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Africa > Egypt > Government

EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Capital city Cairo
Corruption 3.4 [76th of 160]
Parliamentary seats > Female 2% [131st of 143]
Procedures to build a warehouse > number 30 ... [7th of 168]
Procedures to enforce a contract > number 55 ... [12th of 170]
Procedures to register property > number 7 ... [48th of 167]
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliament > % 2 % ... [167th of 174]
Start-up procedures to register a business > number 10 ... [68th of 171]
Status pseudo-democracy
Suffrage
18 years of age; universal and compulsory
Time required to build a warehouse > days 263 days ... [41st of 168]
Time required to enforce a contract > days 1,010 days ... [15th of 171]
Time required to register property > days 193 days ... [20th of 167]
Time required to start a business > days 19 days ... [136th of 171]
Time to prepare and pay taxes > hours 536 hours ... [26th of 169]
Time to resolve insolvency > years 4.2 years ... [30th of 151]
Transnational Issues > Disputes > International
while Sudan retains claim to the Hala'ib Triangle north of the 1899 Treaty boundary along the 22nd Parallel, both states withdrew their military presence in the 1990s and Egypt has invested in and effectively administers the area; Egypt vigilantly monitors the Sinai and borders with Israel and the Gaza Strip to deter terrorist, smuggling, and other illegal activities; Egypt does not extend domestic asylum to some 70,000 persons who identify themselves as Palestinians but who largely lack UNRWA assistance and, until recently, UNHCR recognition as refugees
UN membership date 24 Oct. 1945
United Nations mission
http://www.embassyofegyptwashingtondc.org/
Washington, D.C. embassies > Neighborhood Cleveland Park

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; Transparency International; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; World Development Indicators database; electionworld.org; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; Wisconsin High School Model United Nations; Wikipedia: List of Washington, D.C. embassies

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Egypt, Arab Republic of Egypt, Jumhuriyat Misr al-Arabiyah, Misr

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