CBBC Newsround | WORLD | Country profile: Egypt

Updated 22 January 2003, 16.01

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Population: 65 million
Capital city: Cairo
Major language spoken: Arabic
Major religion: Islam
Fascinating Fact: One of Egypt's most famous pyramids is the Great Pyramid of Khufu. It's made up of 2,300,000 blocks and each block in the pyramid weighs 2.5 tons.

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