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Egypt was one of the Geography and places good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
April 13, 2006	WikiProject peer review	Reviewed
November 29, 2006	Good article nominee	Listed
July 9, 2008	Good article reassessment	Delisted
August 21, 2008	Good article nominee	Not listed
Current status: Delisted good article

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Section sizes

Section size for Egypt (48 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	20,782	20,782
Names	9,385	9,385
History	89	65,051
Prehistory and Ancient Egypt	8,053	8,053
Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt	2,771	2,771
Middle Ages (7th century – 1517)	4,172	4,172
Early modern period: Ottoman Egypt (1517–1867)	9,167	9,167
Sultanate and Kingdom of Egypt	8,498	8,498
Republican Egypt under Nasser (1952–1970)	1,100	1,100
Egypt under Sadat and Mubarak (1971–2011)	12,146	12,146
Revolution, political crisis and transition (2011–Present)	19,055	19,055
Geography	3,838	10,911
Climate	3,990	3,990
Biodiversity	3,083	3,083
Government	6,724	46,207
Military and foreign relations	16,233	16,233
Law	4,394	21,555
Human rights	15,025	15,025
Freedom of the press	2,136	2,136
Administrative divisions	1,695	1,695
Economy	9,649	21,178
Tourism	2,013	2,013
Energy	2,992	2,992
Transport	1,201	4,201
Suez Canal	3,000	3,000
Water supply and sanitation	2,323	2,323
Demographics	5,124	35,591
Ethnic groups	2,260	2,260
Languages	2,329	2,329
Religion	15,056	15,056
Education	4,687	4,687
Health	4,024	4,024
Largest cities	2,111	2,111
Culture	2,848	23,592
Arts	1,284	1,284
Literature	2,520	2,520
Media	1,467	1,467
Cinema	3,633	3,633
Music	1,280	1,280
Dances	485	485
Museums	2,228	2,228
Festivals	590	590
Cuisine	1,001	1,001
Sports	6,256	6,256
See also	125	125
Notes	26	26
References	30	30
External links	3,059	3,059
Total	235,937	235,937