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.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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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Second-level domainsEdit
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>Subdomain Names – Domain.EG</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</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 eventEdit
During the 2011 Egyptian protests, the domain was shut down by the government.<ref>Egyptian Internet shutdown by government, CNN, January 28, 2011.</ref>