El Qanater El Khayreya, meaning the Benevolent Bridges in Egyptian Arabic, is a city and markaz in the Qalyubia Governorate of Egypt. It is the location of the Delta Barrages, the first modern irrigation structure across the Nile, at the apex of the Nile Delta. In the mid 1850s Khedive Said Pasha took over construction of the project and ordered a town built near the incomplete barrage. Financial problems again slowed the work, and the original barrages were completed in 1862, with a new barrage structure built slightly downstream in 1939. The name of the city refers to the structure and the river crossing it.
Facts
Population Estimate Year Climate Zone Sources
1. City Population: Egypt: Cities and Towns, population statistics
City PopulationCity table, 2023-07-01 estimate column, year of the estimateQuote, City table, 2023-07-01 estimate column, year of the estimate
Al-Qanāṭir al-Khayriyah QLY القناطر الخيرية 56,326 66,350 80,022 85,958 1182
2. CIA World Factbook (factbook.json archive): The World Factbook archive: Egypt
CIA World Factbook (factbook.json archive)Environment.Climate.textQuote, Environment.Climate.text
desert; hot, dry summers with moderate winters
3. IANA Time Zone Database: IANA Time Zone Database, africa zone file
IANA Time Zone DatabaseZone Africa/CairoQuote, Zone Africa/Cairo
Zone Africa/Cairo 2:05:09 - LMT 1900 Oct
2:00 Egypt EE%sT
El Qanater El Khayreya (Wikipedia)
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is a city and a markaz in Qalyubia Governorate, Egypt
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is a city and a markaz in Qalyubia Governorate, Egypt
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Egypt, officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the northeast corner of Africa
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