Kerdasa

Kerdasa is a markaz in Giza Governorate, Egypt, famed for its hand-made textile crafts, woven carpets and wall hangings in native traditional patterns. It is a great place to find embroidered cotton and silk dresses such as galabeyas, is famous for trading fabrics nationwide, and is a popular destination where Egyptians, before Arab and foreign tourists, go to buy these products. According to statistics from 2006 the total population of Kerdasa was 69,317 people, including 35,519 men and 33,798 women. The name Kerdasa was adopted from a Berber tribe that still lives in the town under the same name and migrated as conquerors during the Habib migration.