Kafr el-Sheikh

Kafr el-Sheikh
كفر الشيخ
Kafr el-Sheikh
Location in Egypt
Coordinates:
Country  Egypt
Governorate Kafr el-Sheikh
Time zone EST (UTC+2)
Area code(s) 047

Kafr el-Sheikh (Arabic: كفر الشيخ‎ Kafr al Šayḫ) is the capital of Kafr el-Sheikh Governorate, Egypt, about 134 km north of Cairo, in the Nile Delta. As of November 2006, the town had a population of 147,380 inhabitants.[1]

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Industry

Factories

Kafr el-Sheikh is the home to various factories including a rice mill factory, a poultry forage factory and a sugar beet factory.[2]

Notable residents

References

  1. ^ Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics, Egypten. Accessed 11 November 2006.
  2. ^ Kafr Elsheikh Governrate sic
Egypt's Largest cities by population
Governorate (capital)