Kafr el-Sheikh
| Kafr el-Sheikh كفر الشيخ |
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 Kafr el-Sheikh
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| Coordinates: 31°06′42″N 30°56′45″E / 31.11167°N 30.94583°E | |
| Country |  Egypt |
| Governorate | Kafr el-Sheikh |
| Time zone | EST (UTC+2) |
| Area code(s) | 047 |
Kafr el-Sheikh (Arabic: كفر الشيخ Kafr al Šayḫ) is the capital of Kafr el-Sheikh Governorate, Egypt, about 134 km north of Cairo, in the Nile Delta. As of November 2006, the town had a population of 147,380 inhabitants.[1]
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[edit] Industry
[edit] Factories
Kafr el-Sheikh is the home to various factories including a rice mill factory, a poultry forage factory and a sugar beet factory.[2]
[edit] Notable residents
- Mohamed Atta, Egyptian Islamic terrorist and one of the ringleaders in planning the September 11 attacks
- Hossam Ghaly, Egyptian footballer
- Osama Anwar Okasha, Egyptian screenwriter and journalist
- Saad Zaghloul, Egyptian politician
- Ahmed Zewail, Egyptian-American scientist
[edit] References
- ^ Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics, Egypten. Accessed 11 November 2006.
- ^ Kafr Elsheikh Governrate sic
Coordinates: 31°06′42″N 30°56′45″E / 31.11167°N 30.94583°E
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