<P> Coordinates: 27 ° 00 ′ N 30 ° 00 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 27.000 ° N 30.000 ° E ﻿ / 27.000; 30.000 The geography of Egypt relates to two regions: North Africa and Southwest Asia . </P> <P> Egypt has coastlines on both the Mediterranean Sea, the River Nile and the Red Sea . Egypt borders Libya to the west, the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northeast, and Sudan to the south . Egypt has an area of 1,001,449 km (386,662 mi). </P> <P> The longest straight - line distance in Egypt from north to south is 1,024 km (636 mi), while that from east to west measures 1,240 km (771 mi). More than 2,900 km (1800 mi) of coastline on the Mediterranean Sea, the Gulf of Suez, the Gulf of Aqaba, and the gulf shore </P> <P> Egypt is divided into 27 governorates, which include two city - governorates: Alexandria (Alexandria Governorate) and Cairo (Cairo Governorate). There are nine governorates of Lower Egypt in the Nile Delta region, ten of Upper Egypt along the Nile river south from Cairo to Aswan and five frontier governorates covering Sinai and the deserts that lie west and east of the Nile rive </P>

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