Aga

Aga is a town in the Nile Delta of Egypt, in the governorate of Dakahlia. It is also the capital of a markaz, the Egyptian administrative district that carries the same name and surrounds the town. Wikipedia gives the town an estimated population of 47,796 in 2023, while the wider markaz, of which the town is the seat, is estimated at 571,430 people. The distinction matters when reading population figures, because the markaz counts the surrounding villages and farmland of the delta as well as the town itself. Aga is one of the many district-seat towns that organise local administration in the densely settled delta country of northern Egypt, and it is best understood in that setting of closely spaced towns and villages along the delta channels.