Kafr el-Sheikh
| Kafr Al-Shaikh كفر الشيخ (Arabic) | |
|---|---|
  Kafr Al-Shaikh Location in Egypt | |
| Coordinates: 31°06′42″N 30°56′45″E / 31.11167°N 30.94583°E | |
| Country |
 Egypt |
| Governorate | Kafr el-Sheikh |
| Elevation | 17 m (56 ft) |
| Population (2012) | |
| • Total | 160,266 |
| Time zone | EST (UTC+2) |
| Area code(s) | (+20) 47 |
Kafr el-Sheikh (Arabic: كفر الشيخ Kafr el-Šēḵ , pronounced [kɑfɾ eʃˈʃeːx]) is the capital of Kafr el-Sheikh Governorate, Egypt, about 134 km north of Cairo, in the Nile Delta of lower Egypt. As of November 2006, the town had a population of 147,380 inhabitants.[1]
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]
Climate
Kafr el-Sheikh is classified by Köppen-Geiger climate classification system as hot desert (BWh).
| Climate data for Kafr el-Sheikh, Egypt | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 18.8 (65.8) |
19.8 (67.6) |
22.2 (72) |
26 (79) |
30.3 (86.5) |
31.6 (88.9) |
33.5 (92.3) |
33 (91) |
31.5 (88.7) |
29.2 (84.6) |
25 (77) |
20.8 (69.4) |
26.81 (80.23) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 12.5 (54.5) |
13.2 (55.8) |
15.4 (59.7) |
18.5 (65.3) |
22.5 (72.5) |
24.6 (76.3) |
26.4 (79.5) |
26 (79) |
24.7 (76.5) |
22.6 (72.7) |
19 (66) |
14.7 (58.5) |
20.01 (68.03) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 6.3 (43.3) |
6.6 (43.9) |
8.6 (47.5) |
11.1 (52) |
14.7 (58.5) |
17.7 (63.9) |
19.4 (66.9) |
19 (66) |
18 (64) |
16 (61) |
13.1 (55.6) |
8.6 (47.5) |
13.26 (55.84) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 19 (0.75) |
13 (0.51) |
6 (0.24) |
4 (0.16) |
3 (0.12) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
4 (0.16) |
9 (0.35) |
14 (0.55) |
72 (2.84) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[3] | |||||||||||||
Notable people
- Mohamed Atta
- Hossam Ghaly, Egyptian soccer player
- Mahmoud Hassan "Trezeguet", Egyptian footballer
- Osama Anwar Okasha, Egyptian screenwriter and journalist
- Hamdeen Sabahi, the leader of the Dignity Party and one of the leaders of the Egyptian opposition before the 2011 Egyptian revolution
- Saad Zaghloul, Egyptian politician
- Ahmed Zewail, Egyptian-American scientist
References
- ↑ Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics, Egypten. Accessed 11 November 2006.
- ↑ Kafr Elsheikh Governrate sic
- ↑ "Climate: Kafr Al-Sheikh - Climate graph, Temperature graph, Climate table". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
Coordinates: 31°06′42″N 30°56′45″E / 31.11167°N 30.94583°E
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