Kafr El Sheikh


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 November 2006, the town had a population of around half- a million.
Kafr El Sheikh was earlier known as Denqiun, and has been settled for thousands of years by Egyptian farmers, agriculture has always been the main activity of its people. In 2006 the University of Kafr El Sheikh was established.
Kafr El Sheikh is responsible for more than 40% of total sea food production in Egypt.

Geography

Kafr El Sheikh is located in the southern side of the Kafr El Sheikh Governorate, it is famous for agriculture, especially the production of rice. The city is surrounded to the east by the villages of Qantara and Sawalha which are separated by a small Canal. Kafr Elsheikh has Desouk and Damanhour to its West, Tanta to its South, and the Mediterranean to its North.

Population

The population of the city, according to a census from the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics, is 147,393. Kafr El Sheikh, is the fourth largest city in the Nile Delta.

Factories

Kafr El Sheikh is the home to various factories, including a rice mill, a poultry forage factory and a sugar beet factory.

Climate

Kafr el-Sheikh is classified by Köppen-Geiger climate classification system as hot desert.

Notable people