Egypt
Country Information: Arab Republic of Egypt
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GENERAL INFORMATION
Egypt is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Western Asia. Covering an area of about 1,010,000 square kilometers (390,000 sq mi), Egypt borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northeast, the Red Sea to the east, Sudan to the south and Libya to the west.
Egypt is one of the most populous countries in Africa and the Middle East. The great majority of its estimated 76 million live near the banks of the Nile River, in an area of about 40,000 square kilometers (15,000 sq mi), where the only arable agricultural land is found. The large areas of the Sahara Desert are sparsely inhabited. About half of Egypt's residents live in urban areas, with the majority spread across the densely-populated centers of greater Cairo, Alexandria and other major cities in the Nile Delta.
Egypt is famous for its ancient civilization and some of the world's most famous monuments, including the Giza pyramid complex and its Great Sphinx. The southern city of Luxor contains numerous ancient artifacts, such as the Karnak Temple and the Valley of the Kings. Egypt is widely regarded as an important political and cultural nation of the Middle East.
WEATHER INFORMATION
Egypt does not receive much rainfall except in the winter months. South of Cairo, rainfall averages only around 2 to 5 mm (0.1 to 0.2 in) per year and at intervals of many years. On a very thin strip of the northern coast the rainfall can be as high as 410 mm (16 in), with most of the rainfall between October and March. Snow falls on Sinai's mountains and some of the north coastal cities such as Damietta, Baltim, Sidi Barrany, etc. and rarely in Alexandria, frost is also known in mid-Sinai and mid-Egypt.
Temperatures average between 80 °F (27 °C) and 90 °F (32 °C) in summer, and up to 109 °F (43 °C) on the Red Sea coast. Temperatures average between 55 °F (13 °C) and 70 °F (21 °C) in winter. A steady wind from the northwest helps hold down the temperature near the Mediterranean coast. The Khamaseen is a wind that blows from the south in Egypt in spring, bringing sand and dust, and sometimes raises the temperature in the desert to more than 100 °F (38 °C).
Every year, a predictable flooding of the Nile replenishes Egypt's soil. This gives the country consistent harvest throughout the year. Many know this event as The Gift of the Nile.
The rise in sea levels due to global warming threatens Egypt's densely populated coastal strip and could have grave consequences for the country's economy, agriculture and industry. Combined with growing demographic pressures, a rise in sea levels could turn millions of Egyptians into environmental refugees by the end of the century, according to climate experts.
Forex
1.00 Egyptian Pound (EGP) = 8.52 Philippine Peso (PHP)
VISA
(1) Application form
(2) One 2x2 or passport sized colored picture
(3) Original passport (6months valid)
(4) Original old passport with visa of the following (previous Korea, Australia)
(5) Employees:
~Original Employment Certificate
~Original Personal Bank Certificate
~Copy of Recent Personal Income Tax Return (ITR)
~Marriage Contract (if traveling with husband or wife) Photocopy
(6) Businessman:
~Copy Business Registration Form from SEC or DTI
~Copy Business Permit or Mayor's Permit
~Original Personal Bank Certificate
~Copy Recent Income Tax Return
(7) Student:
~School Certification (Original)
~School I.D. (Photocopy)
~Original Bank Certification (Personal Or Applicant's Parents)
~Copy Birth Certificate (if submitting parent's documents)
~Copy Of Parent's Documents If Accompanied
(8) Retiree
~Bank Certificate (Original)
~Copy Senior Citizen Card Or Retirement Documents
~Copy Marriage Contract (if traveling with spouse)
Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt
Address: 2229 Paraiso corner Banyan Streets,
Dasmarinas Village, Makati City
Phone: +63 2 843 9220 / +63 2 843 9232
Fax: +63 2 843 9239
For visa application, you can call direct to embassy or call us at +63 2 8129667.
LOCAL TRANSPORTATION
Egypt's local transportation includes: buses, planes, trains, boat/ferries and car rental/taxis.
AIRPORT INFORMATION
(1) Cairo International Airport
Airport Code: CAI
Address: Oruba Road, Heliopolis, Cairo, Egypt
Country Code: 202
Phone: (02) 265 5000/1
Website: www.cairo-airport.com
Number of Terminals: 2
(2) Hurghada Airport
Airport Code: HRG
Address: Hurghada, Egypt
Airport Code: HRG
Country Code: 20
Number of Terminal(s): 1
(3) Sharm el Sheikh Airport
Airport Code: SSH
Address: Ras Nasrani, Egypt
Airport Code: SSH
Country Code: 20
Number of Terminals: 2
AIRLINES OFFICES
Aeroflat
Address: El Bostan Commercial Center, Downtown
Phone: 3900429
Air Algerie
Address: 13, Kasr el Nil St., Downtown
Phone: 5740688/5750688
Airport: 2910409
Air Canada
Address: 26, Mohamed Bassiouni St., Downtown
Air China
Address: 18, Youssef El Gendy St., Downtown
Phone: 3908209
Air Djibouti / GSA c/o Bon Voyage
Address: 16, Adly St., Downtown
Phone: 3907032
Air France
Address: 2, Talaat Harb St., Downtown
Phone: 5743300/465 / 479 / 516
Airport: 661028
Air India
Address: 1, Talaat Harb St., Downtown
Phone: 3927467
Air Libya
Address: 37, Kasr El Nil St., Downtown
Phone: 3924595
Air Malta / GSA
Address: 2, Talaat Harb St., Downtown
Phone: 5747420
Air Sinai
Address: Nile Hilton Commercial Complex Sq. 12, Kasr El Nil St., Downtown
Phone: 760948 / 772949 760948
Air Ukraine
Address: 9, Degla St., Mohandessin
Phone: 3481201
Alia
Address: 8, Kasr El Nil St., Downtown
Phone: 5750614
Alitalia
Address: Nile Hilton Commercial Center, Downtown
Phone: 5740984
Airport: 665143
A.M.C.
Address: El Nozha El Gadeda, Heliopolis
Phone: 2915818
American Airlines
Address: 20, El Gehad St., Mohandessin
Phone: 3455707
Arab Wings
Address: El Nasr Tower, Giza
Phone: 5729618
Austrian Airlines
Address: 22, Kasr El Nil St., Downtown
Phone: 3921522
Airport: 2905113
Belgium Airlines
Address: 2, Miriette St., Downtown
Phone: 5743984
Brazilian Airlines
Address: 37, Abdel Khalek Sarwat St., Downtown
Phone: 3913979
British Airways
Address: 1, Abdel Salam Aref St., Downtown
Phone: 762852
Airport: 671741
Bulgarian Airlines
Address: 13, Sabry Abou Allam St., Downtown
Phone: 3931211
Cathay Pacific Airways
Address: 20, El Gehad St., Lebanon Sq., Mohandessin
Phone: 3029627 / 28
Cyprus Airways / GSA c/o Bon Voyage
Address: 16 Adley St., Downtown
Phone: 3912345
Czechoslovakia Airlines
Address: 9, Talaat Harb St., Downtown
Phone: 3930416
Delta
Address: 17, Ismail Mohamed St., Zamalek
Phone: 3420861
Eastern Airlines / GSA
Address: 26, Mahmoud Bassiouni St., Downtown
Phone: 5743-336 / 5750-825
El Al Israeli Airlines / GSA
Address: 5, El Maqrizi, ZamalekPO Box 46, Zamalek
Phone: 341620 / 3408912 / 3411429
Ethiopian Airlines
Address: Nile Hilton Commercial Center Tahrir Square, Downtown
Phone: 5740911 / 603 / 852
Airport: 666057 Ext. 4398
Emirates Airlines
Address: Marriott Hotel, ZamalekPO Box 33, Zamalek
Phone: 3401087 / 1142
Finneir
Address: 15, Tahrir Square, Downtown
Phone: 769571 / 776895
Garuda Indonesia / GSA
Address: 17, Ismail Mohamed St., Zamalek
Phone: 340-1948 / 9498, 341-9409
Airport: Ext. 2317
Gulf Air / GSA
Address: 64, Gamet El Dewal El Arabia St., Mohandessin
Phone: 3487781 / 2 / 3
Hungarian Airlines
Address: 10, Talaat Harb St., Downtown
Phone: 5744959
Iberia Airlines of Spain
Address: 15, Tahrir Square, Downtown
Phone: 5789955 / 5789716
Fax: 761988
Interflug
Address: 1, Adly St., Downtown
Iraq Airlines
Address: 22, Kasr El Nil St., Downtown
Phone: 3934200 / 2090
I.T.C.
Address: 21, Mahmoud Bassiouny St., Downtown
Phone: 760259
Japan Airlines
Address: Nile Hilton Hotel, Commercial Center, Downtown
Phone: 5740695
Kenya Airways
Address: Nile Hilton Commercial Center, #8 Tahrir Square, Downtown
Phone: 762-494 / 578-0475 / 76
Airport: 2914255 / 66 Ext. 3638
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
Address: 11, Kasr El Nil, Downtown
Phone: 5747004
Airport: 662226 / 56
Kuwait Airways
Address: 4, Talaat Harb, Downtown
Phone: 5742447
Lufthansa German Airlines
Address: 6, El Sheikh El Marsafly St., Zamalek
Phone: 3933015
Airport: 666975
Malaysia Airlines
Address: 26, Mahmoud Bassiouni St., Downtown
Phone: 5758939
Malev Hungarian Airlines
Address: 12, Talaat Harb St., Downtown
Phone: 5753111 / 5744959
Middle East Airlines
Address: 12, Kasr El Nil St., Downtown
Phone: 5750736
National Aviation
Address: 20, El Sad El Aaly St., Dokki
Phone: 3605020
Olympic Airways S.A.
Address: 23, Kasr El Nil St., Downtown
Phone: 3931318 / 1459 / 1279
Airport: 664503
Pakistan Airlines
Address: 2, Kasr El Nil St., Downtown
Phone: 3924134 / 4213
Pan American
Address: 2, Talaat Harb St., Downtown
Phone: 5747420
Philippine Airlines / GSA
Address: 17, Ismail Mohamed St., Zamalek
Phone: 3401948 / 3420671 / 3400861
Polish Airlines
Address: 1, Kasr El Nil St., Downtown
Phone: 757403 / 747-312
Royal Air Maroc
Address: 9, Talaat Harb St., Downtown
Phone: 3930561
Royal Jordanian
Address 1: 26, July, Zamalek Club Bldg, Mohandeseen
Phone: 3443114 / 3467540
Address 2: 6, Kasr El Nil St., Downtown
Phone: 3375905 / 5750614
Sabina Belgian World Airlines
Address: 5, Mariette Pasha St., Downtown
Phone: 777125 / 5751194
Sas-Scandinavian Airlines System
Address: 2, Champollion St., Downtown
Phone: 753-955/718-546-889, 776-771
Saudi Arabian Airlines
Address: 55, Al Gomhorria St., Downtown
Phone: 777454 / 216
Address 2: 5, Kasr El Nil St., Downtown
Phone: 777088 / 033
Address 3: Gamaet Al Dowal Al Arabia St:, Zamalek Club Bldg., Mohandeseen
Phone: 3460757 / 8003
Address 4: 10, Talaat Harb St., Downtown
Phone: 5745626
Shorouk Airlines
Address: World Trade Center, 1191 Cornich El Nil
Phone: 771400
Somali Airlines
Address: 14, Champollion St., Downtown
Phone: 5741-770
South African Airways
Address: Nile Hilton Hotel, Commercial Center, Downtown
Phone: 5749649
Sudan Airways
Address: 1, Bustan St., Downtown
Phone: 5787398 / 145 / 299
Swissair (Swissair Transport Co.)
Address: 22, Kasr El Nil St., Downtown
Phone: 393-7955 / 7856, 392-1522
Airport: 669537 / 488
Thai Airways / GSAc/o Bon Voyage
Address: 42, Abdel Khalek Tharwat St., Downtown
Phone: 3908099 / 5090
Tunis Air
Address: 14, Talaat Harb St., Downtown
Phone: 5753420
Airport: Ext 3726
Turkish Airlines
Address 1: 3, Moustafa Kamel Sq., Downtown
Phone: 3908960 / 8961
Address: 26, Mahmoud Bassiouni St., Downtown
Phone: 3905090 / 8099
TWA-Trans World Airlines
Address: 1, Kasr El Nil St., Downtown
Phone: 5749904 / 08 / 5749910 / 17
United Airlines / GSA c/o Bon Voyage
Address 1: 42, Abdel Khalek Tharwat St., Downtown;
Phone: 3908099 / 5090
Address 2:16, Adly St., Downtown
Phone: 3911950
Yemen Airways
Address: 10, Talaat Harb St., Downtown
Phone: 772473
Yemenia Airlines
Address: 7, Zamalek Club, Giza
Phone: 3469854 / 6799
Yugoslav Airlines
Address: Nile Hilton Hotel, Commercial Center, Downtown
Phone: 5742185
Zas Airline of Egypt
Address: 61, El Oruba St. 7 Talaat Harb St., Downtown
Phone: 2907839 / 44
EMBASSY INFORMATION
Embassy of Philippines in Cairo, Egypt
Address: Villa 28 Road 200 Degla, Maadi Cairo, Egypt
Phone: (00202) 521-3062/ 3064/ 3065
Fax: (00202) 521- 3048
Email: cairope@dfa.gov.ph,cairope@starnet.com.eg
TRAVEL TIPS
It is a good idea to bring a water bottle with you, sunglasses and eyedrops for the dust when visiting the temples and pyramids.
Egypt is a Muslim country and unless you are looking to offend, please dress conservatively. When visiting churches and mosques men should not wear shorts and women should not wear shorts, mini-skirts or tank tops. In fact it is inadvisable for women to wear anything short or sleeveless unless on the beach or by a pool. It will save you some unwanted attention.
