Sheikh Zayed City is a city in the Giza Governorate of Egypt and part of the Greater Cairo urban area. It was established in 1995, about 20 km from the Mohandiseen district and 28 km from Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo, and is bordered by the Cairo-Alexandria desert road, the extension of the 26th of July Corridor and 6th of October City. The population of the Sheikh Zayed administrative district was estimated at 99,891 on 1 July 2025 by Egypt's Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics. The city sits at an elevation of about 220 meters above sea level, covers about 9,500 acres and is planned to reach 500,000 residents.
Facts
Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. City Population: Egypt: Cities and Towns, population statistics
City PopulationCity table, 2023-07-01 estimate column, year of the estimateQuote, City table, 2023-07-01 estimate column, year of the estimate
Ash-Shaykh Zāyid [ Sheikh Zayed City ] JIZ الشيخ زايد... 29,422 92,457 97,848 4313 →
2. Sheikh Zayed City (Wikipedia)
3. Opentopodata (SRTM, ASTER, EU-DEM elevation API): SRTM 90 m elevation at 30.05, 31
Opentopodata (SRTM, ASTER, EU-DEM elevation API)API response, srtm90m elevation, bandedQuote, API response, srtm90m elevation, banded
"elevation": 93.0
4. 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
5. IANA Time Zone Database: IANA Time Zone Database, africa zone file
IANA Time Zone DatabaseZone Africa/CairoQuote, Zone Africa/Cairo
Zone Africa/Cairo 2:05:09 - LMT 1900 Oct
2:00 Egypt EE%sT
Egypt (Wikipedia)
On Continent: Africa, LeadQuote, On Continent: Africa, Lead
Egypt, officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the northeast corner of Africa
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