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United Arab Republic political union (1958-61) of Egypt and Syria . The capital was Cairo. The two countries were merged (1958) into a single unit comprising the Southern (Egypt) and the Northern (Syria) Regions, with Gamal Abdal Nasser as president. As an initial step toward creating a pan-Arab union, the republic abolished Syrian and Egyptian citizenship, termed its inhabitants Arabs, and called the country "Arab territory." It considered the Arab homeland to be the entire area between the Persian Gulf and the Atlantic coast. With Yemen (North Yemen), it formed (1958) a loose federation called the United Arab States. In 1961, Syria withdrew from the union after a military coup, and Yemen soon followed, thus ending the union. Egypt continued to use the name until 1971.

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United Arab Republic A political union that existed between Egypt and Syria from 1958 until 1961. It was seen as the first step towards the creation of a pan-Arab union in the Middle East.

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United Arab Republic (UAR) A short-lived political union between Egypt and Syria, proclaimed on 1 February 1958, at the height of pan-Arab sentiment. Nasser was elected President three weeks later. It was soon evident that the UAR was dominated by Egypt, which caused Syria to secede in 1961. Egypt retained the name and flag until 2 September 1971, when Sadat changed his country's official name to Arab Republic of Egypt.

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