United Arab Republic

United Arab Republic
الجمهورية العربية المتحدة (Arabic)
al-Jumhūriyya al-ʿArabiyya al-Muttaḥida
1958[1]–1971
Anthem: "Walla Zaman Ya Selahy"
(English: "It has been a long time, O my weapon!")
United Arab Republic from 1958 to 1961 (remained without Syria until 1971 when it was dissolved)
Status
Capital
and largest city
Cairo
Official languagesArabic
Common languages
Religion
Islam; Christian and Jewish minority
Demonym(s)Arabian
GovernmentUnitary Nasserist one-party Arab socialist republic
President 
• 1958–1970
Gamal Abdel Nasser
• 1970–1971
Anwar Sadat
Prime Minister 
• 1958–1962 (first)
Gamal Abdel Nasser
• 1970–1971 (last)
Mahmoud Fawzi
LegislatureNational Assembly
Historical eraArab Cold War
22 February 1958[1]
1959
28 September 1961
10 June 1967
11 September 1971
Area
• Total
1,195,000 km2 (461,000 sq mi)
Currency
Time zoneUTC+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 Governorate
1971
Arab Republic of Egypt
Today part of

The United Arab Republic (UAR; Arabic: الجمهورية العربية المتحدة, romanizedal-Jumhūriyya al-ʿArabiyya al-Muttaḥida) was a sovereign state in the Middle East from 1958 until 1961. It was initially a political union between Egypt (including the occupied Gaza Strip) 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 September 1971 when it was formally dissolved by Anwar Sadat.[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.

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