Kafr Saqr

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

Kafr Saqr
Kafr Saqr is located in Egypt
Kafr Saqr
Location in Egypt
Coordinates: 30°47′47″N 31°37′34″E / 30.79639°N 31.62611°E / 30.79639; 31.62611
Country  Egypt
Governorate Sharqia Governorate
Time zone EST (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) +3 (UTC)

Kafr Saqr (Arabic: كفر صقر‎, also Romanized as Kafr Şaqr and Kafr Ṣaqr, meaning "Village of the Hawk") is one of the oldest centers and the seat of a Markaz (Kafr Saqr Markaz) of Sharqia Governorate of Egypt.

[edit] 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.

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