Itsa

Demographic figures from CAPMAS (Egypt). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Itsa is a city and a Markaz in the Faiyum Governorate, Egypt. The city is located south of Faiyum. Its population was estimated at 773,167 people in 2021.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

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Saadia Gaon

rabbi, translator, Jewish philosopher and theologian (0882-0942) active during the Abbasid Caliphate in Egypt and Irak

Sayed Abdel Hafeez

Egyptian association football player

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Mohamed Abdelwahab

Egyptian association football player (1983–2006)

Sayed Moawad

Egyptian footballer

Ali Lutfi Mahmud

Egyptian Prime Minister (1935-2018)

Naguib Sawiris

Egyptian businessman

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Hamdi Abu Golayyel

Egyptian writer (1967–2023)

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Yousef Wali

Egyptian politician

Mariam Fakhr Eddine

Egyptian actress (1936-2014)

Tefta Tashko-Koço

Albanian artist (1910–1947)

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Salah Abdel Kérim

Egyptian sculptor

Zakariyya Ahmad

Egyptian musician and composer (1896–1961)

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Pope John XVIII of Alexandria

Coptic Pope

Youssef Wahbi

Egyptian film director and actor (1898–1982)

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Ahmad Sedik

Egyptian footballer

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Ahmed Saad

Egyptian weightlifter

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Faiyum

• Al Sawafna
  0.8 mi away
• Atamna al Gaafra
  0.9 mi away
• Abu Sir Difinnu
  1.1 mi away
• Al Gaafra
  1.6 mi away
• Kafr al Zafarani
  1.7 mi away
• Al-Baramky
  2.4 mi away
• Al Ghaba
  2.6 mi away
• Izbat Halfah
  2.7 mi away
• Abgig
  3.3 mi away
• Mutul
  3.4 mi away
• Deir al Azab
  3.5 mi away
• Minyat al Hayt
  3.6 mi away

Browse all places in Faiyum →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Creeping Woodsorrel

Oxalis corniculata

Seen 2026-09-18

Eleven-spotted Ladybird Beetle

Coccinella undecimpunctata

Seen 2025-12-04

Common Bulbul

Pycnonotus barbatus

Seen 2025-06-20

Feral Pigeon

Columba livia domestica

Seen 2025-03-22

Black-winged Kite

Elanus caeruleus

Seen 2024-03-09

Domestic Cat

Felis catus

Seen 2024-02-18

Common Hoopoe

Upupa epops

Seen 2023-01-16

North African Wolf

Canis lupaster lupaster

Seen 2022-01-22

East African Sand Boa

Eryx colubrinus

Seen 2021-11-26

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).