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95% of Egypt's territory is desert. How can we feed hundreds of millions of people?

The pillar of Egypt's national economy is mineral resources, with a large amount of oil and natural gas. Egypt's proven oil reserves are about 4.5 billion barrels, and its proven natural gas reserves are about 2 186 trillion cubic meters. The daily output of crude oil in this country is 71.10.5 million barrels, and the daily output of natural gas is10.68 billion cubic meters. Although Egypt's oil and natural gas reserves are not comparable to those of the Gulf countries, they are the pillar industries of Egypt and the main source of foreign exchange for Egypt's exports.

Egypt is one of the ancient civilizations in the world, with developed tourism and numerous cultural relics. Among them, the classic tourist attractions are pyramids, Egyptian museums, Gebeiyi Castle, the Sphinx, the Valley of the Kings, Aswan High Dam and so on. Most of these civilized monuments are mysterious and attract tourists from all over the country. In 20 18, the number of foreign tourists in Egypt exceeded100000, and Egypt's tourism revenue reached 9.8 billion US dollars. Tourism has become one of the pillar industries in this country.

Suez Canal is the golden waterway of Egypt, which brings rich income to the shipping industry of the country. Suez Canal is an important economic lifeline of Egypt. The organization has 25,000 employees, which brought in 654.38+09 billion US dollars in revenue last year. The inland length of this canal is 160 km, and the total length is about 175 km. It is a transportation hub connecting Europe, Asia and Africa. It connects the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, and the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean are among them. Every day, a large number of ships lead to the canal, making it the most economically valuable international waterway in the world.

There are many foreign workers in Egypt who come to work here and earn a lot of foreign exchange income for Egypt. Egypt has a large population, relatively backward economic and industrial development, unable to digest a large number of labor, leading to a high unemployment rate in Egypt, so a large number of Egyptians go to the Gulf countries to work. Although there are hundreds of millions of people in Egypt now, the economy is still very backward due to poor land conditions. At present, we mainly rely on these four economic pillars. Egypt still has a long way to go if its people want to live a better life.