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El Qanayat

Northern Africa

El Qanayat is a town in the Sharqia Governorate of Egypt, located in the northeastern Nile Delta, and the English Wikipedia article describes it as serving as a northwestern suburb of Zagazig, the governorate capital. The citypopulation.de tables record 36,010 inhabitants at the census of 1996, 42,563 in 2006, 65,172 in the estimate for July 2018 and 75,621 in the estimate for July 2023. GeoNames places the town at about 30.62 degrees north and 31.46 degrees east.

Facts
Population
75,621 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, El Qanayat row, estimate of 2023-07-01
    36,010 42,563 65,172 75,621
  • 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 (t1)
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": 30.619267, "lng": 31.46165
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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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El Qanayat (Wikipedia)
  • Part Of: Egypt, Lead sentence
    is a town in the Sharqia Governorate of Egypt, located in the northeastern Nile Delta
  • In Group: Cities of Northern Africa (World), Lead sentence
    is a town in the Sharqia Governorate of Egypt, located in the northeastern Nile Delta
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