Kafr Al Sheikh

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Kafr Al Sheikh

Total population

152,000

Air quality index

53Moderate

Elevation14 m

Coordinates31.11°, 30.94°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Kafr El Sheikh is an Egyptian city and the capital of Kafr El Sheikh Governorate, Egypt, about 134 km north of Cairo, in the Nile Delta of lower Egypt. As of 2023, the city had a population of around 186,857.

Geography

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

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Mohamed Atta

Egyptian hijacker and one of the ringleaders of the September 11 attacks (1968–2001)

Ahmad Fuad Mohieddin

Egyptian Prime Minister (1926-1984)

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Abdul Hamid Bassiouny

Egyptian association football player

Wadad Hamdi

Egyptian actress (1924–1994)

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Osama Anwar Okasha

Egyptian journalist and screenwriter (1941–2010)

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El-Desoky Ismail

Olympic wrestler

Trézéguet

Egyptian association football player

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Mohamed Samir

Egyptian footballer

Tarek Yehia

Egyptian footballer

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Hany Atiyo

Egyptian boxer

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ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad Sakhāwī

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Mahmoud Al Shazli

Egyptian actor

Mohamed El-Shenawy

Egyptian assiciation football player

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Ibrahim El-Gammal

Egyptian basketball player

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

Nearby places in Kafr el-Sheikh

• Al Qurda
  0.8 mi away
• Kafr Abu Tabl
  2.1 mi away
• Kafr al Hamrawi
  2.2 mi away
• Shinnu
  3.8 mi away
• Kafr al Mashayikh
  4.5 mi away
• Kafr Sulayyit
  4.8 mi away
• Al Minshat al Sughra
  5.8 mi away
• Al Kafr al Bahri
  6.1 mi away
• Kafr Yusef Dawud
  7.3 mi away
• Al Kurdi
  7.7 mi away
• Izbat al Atrash
  7.9 mi away
• Sarawa
  7.9 mi away

Browse all places in Kafr el-Sheikh →

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

Greater Painted-Snipe

Rostratula benghalensis

Seen 2024-05-17

Senegal Thick-knee

Burhinus senegalensis

Seen 2022-08-10

White Wagtail

Motacilla alba alba

Seen 2016-12-20

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

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Kafr Al Sheikh, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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Photos via Wikimedia Commons — see each image page for license & attribution.