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Egypt

Arab Republic of Egypt [EGY]
Misr

Capital: Al-Qāhirah
 

The 1996 census figures have been provided by Clive Thornton.

Contents

Governorates

 NameAbbr.CapitalA (km2) Cp 1986-11-17 Cp 1996-11-19 E 2004-01-01
<Ad-DaqahīyahDAQAl-Mansūrah3,4713,500,4704,223,6554,839,400
<Al-Bahr al-Ahmar [Red Sea]BAHAl-Ghurdaqah203,68590,491155,695182,500
<Al-BuhayrahBUHDamanhūr10,1303,257,1683,981,2094,604,400
<Al-FayyūmFAYAl-Fayyūm1,8271,544,0471,989,8812,371,800
<Al-GharbīyahGHATahtā1,9422,870,9603,404,8273,859,400
<Al-Iskandarīyah [Alexandria]ISKAl-Iskandarīyah2,6792,917,3273,328,1963,755,900
<Al-Ismā'īlīyahISMAl-Ismā'īlīyah1,442544,427715,009844,100
<Al-Jīzah [Giza]JIZAl-Jīzah85,1533,700,0544,779,8655,535,500
<Al-MinūfīyahMNFShibīn al-Kawm1,5322,227,0872,758,4993,171,100
<Al-MinyāMINAl-Minyā2,2622,648,0433,308,8753,960,700
<Al-Qāhirah [Cairo]QAHAl-Qāhirah2146,052,8366,789,4797,629,900
<Al-QalyūbyahQALBanhā1,0012,514,2443,302,8603,804,200
<Al-Uqsor [Luxor]UQSAl-UqsorQinā274,074360,503414,400
<Al-Wādī al-JadīdWJAAl-Khārijah376,505113,838141,737166,200
<Ash-SharqīyahSHAAz-Zaqāzīq4,1803,420,1194,287,8485,009,700
<As-SuwaysSUWAs-Suways17,840326,820417,610478,600
<AswānASWAswān679801,408973,6711,098,900
<AsyūtASYAsyūt1,5532,223,0342,802,1853,351,100
<Banī SuwayfBSUBanī Suwayf1,3221,442,9811,860,1802,208,100
<Būr Sa'īdBSABūr Sa'īd72399,793469,533529,700
<DumyātDUMDumyāt589741,264914,6141,056,300
<Kafr ash-ShaykhKSHKafr ash-Shaykh3,4371,800,1292,222,9202,541,100
<Marsā MatrūhMMAMarsā Matrūh212,112160,567211,866262,200
<QināQINQinā1,8511,978,2412,441,4202,876,700
<SawhājSAWSawhāj1,5472,455,1343,123,0003,730,900
<Sīnā' al-Janūbīyah [South Sinai]SJAAt-Tūr33,14028,98854,49563,800
<Sīnā' ash-Shamālīyah [North Sinai]SSHAl-'Arīsh27,574171,505252,750302,100
 EgyptEGYAl-Qāhirah997,73948,205,04959,272,38268,648,500

Principal Cities

 NameAdm.C Cp 1996-11-19
1Al-QāhirahQAH6,789,479
2Al-IskandarīyahISK3,328,196
3Al-JīzahJIZ2,221,868
4Shubrā al-KhaymahQAL870,716
5Būr Sa'īdBSA469,533
6As-SuwaysSUW417,610
7Al-Mahallah al-KubrāGHA395,402
8TantāGHA371,010
9Al-MansūrahDAQ369,621
10AsyūtASY343,498
11Az-ZaqāzīqSHA267,351
12Al-FayyūmFAY260,964
13Al-Ismā'īlīyahISM254,477
14Kafr ad-DawwārBUH231,978
15AswānASW219,017
16DamanhūrBUH212,203
17Al-MinyāMIN201,360

Table of Cities

 NameAdm.C Cf 1986-11-17 C Cp 1996-11-19
<AbnūbASY48,30256,501
<Abū al-MatāmīrBUH...35,063
<Abū KabīrSHA68,39485,340
<Abū QurqāsMIN...50,011
<Abū TījASY48,51859,435
<Ad-DilinātBUH...34,285
<AkhmīmSAW70,49484,778
 Al-AnayimASY...39,145
<Al-'ArīshSSH67,337100,447
<Al-BadārīASY34,59036,101
<Al-BadrashaynJIZ40,50051,183
<Al-BājūrMNF...31,296
<Al-BalyanāSAW...39,944
<Al-BurullusKSH...33,885
<Al-FashnBSU43,48852,587
<Al-Fayyūm [El-Fayoum]FAY213,070260,964
<Al-GhurdaqahBAH22,80160,060
<Al-HāmūlKSH...39,370
<Al-HawāmidīyahJIZ73,29891,732
<Al-Iskandarīyah [Alexandria]ISK2,926,8593,328,196
<Al-Ismā'īlīyah [Ismailia]ISM158,045254,477
<Al-JamālīyahDAQ45,15758,664
<Al-Jīzah [Giza]JIZ1,883,1892,221,868
<Al-KhānkahQAL...53,127
<Al-KhārijahWJA...49,461
<Al-Mahallah al-KubrāGHA306,509395,402
<Al-ManshāhSAW...50,039
<Al-Mansūrah [El-Mansoura]DAQ317,508369,621
<Al-ManzilahDAQ54,91861,486
<Al-MarāghahSAW...31,433
<Al-MatarīyahDAQ73,31587,062
<Al-Minyā [El-Menia]MIN179,060201,360
 Al-NāsirASW...31,025
<Al-Qāhirah [Cairo]QAH6,068,6956,789,479
<Al-Qanātir al-KhayrīyahQAL49,36154,599
<Al-QanāyatSHA...36,010
<Al-QuraynSHA...51,802
<Al-QūsīyahASY...55,948
<Al-Uqsor [Luxor]UQS126,160153,758
<Al-WāsitahBSU...30,874
<Al-ZarqaDUM...34,005
<ArmantQIN54,61665,593
<AshmūnMNF54,45068,783
<Ash-ShuhadāMNF...41,058
<As-SaffJIZ...32,332
<As-SinbillāwaynDAQ60,15972,736
<As-Suways [Suez]SUW327,717417,610
<AswānASW190,579219,017
<Asyūt [Asyut]ASY272,986343,498
<At-Tall al-KabīrISM...43,275
<At-TūrSJA6,56312,072
<AwsīmJIZ...54,033
<Az-Zaqāzīq [Zagazig]SHA244,354267,351
<BanhāQAL115,701145,792
<Banī MazārMIN47,98252,685
<Banī Suwayf [Beni Suef]BSU152,476172,032
<BibāBSU40,66849,409
<BilbaysSHA96,511113,608
<Bilqās Qism AwwalDAQ73,04088,264
<BiyalāKSH47,70256,727
<Būr Sa'īd [Port Said]BSA401,172469,533
<BūshBSU54,65570,534
<DamanhūrBUH188,939212,203
<Dayr MawāsMIN...33,194
<DayrūtASY44,49855,452
<DikirnisDAQ48,61685,157
<DishnāQIN37,97845,058
<DisūqKSH78,31691,318
<Diyarb NajmSHA...43,503
<Dumyāt [Damietta]DUM89,06978,854
<FāqūsSHA48,36556,142
<FāriskūrDUM...49,536
<FarshūtQIN...44,770
<FuwahKSH...54,424
<Hawsh 'ĪsāBUH53,61968,893
<HihyāSHA29,33436,447
<IbshawāyFAY...41,987
<IdfūASW46,16394,228
<IdkūBUH70,72487,802
<Ihnāsiyat al-MadīnahBSU...31,486
<IsnāQIN43,05557,643
<ItsāFAY...37,143
<Ityāy al-BārūdBUH...35,483
<'Izbat al-BurjDUM...32,257
<JirjāSAW71,56495,384
<JuhaynahSAW...39,142
<Kafr ad-DawwārBUH196,244231,978
<Kafr ash-ShaykhKSH103,301124,819
<Kafr az-ZayyātGHA58,27665,991
<Kafr Sa'dDUM...42,120
<Kawm HamādahBUH...31,199
<Kawm UmbūASW52,50662,257
 Madinat al-Ashir min RamadânSHA...47,839
<Madīnat Sittah UktobarJIZ...35,477
<MaghāghahMIN50,91660,395
<MallawīMIN98,632119,283
<ManfalūtASY52,28165,007
<Marsā MatrūhMMA43,15752,247
<Mashtūl as-SūqSHA...38,432
<MatāyMIN...36,959
<MinūfMNF69,67377,788
<Minyā al-QambSHA...55,669
<Minyat an-NasrDAQ...48,858
<Mīt GhamrDAQ91,927101,801
<Naj' HammādīQIN28,49334,239
<QalyūbQAL84,41397,157
<Qinā [Qena]QIN119,917171,275
<QūsQIN42,61750,033
<QuwaysināMNF...36,486
<Rashīd [Rosetta]BUH51,78958,432
<SamālūtMIN62,40475,449
<Sawhāj [Suhag]SAW132,649170,125
<Shibīn al-KawmMNF132,209159,909
<Shibīn al-QanātirQAL...48,394
<ShirbīnDAQ...46,906
<Shubrā al-KhaymahQAL714,594870,716
<Sīdī SālimKSH...41,261
<SinnūrisFAY55,48768,425
<Sirs al-LayyānahMNF...44,265
<Sumustā al-WaqfBSU...30,715
<TahtāSAW58,45773,921
<TalāMNF...43,995
<TalkhāDAQ54,92397,682
<TāmīyahFAY...38,453
<Tantā [Tanta]GHA336,517371,010
<TimāSAW46,82458,306
<TūkhQAL...57,522
<ZiftāGHA69,25380,849