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