Shubra Khit is a town in Beheira Governorate in Egypt. Its Arabic name derives from Coptic and means northern hamlet, according to the source. The town is famous as the place of the Battle of Shubra Khit, fought on 13 July 1798 between the army of Napoleon Bonaparte and the Mamluk cavalry under Murad Bey during the French campaign in Egypt. Shubra Khit had a population of 28,505 in the 2017 census.
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1. Shubra Khit (Wikipedia)
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Shubra Khit had a population of 28,505 in the 2017 census
2. Opentopodata (SRTM, ASTER, EU-DEM elevation API): SRTM 90 m elevation at 31.0275, 30.7128
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"elevation": 11.0
3. CIA World Factbook (factbook.json archive): The World Factbook archive: Egypt
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desert; hot, dry summers with moderate winters
4. IANA Time Zone Database: IANA Time Zone Database, africa zone file
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Zone Africa/Cairo 2:05:09 - LMT 1900 Oct
2:00 Egypt EE%sT
Egypt (Wikipedia)
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Egypt, officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the northeast corner of Africa
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