United Arab Republic
United Arab Republic | |||||||||||||||||
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| 1958–1971 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Anthem: والله زمان يا سلاحي Wallāh Zamān Yā Silāḥī "It's Been So Long, O My Weapon!" | |||||||||||||||||
United Arab Republic from 1958 to 1961 (remained without Syria until its dissolution in 1971) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Capital and largest city | Cairo | ||||||||||||||||
| Official languages | Arabic | ||||||||||||||||
| Religion | Islam Christianity | ||||||||||||||||
| Government | Unitary Nasserist one-party Arab socialist republic
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| President | |||||||||||||||||
• 1958–1970 | Gamal Abdel Nasser | ||||||||||||||||
• 1970–1971 | Anwar Sadat | ||||||||||||||||
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• 1958–1971 | List | ||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | |||||||||||||||||
• 1958–1962 (first) | Gamal Abdel Nasser | ||||||||||||||||
• 1970–1971 (last) | Mahmoud Fawzi | ||||||||||||||||
| Legislature | National Assembly | ||||||||||||||||
| Historical era | Cold War Arab Cold War | ||||||||||||||||
• Formation of the United Arab Republic | 22 February 1958 | ||||||||||||||||
• Egyptian administration of Gaza | 1959 | ||||||||||||||||
• 1961 Syrian coup d'état | 28 September 1961 | ||||||||||||||||
| 10 June 1967 | |||||||||||||||||
• Death of Nasser and Sadat becomes acting President of Egypt | 28 September 1970 | ||||||||||||||||
• State funeral of Nasser and Sadat becomes President of Egypt | 1 October 1970 and 15 October 1970 | ||||||||||||||||
• Corrective revolution | 15 May 1971 | ||||||||||||||||
| 11 September 1971 | |||||||||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||||||||
• Total | 1,195,000 km2 (461,000 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) | ||||||||||||||||
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) | ||||||||||||||||
| Calling code | +20 | ||||||||||||||||
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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 to 1971. It was initially a short-lived political union between Egypt (including Egyptian-governed 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.[1]
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. It was a brief pan-Arab union.