EGYPT (Syllabus: GS Paper 1 – Geography)

Context: The Prime Minister of India has congratulated His Excellency Abdelfattah Elsisi on winning Egyptian Presidential Elections.

Egypt

• Location: In the northeastern corner of Africa.
• Bordered by: 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.
• The Gulf of Aqaba: Separates Egypt from Jordan and Saudi Arabia.
• Capital: Cairo
• Highest Mountain: Mount Catherine at 2,642 meters
• River: Nile
• Desert: Egypt includes parts of the Sahara desert and of the Libyan Desert.