.eg
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| Introduced | 1990 |
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| 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 |
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| Dispute policies | |
| Website | Registration info |
.eg is the 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.
[edit] Second-level domains
There are nine second-level domains. Registrations are at the third level beneath these names.
- com.eg: Commercial sites.
- edu.eg: Educational sites.
- eun.eg: Egyptian Universities Network.
- gov.eg: Governmental sites.
- mil.eg: Military sites.
- name.eg: Personal "name" websites.
- net.eg: Networking.
- org.eg: Egyptian organizations.
- sci.eg: Scientific sites.
Registration at the second level is now available for non-commercial community service sites; e.g. egregistry.eg, bibalex.eg, igf09.eg.
