.eg

For other uses of "Eg", see Eg (disambiguation).

.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]

.eg

Introduced	30 November 1990
TLD type	Country code top-level domain
Status	Active
Registry	Egyptian Universities Network
Sponsor	Egyptian Universities Network
Intended use	Entities connected with  Egypt
Actual use	Popular in Egypt
Structure	Registrations are at the second level, and at the third level beneath various second-level labels
Registry website	domain.eg

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.^[3][4]

• .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.^[5]