Travel & technology
Electric power
- Plug shape
- Voltage
- 220V, 50Hz
Phone dialing
- Code to call Egypt
- +20
Mobile phones
- GSM Band
- 900
What every visitor should know about Egypt:
- Capital
- Cairo
- Money
- The currency is the Egyptian pound (EGP). 1 EGP is worth about US$0.18, or €0.13.
- Crime
- CrimeSafe Travel Score™: 4.5 out of 5 (Very safe)
Areas of concern:
- Pick-pocketing / bag-snatching
- Tap water
- Unsafe. Water purification efforts are inadequate to guarantee safe supply. Drink boiled or bottled water whenever possible.
Egypt facts and figures:
People
- Population
- 83,082,869
- Language
- Arabic (official), English and French widely understood by educated classes
- Ethnicity
- Egyptian 99.6%, other 0.4%
Economy
- GDP
- US$5,500 (per capita)
- Income equality
- High