Kafr Saqr

30°47′47″N 31°37′34″E / 30.79639°N 31.62611°E / 30.79639; 31.62611

City in Sharqia Governorate, Egypt

Kafr Saqr

Location in Egypt

Coordinates: 30°47′47″N 31°37′34″E / 30.79639°N 31.62611°E / 30.79639; 31.62611Country

EgyptGovernorateSharqia GovernorateArea

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• Total68.8 sq mi (178.2 km²)Elevation

36 ft (11 m)Population

(2021)^[1]

• Total294,765 • Density4,300/sq mi (1,700/km²)Time zoneUTC+2 (EST) • Summer (DST)+3

Kafr Saqr (Arabic: كفر صقر, lit. 'Village of the Hawk') is one of the oldest centers and the seat of a markaz, markaz Kafr Saqr of the Sharqia Governorate of Egypt.

Tilija (تليجه)village is one of the important villages at the city.

Notable persons

Ahmed Subhy Mansour, Islamic scholar, cleric, and founder of the Quranists, who was exiled from Egypt, and lives in the United States as a political refugee.
Ihab Abdelrahman,^[2] an athlete
Ghada Abdel Razek, an actress

References

^ ^a ^b "Kafr Ṣaqr (Markaz, Egypt) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
^ "إيهاب عبدالرحمن: حذاء مقطوع و29 جنيها أسباب وصولى للعالمية - بوابة الشروق" (in Arabic). Retrieved 2018-11-28.