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Kafr Saqr

Northern Africa

Kafr Saqr is a city in the Sharqia Governorate of Egypt. Its Arabic name means village of the hawk. The English Wikipedia article describes it as one of the oldest centers of the governorate and the seat of the Kafr Saqr markaz, and it names Tilija as one of the important villages of the city. The citypopulation.de tables record 24,883 inhabitants at the census of 1996, 30,333 in 2006, 41,055 in the estimate for July 2018 and 47,638 in the estimate for July 2023. GeoNames places it at about 30.79 degrees north and 31.63 degrees east.

Facts
Population
47,638 1
Elevation (m)
11 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, Kafr Saqr row, estimate of 2023-07-01
    24,883 30,333 41,055 47,638
  • 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 (t3)
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": 11.0, "location": { "lat": 30.793358, "lng": 31.625749
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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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Kafr Saqr (Wikipedia)
  • Part Of: Egypt, Lead sentence
    is a city in the Sharqia Governorate of Egypt
  • In Group: Cities of Northern Africa (World), Lead sentence
    is a city in the Sharqia Governorate of Egypt
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