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Egypt ([ˈiːdʒɪpt] (help·info); Arabic: مصر‎, Miṣr or Máṣr) is a country in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge to Western Asia. Covering an area of about 1,010,000 square kilometers (390,000 sq mi), Egypt borders the Mediterranean http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt

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