Kafr el-Sheikh
| Kafr Al-Shaikh كفر الشيخ (Arabic) | |
|---|---|
  Kafr Al-Shaikh Location in Egypt | |
| Coordinates: 31°06′42″N 30°56′45″E / 31.11167°N 30.94583°E | |
| Country |
 Egypt |
| Governorate | Kafr el-Sheikh |
| Elevation | 17 m (56 ft) |
| Population (2012) | |
| • Total | 160,266 |
| Time zone | EST (UTC+2) |
| Area code(s) | (+20) 47 |
Kafr el-Sheikh (Arabic: كفر الشيخ Kafr el-Šēḵ , pronounced [kɑfɾ eʃˈʃeːx]) is the capital of Kafr el-Sheikh Governorate, Egypt, about 134 km north of Cairo, in the Nile Delta of lower Egypt. As of November 2006, the town had a population of 147,380 inhabitants.[1]
History
Historically it was old village Dngiwn [2]. Kafr el-Sheikh was earlier know by denqiun, and it was inhabited for nearly a thousand years. Kafr El-Sheikh, is ranked fourth out of other 4 major Nile Delta cities. In 2006 the University of Kafr El-Sheikh was established.
Geography
Kafr el-Sheikh is a town located in the southern side of Kafr el-Sheikh province, it is famous for agriculture, particularly rice. There is a suburb of Sakha which is now become very close to the city. The East of the city has villages of Qantara and white Sawalha which are separated by a small Canal. Agricultural land is protected under the law inorder not to urbanize. Kafr El-Sheikh town is 35 km from the northern city of Tanta.
Population
The population of the city of as per the census held by the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics is 147,393 citizen. The city has linked network paved roads, the main streets are full of by shops and restaurants
Factories
Kafr el-Sheikh is the home to various factories including a rice mill factory, a poultry forage factory and a sugar beet factory.[2]
Climate
Kafr el-Sheikh is classified by Köppen-Geiger climate classification system as hot desert (BWh).
| Climate data for Kafr el-Sheikh, Egypt | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 18.8 (65.8) |
19.8 (67.6) |
22.2 (72) |
26 (79) |
30.3 (86.5) |
31.6 (88.9) |
33.5 (92.3) |
33 (91) |
31.5 (88.7) |
29.2 (84.6) |
25 (77) |
20.8 (69.4) |
26.81 (80.23) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 12.5 (54.5) |
13.2 (55.8) |
15.4 (59.7) |
18.5 (65.3) |
22.5 (72.5) |
24.6 (76.3) |
26.4 (79.5) |
26 (79) |
24.7 (76.5) |
22.6 (72.7) |
19 (66) |
14.7 (58.5) |
20.01 (68.03) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 6.3 (43.3) |
6.6 (43.9) |
8.6 (47.5) |
11.1 (52) |
14.7 (58.5) |
17.7 (63.9) |
19.4 (66.9) |
19 (66) |
18 (64) |
16 (61) |
13.1 (55.6) |
8.6 (47.5) |
13.26 (55.84) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 19 (0.75) |
13 (0.51) |
6 (0.24) |
4 (0.16) |
3 (0.12) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
4 (0.16) |
9 (0.35) |
14 (0.55) |
72 (2.84) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[3] | |||||||||||||
Notable people
- Mohamed Atta, terrorist hijacker and operational leader of the Hamburg cell responsible for the September 11 attacks
- Hossam Ghaly, Egyptian soccer player
- Mahmoud Hassan "Trezeguet", Egyptian footballer
- Osama Anwar Okasha, Egyptian screenwriter and journalist
- Hamdeen Sabahi, the leader of the Dignity Party and one of the leaders of the Egyptian opposition before the 2011 Egyptian revolution
- Saad Zaghloul, Egyptian politician
- Ahmed Zewail, Egyptian-American scientist
References
- ↑ Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics, Egypten. Accessed 11 November 2006.
- ↑ Kafr Elsheikh Governrate sic
- ↑ "Climate: Kafr Al-Sheikh - Climate graph, Temperature graph, Climate table". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
Coordinates: 31°06′42″N 30°56′45″E / 31.11167°N 30.94583°E
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