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Farshut

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Farshut is a city in the Qena Governorate of Egypt. Its name comes from the Coptic word meaning the pond. The city is estimated to have had a population of 70,000 people in 2020, while the wider Markaz of Farshut had 177,836 people. The English Wikipedia article places the city at about 26 degrees 3 minutes north and 32 degrees 10 minutes east and records Egyptian standard time, UTC plus 2, for it, and cites a 2021 figure of 207,547 people for the markaz from citypopulation.de.

Facts
Population
74,275 1
Population Estimate Year
2023 1
Climate Zone
Dry 2
Time Zone
UTC+02:00 3
Sources
1. City Population: Egypt: Cities and Towns, population statistics
City PopulationCity table, 2023-07-01 estimate column, year of the estimate
Quote, City table, 2023-07-01 estimate column, year of the estimate
Farshūṭ QNA فرشوط 43,796 51,052 67,793 74,275 613
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2. 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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3. IANA Time Zone Database: IANA Time Zone Database, africa zone file
IANA Time Zone DatabaseZone Africa/Cairo
Quote, Zone Africa/Cairo
Zone Africa/Cairo 2:05:09 - LMT 1900 Oct 2:00 Egypt EE%sT
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Farshut (Wikipedia)
  • Part Of: Egypt, Lead
    is a city in the Qena Governorate, Egypt
  • In Group: Cities of Northern Africa (World), Lead
    is a city in the Qena Governorate, Egypt
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Egypt (Wikipedia)
On Continent: Africa, Lead
Quote, On Continent: Africa, Lead
Egypt, officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the northeast corner of Africa
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