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Itsa

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Itsa is a city and the seat of a markaz in the Faiyum Governorate of Egypt. The English Wikipedia article says the city is located south of Faiyum, and its Arabic name derives from a Coptic word meaning the place. The citypopulation.de tables record 37,146 inhabitants at the census of 1996, 47,189 in 2006, 70,108 in the estimate for July 2018 and 76,190 in the estimate for July 2023. GeoNames places the city at about 29.24 degrees north and 30.79 degrees east.

Facts
Population
76,190 1
Elevation (m)
20 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, Itsa row, estimate of 2023-07-01
    37,146 47,189 70,108 76,190
  • 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 (t2b)
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": 20.0, "location": { "lat": 29.237603, "lng": 30.789438
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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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Itsa (Wikipedia)
  • Part Of: Egypt, Lead sentence
    is a city and a Markaz in the Faiyum Governorate, Egypt
  • In Group: Cities of Northern Africa (World), Lead sentence
    is a city and a Markaz in the Faiyum Governorate, Egypt
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