Country Profile - Period 2

[Angela Cunningham]

Create a brief (150 word) profile of your assigned country. Include the following information:

1. The name of your country in bold letters.

2. A one-sentence introduction that states the country's size, population, and location in the Middle East.

3. Information on at least 5 of the following categories:
ethnicity
gross domestic product per capita
language
life expectancy
oil wealth per capita
population density
religion
urbanization

Your entry should be concise and summarize the information you learned about your country and
how it compares to other countries in the region.

4. A photograph from Flickrcc.

5. A hyperlink to more information.

[kecla]

Egypt
kecla, torya, cacur, zamah

Image Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/51035655291@N01/171610084

Egypt is a country in the Middle East; it’s about 386,198 in square miles. It’s Located in Northern Africa, near the Sahara. The Population is about 52.9million. The ethnicity in Egypt is Arabs about ninety-eight percent is Arab, and two percent other Ethnicity. Most of the Middle East has an Arab ethnicity. The GDP is about $700 a person, and the oil Wealth per Capita is around $50. The Primary language is Arabic. The also speak English and French as other languages. The life expectancy is around 60 the second lowest in the Middle East. The literacy rate for men is about 63% and for women it’s around 38%. The population density is around 137 people square mile. The primary Religion is Islam. And about 15% is Christianity. The Urbanization rate is around 43% which is pretty low for the Middle East. It’s the second lowest.

[krnoe]

Israel
krnoe, miwal, strol, miwil

Our country is Israel, which is the highest country in wealth (in the Middle East). Their largest Ethnic group is Jewish, another would be Arab. They have no Oil wealth, and their GDP is around 13,000. The official language is Hebrew, and it’s the only country with Hebrew as its official language. Israel is the highest in Life Expectancy. Israel’s population very’s around 4.9 million people, Being 8,473 people every square mile. Israel’s primarily religion is Judaism/Jewish, and is the only country in the Middle East that practices that religion. Their Urbanized percentage is around 90%, which makes them closer to the highest, but not quite there yet. Israel is high in most of the fast information facts, they are an out stand from the rest of the countries, and in one situation is the acceptance. Israel is a wonderful country, and doesn’t have many beliefs. It’s a fairly good size country located in the Middle East.

[vihaz]

Iran
By: vihaz. brsto. erund. chhar.

image source;www.flickr.com/photos/44124425616@N01/1250949332


Iran is located near Iraq and touches Turkey. It has a population of 55.8 million people in it. It’s also, the second biggest country in the Middle East. They have a very small population density, of 88. The life expectancy for Iran is about 67 years. That’s not very long but they get to live for half there life. There official language for Iran is Persian. There other languages are Turkish, Kurdish, Arabic, and Turkic. The literacy of people in Iran is higher for men than women. Men would be about 75 and the women would be about a 58. They have so many different ethnic groups. They are very culture based. Their ethnic groups are Persian, Azerbaijani, Other, Kurd, and Arab. They percent for Persian would be about 56%, Azerbaijani would be about 24%, then the other would be about 15%, Kurd would be about 8% and Arab would be about 5%.