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Faraskur

Northern Africa

Faraskur is a city in Damietta Governorate, Egypt, in Egypt. The English Wikipedia article notes that before the 1952 revolution it was part of Dakahlia Governorate and was moved to Damietta afterwards. The citypopulation.de tables record 30,697 inhabitants at the census of 1996, 31,832 in 2006, 41,118 in the estimate for July 2018 and 44,390 in the estimate for July 2023. GeoNames places the city at about 31.33 degrees north and 31.72 degrees east and also lists a Faraskur drain among its features.

Facts
Population
44,390 1
Elevation (m)
15 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, Faraskur row, estimate of 2023-07-01
    30,697 31,832 41,118 44,390
  • 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 (t2b)
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": 15.0, "location": { "lat": 31.329768, "lng": 31.715073
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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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Faraskur (Wikipedia)
  • Part Of: Egypt, Lead sentence
    is a city in Damietta Governorate, Egypt
  • In Group: Cities of Northern Africa (World), Lead sentence
    is a city in Damietta Governorate, Egypt
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