Geography
If ranked today, the United Arab Republic would be the 25th largest nation on the planet (Egypt is 30th and Syria is 88th). It was comparable in size to South Africa (then known as the Union of South Africa), and twice the size of France.
Following the dissolution of the All-Palestine Government, the United Arab Republic further exerted control over the Gaza strip, until the Six Day War.
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