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Basyoun

Northern Africa

Basyoun is a city and municipal division in the Gharbia Governorate of Egypt, in the central Nile Delta. The official figures tabulated by citypopulation.de put its population at 48,214 at the census of 1996, 53,226 at the census of 2006, 68,839 in the estimate for July 2018 and 77,823 in the estimate for July 2023, so the city has grown by about three fifths in a generation. The GeoNames register places the town at roughly 30.94 degrees north and 30.81 degrees east and also lists a Markaz Basyun, the district that carries the same name.

Facts
Population
77,823 1
Elevation (m)
12 2
Elevation Band
Lowland 2
Climate Zone
Dry 3
Time Zone
UTC+02:00 4
Sources
1. City Population: Egypt: Cities and Towns, population statistics
City Population
  • Cities and Towns table, Basyoun row, estimate of 2023-07-01
    48,214 53,226 68,839 77,823
  • On Continent: Africa, Page breadcrumb: Home, Africa, Egypt
    Home Africa Egypt
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2. Opentopodata (SRTM, ASTER, EU-DEM elevation API): Opentopodata SRTM 90 m elevations for Egyptian city coordinates (t2a)
Opentopodata (SRTM, ASTER, EU-DEM elevation API)SRTM 90 m result at the GeoNames coordinates of the city; band by the lane rule of 10 m or less sea-level, to 500 m lowland
Quote, SRTM 90 m result at the GeoNames coordinates of the city; band by the lane rule of 10 m or less sea-level, to 500 m lowland
"elevation": 12.0, "location": { "lat": 30.939764, "lng": 30.813375
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3. CIA World Factbook (factbook.json archive): The World Factbook archive: Egypt
CIA World Factbook (factbook.json archive)Environment.Climate.text
Quote, Environment.Climate.text
desert; hot, dry summers with moderate winters
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4. IANA Time Zone Database: IANA Time Zone Database, africa zone file
IANA Time Zone DatabaseZone Africa/Cairo, the one zone of Egypt (standard offset UTC+2)
Quote, Zone Africa/Cairo, the one zone of Egypt (standard offset UTC+2)
Zone Africa/Cairo 2:05:09 - LMT 1900 Oct 2:00 Egypt EE%sT
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Basyoun (Wikipedia)
  • Part Of: Egypt, Lead sentence
    is a city and municipal division in the Gharbia Governorate, Egypt
  • In Group: Cities of Northern Africa (World), Lead sentence
    is a city and municipal division in the Gharbia Governorate, Egypt
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