United Arab Republic

United Arab Republic الجمهورية العربية المتحدة (Arabic) al-Jumhūriyya al-ʿArabiyya al-Muttaḥida
1958[1]–1971
Flag Coat of arms
Anthem: والله زمان يا سلاحي Walla Zaman Ya Selahy "It has been a long time, oh my weapon!"
United Arab Republic from 1958 to 1961 (remained without Syria until its 1971 dissolution)
Status	Political union (1958–1961) Sovereign state in Egypt (1961–1971)
Capital and largest city	Cairo
Official languages	Arabic
Common languages	Egyptian Arabic Levantine Arabic Syrian Arabic Kurdish Syriac
Religion	Islam Christianity Judaism
Demonym(s)	United Arab / Syro-Egyptian (1958–1961) Egyptian (1961–1971)
Government	Federal Nasserist one-party Arab socialist republic Political union of Syria and Egypt (1958–1961) Unitary republic in Egypt (1961–1971)
President
• 1958–1970	Gamal Abdel Nasser
• 1970–1971	Anwar Sadat
Vice President
• 1958–1971	List
Prime Minister
• 1958–1962 (first)	Gamal Abdel Nasser
• 1970–1971 (last)	Mahmoud Fawzi
Legislature	National Assembly
Historical era	Arab Cold War
• Formation of the United Arab Republic	22 February 1958[1]
• Egyptian administration of Gaza	1959
• 1961 Syrian coup d'état	28 September 1961
• Israeli invasion of Gaza and Sinai Peninsula	10 June 1967
• UAR renamed to Arab Republic of Egypt	11 September 1971
Area
• Total	1,195,000 km2 (461,000 sq mi)
Currency	Egyptian pound (Egypt and Gaza) Syrian pound (Syria)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Calling code	+20
Preceded by Succeeded by Republic of Egypt Syrian Republic 1961 Syrian Arab Republic 1967 Israeli Military Occupation 1971 Arab Republic of Egypt
Today part of	Egypt Syria Gaza

The United Arab Republic (UAR; Arabic: الجمهورية العربية المتحدة, romanized: al-Jumhūriyya al-ʿArabiyya al-Muttaḥida) was a sovereign state in the Middle East from 1958 until 1961. It was initially a short-lived political union between Egypt (including the governance of Gaza) and Syria from 1958 until Syria seceded from the union following the 1961 Syrian coup d'état. Egypt continued to be known officially as the United Arab Republic until it was formally dissolved by Anwar Sadat in September 1971.^[2]

The republic was led by Gamal Abdel Nasser as the Egyptian president. The UAR was a member of the United Arab States, a loose confederation with the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen, which was dissolved in 1961.