.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 .eg
must have a local representative or the domain name has to be hosted on Egyptian DNS servers. Egypt's Arabic alphabet ccTLD is .مصر
.[1][2]
During the 2011 Egyptian protests, domain .eg was shut down by the government.[3]
Introduced | 1990 |
---|---|
TLD type | Country code top-level domain |
Status | Active |
Registry | Egyptian Universities Network |
Sponsor | Egyptian Universities Network |
Intended use | Entities connected with ![]() |
Actual use | Popular in Egypt |
Structure | Registrations are at the second level, and at the third level beneath various second-level labels |
Registry website | Registration info |
Second-level domains
There are eleven second-level domains. Registrations are possible at the second level (directly under .eg) or at the third level beneath these names.
- .ac.eg: Academic sites.
- .com.eg: Commercial sites.
- .edu.eg: Educational sites.
- .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.
- .org.eg: Egyptian organizations.
- .sci.eg: Scientific sites.
- .sport.eg: Sports sites.
- .tv.eg: Visual media.
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References
- "First IDN ccTLDs Requests Successfully Pass String Evaluation". ICANN. 2010-01-21.
- 'Historic' day as first non-latin web addresses go live, BBC, 6 May 2010.
- Egyptian Internet shutdown by government, CNN, January 28, 2011.
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