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Egypt

Egypt is a DX entity in Africa, in CQ zone 34 and ITU zone 38. Its primary prefix is SU.

Flag of Egypt.

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Figure 1. Egypt and its governorates, with neighbouring land in grey. Hover for names; scroll to zoom. Boundaries: Natural Earth, Admin 0 Map Subunits and Admin 1 States and Provinces, 1:10m, version 5.1.2 (13 May 2022), public domain, retrieved 2026-10-15. https://www.naturalearthdata.com/. DX entity boundaries assembled by The DX Atlas Project from the sources named, one recipe row per DXCC entity (subunits matched, merged, split by box or carved from a parent; DXEntity-Recipe.md), 2026. Simplified for this page to 0.01017 degrees, about 1 km; exported 30 October 2026. Projection: Lambert azimuthal equal-area centred on 26.8° N 30.8° E.

Data sheet

DXCC entity code	478
Name in the ADIF standard	EGYPT
Continent	Africa
Primary prefix	SU
CQ zone	34
ITU zone	38

Prefixes

SU is the primary prefix. The country files list 4 prefixes and prefix blocks for Egypt.

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SU 6A 6B SS

Sources: Jim Reisert AD1C, Big CTY country files, 15 September 2026. https://www.country-files.com/ (MIT licence); ADIF Development Group, ADIF Specification version 3.1.8 (2026-10-12), DXCC Entity Code enumeration. https://adif.org/; ARRL, DXCC List (current and deleted entities), January 2026. https://www.arrl.org/country-lists-prefixes; Flag: Flagpedia.net (flagcdn.com), SVG, public domain, retrieved 2026-10-10.