| Introduced | 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 |
| Website | Registration info |
.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]
There are nine second-level domains. Registrations are at the third level beneath these names.
Registration at the second level is now available for non-commercial community service sites; e.g. nic.eg, bibalex.eg, igf09.eg.