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Kafr El Sheikh

Northern Africa

Kafr El Sheikh is a city in the Nile Delta of Lower Egypt and the capital of Kafr El Sheikh Governorate, about 134 kilometers north of Cairo. As of 2023 it had a population of around 186,857.

Facts
Population
147,393 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 2
Climate Zone
Dry 2
Time Zone
UTC+02:00 3
Sources
1. Kafr El Sheikh (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
Quote, P1082 (population)
population 147,393 (2006)
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2. Kafr El Sheikh (Wikipedia)
  • Infobox: elevation_m
    14
  • Climate
    Kafr el-Sheikh is classified by Köppen-Geiger climate classification system as hot desert (BWh)
  • In Group: Cities of Northern Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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3. IANA Time Zone Database: IANA Time Zone Database, africa zone file
IANA Time Zone DatabaseZone Africa/Cairo; EG has this one zone in zone1970.tab
Quote, Zone Africa/Cairo; EG has this one zone in zone1970.tab
Zone Africa/Cairo 2:05:09 - LMT 1900 Oct ... 2:00 Egypt EE%sT
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