Egypt and Cyprus

[English: Egypt] (Arabic: Misr)
[English: Cyprus] (Greek: Kipriaki; Turkish: Kibris)

by John Astell


Egypt

Status: Nominally independent nation, but under considerable British influence; constitutional monarchy
Capital: Cairo
Major Ethnic Groups: Egyptian Arabs
Cities: 15; 2 full, 2 dot, 11 ref

map:hexWZcitysttname & notes
19:4119Fref-El Arish
19:3420FdotcpPort Said (also 20:5121)
19:3220FrefcpDamietta (also 20:5022)
19:3122Fref-Mansura (also 20:5124)
19:2622FrefcpRosetta (also 20:4928)
19:3523FrefipIsmailia
19:3223Fref-Zagazig
19:2423FfullcpAlexandria (also 20:4930)
19:2924Fdot-Tanta
19:3725FrefcpSuez
19:1225Fref-Matruh (also as Mersa Matruh)
19:0725Fref-Sidi Barani
19:3226Ffull-Cairo
19:2126Fref-El Alamein
19:3230Fref-Beni Suef

Cyprus

Status: Colony of Britain
Major Ethnic Groups: Greeks, Turks
Cities: 3 ref

map:hexWZcitysttname & notes
20:3413Fref-Nicosia (also 19:3304)
20:3512FrefcpFamagusta (also 19:3504)
20:3615FrefcpLimassol (also 19:3206)


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