Kafr el-Sheikh

Government

Kafr al- Sheikh (Arabic كفر الشيخ Kafr al- Sheikh, Kafr al - Sayḩ DMG ) is the capital of the eponymous province in Egypt and is centrally located in the Nile Delta. The city is located 134 km north of Cairo, and has a population of 147 380 inhabitants ( 2006).

Four kilometers south of the city is the place Sacha, in its place was once the ancient Xois.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Hamdin Sabahi ( born 1951 ), Egyptian politician
  • Mohammed Atta (1968-2001), assassin of 11 September 2001
Guberniya Kafr el-Sheikh Governorate DIN 31635
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