One of the world's few nations with contiguous territory in 43D continents (5)

I believe the answer is:

egypt

(Other definitions for egypt that I've seen before include "Land of ancient civilisation" , "Arab republic" , "N. African country" , "North African nation" , "North African state" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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