Sodfa, also written Sidfa, is a town in Egypt located near the city of Abnub in the Asyut Governorate of Upper Egypt. The English Wikipedia article derives the Arabic name from an Ancient Egyptian name and notes that the Greeks knew the place in antiquity as Hisopis. The population tables compiled by citypopulation.de, which list the town under the name Sidfa with Sodfa as an alternative spelling, show 17,853 residents at the 1996 census, 20,931 at the 2006 census, an estimated 27,475 in 2018 and an estimated 32,138 in mid 2023, an increase of about four fifths over the period.
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1. City Population: Egypt: Cities and Towns, population statistics
City PopulationCities and Towns table, 2023 estimateQuote, Cities and Towns table, 2023 estimate
17,853 20,931 27,475 32,138
2. 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
3. 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
Sidfa (Wikipedia)
Part Of: Egypt, Lead
is a town in Egypt. It is located near the city of Abnub in the Asyut Governorate
In Group: Cities of Northern Africa (World), Lead, location in Egypt
is a town in Egypt. It is located near the city of Abnub in the Asyut Governorate
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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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