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{{Short description|Latin alphabet Internet country code top-level domain for Egypt}}
{{Other uses of|Eg}}
{{Infobox Top level domain
|name=.eg
|image=Domain .eg logo.png
|introduced=30 November 1990
|type=[[Country code top-level domain]]
|status=Active
|registry=[[Egyptian Universities Network]]
|sponsor=[[Egyptian Universities Network]]
| intendeduse=Entities connected with {{EGY}}
| actualuse=Popular in Egypt
| structure=Registrations are at the second level, and at the third level beneath various second-level labels
|document=
|disputepolicy=
| website=[https://domain.eg/en domain.eg]
}}
'''.eg''' is the [[Latin alphabet]] [[country code top-level domain]] (ccTLD) for [[Egypt]]. Any entity who wants to register a domain name ending with <code>.eg</code> must have a local representative or the domain name has to be hosted on Egyptian [[Domain Name System|DNS]] servers. Egypt's [[Arabic alphabet]] ccTLD is <code dir="rtl">[[.مصر]]</code>&lrm;.<ref>{{Cite web
|url=http://icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-21jan10-en.htm
|title=First IDN ccTLDs Requests Successfully Pass String Evaluation
|date=2010-01-21
|publisher=ICANN
}}</ref><ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/10100108.stm {{"'}}Historic' day as first non-latin web addresses go live"], [[BBC News]], 6 May 2010.</ref>

==Second-level domains==
There are several second-level domains.  Registrations are possible at the second level (directly under .eg) or at the third level beneath these names, with required documents sometimes differing depending on the one selected.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20211206134238/http://domain.eg/%D9%82%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%AF-%D9%85%D9%86%D8%B8%D9%85%D8%A9/%D8%A3%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%B9%D9%8A/ Subdomain Names – Domain.EG]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://domain.eg/%d9%82%d9%88%d8%a7%d8%b9%d8%af-%d9%85%d9%86%d8%b8%d9%85%d8%a9/%d9%85%d8%aa%d8%b7%d9%84%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%aa%d8%b3%d8%ac%d9%8a%d9%84/ |title=Registration Requirements – Domain.EG |access-date=2023-08-07 |archive-date=2023-08-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230807175815/https://domain.eg/%D9%82%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%AF-%D9%85%D9%86%D8%B8%D9%85%D8%A9/%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%B7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B3%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%84/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* '''.ac.eg''': Academic sites.
* '''.com.eg''': Commercial sites.
* '''.edu.eg''': Educational sites.
* '''.egregistry.eg''': top-level domain services
* '''.eun.eg''': Egyptian Universities Network.
* '''.gov.eg''': Governmental sites.
* '''.info.eg''': Information sector.
* '''.mil.eg''': Military sites.
* '''.name.eg''': Personal "name" websites.
* '''.net.eg''': Networking and IT services.
* '''.org.eg''': Egyptian non-governmental organizations.
* '''.sci.eg''': Scientific sites.
* '''.sport.eg''': Sports sites.
* '''.tv.eg''': Visual media.

== Historical event ==
During the [[2011 Egyptian protests]], the domain was shut down by the government.<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/web/01/28/egypt.internet.shutdown/index.html ''Egyptian Internet shutdown by government''], [[CNN]], January 28, 2011.</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://domain.eg/ domain.eg] {{In lang|ar}}
* [https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/eg.html IANA .eg whois information]

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[[Category:Country code top-level domains]]
[[Category:Internet in Egypt]]
[[Category:Mass media in Egypt]]

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