Hihya is a city in the Sharqia Governorate of Egypt. It had a population of 66,702 at the 2017 census, and the official estimate for July 2023 is 80,045 residents, up from 36,257 at the 1996 census. The Egyptian census of 1885 classified Hihya as a nahiyah, a rural administrative unit, in the district of Sawaleh in Sharqia Governorate, and at that time the population of the settlement was 4,011, made up of 2,009 men and 2,002 women, so the place has grown about twentyfold since then.
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Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. City Population: Egypt: Cities and Towns, population statistics
City PopulationCities and Towns table, Hihya row, estimate of 2023-07-01
36,257 44,465 68,987 80,045
On Continent: Africa, Page breadcrumb: Home, Africa, Egypt
Home Africa Egypt
View the Source 2. Opentopodata (SRTM, ASTER, EU-DEM elevation API): Opentopodata SRTM 90 m elevations for two Egyptian city coordinates
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 lowlandQuote, 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": 14.0, "location": { "lat": 30.6713, "lng": 31.588
3. 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
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
Hihya (Wikipedia)
Part Of: Egypt, Lead sentence
is a city in the Sharqia Governorate, Egypt
In Group: Cities of Northern Africa (World), Lead sentence
is a city in the Sharqia Governorate, Egypt
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