Kafr el-Sheikh
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Arabic كفر الشيخ Kafr el-Sheikh |
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| Coordinates | 31 ° 7 ′ N , 30 ° 56 ′ E | ||
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| Country | Egypt | ||
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| ISO 3166-2 | EG-KFS | ||
| Residents | 147,380 (2006) | ||
Kafr el-Sheikh ( Arabic كفر الشيخ, DMG Kafr al-Šayḫ ), Egyptian-Arabic Kafr El Sheikh , is the capital of the governorate of the same name in Egypt and is centrally located in the Nile Delta . The city is located 134 km north of Cairo and has a population of 147,380 inhabitants (2006).
Four kilometers south of the city is the village of Sacha, where the ancient Xois was once located.
university
The city of Kafr el-Sheikh has a modern university attended by almost 30,000 students, which was named the best university in Egypt by the Minister for Higher Education and Research at the beginning of November 2018.
sons and daughters of the town
- Hamdin Sabahi (* 1954), Egyptian politician
- Mohammed Atta (1968–2001), assassin on September 11, 2001
- Omar Assar (* 1991), table tennis player
- Trezeguet (* 1994), football player
Individual evidence
- ^ Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics , Egypt . Request dated November 11, 2006.
- ^ Kafr el-Sheikh University , Egypt . Request dated November 10, 2018.