A PROFILE OF EGYPT Official Name: Arab Republic of Egypt Capital: Cairo (over 11 million) Other Cities: Alexandria (3 million), Giza (1.2 million), Shubra el Khema (393,000), Port Said (263,000) Population: 50 million Area: 1 million square kilometers (386,000 sq. mi.) Literacy Rate: 44 percent Per Capita Income: $686 Religions: Sunni Muslim, 90 percent; Coptic Christian Languages: Arabic, English, French 3 Currency: Egyptian pound, divided into 100 piastres Flag: Three horizontal stripes— red, white and black (top to bottom)—with an Egyptian eagle in the center stripe