List of cities in Egypt

This is a list of the most important and largest cities and towns in Egypt.

Map of Egypt

Cairo, Capital of Egypt

Alexandria

Giza

Port Said

Aswan

Rank	Name	Arabic	Census 1986	Census 1996	Census 2006	Estimate 2008	Governorate
1.	Cairo	Arabic:  القاهرة	6,068,695	6,789,479	7,786,640	7,947,121	Cairo Governorate
2.	Alexandria	Arabic:  الإسكندرية	2,926,859	3,328,196	4,110,015	4,247,414	Alexandria Governorate
3.	Gizeh	Arabic:  الجيزة	1,883,189	2,221,868	3,087,878	3,258,540	Giza Governorate
4.	Shubra El-Kheima	Arabic:  شبرا الخيمة	714,594	870,716	1,016,722	1,045,370	Qalyubia Governorate
5.	Port Said	Arabic:  بور سعيد	401,172	469,533	570,768	588,935	Port Said Governorate
6.	Suez	Arabic:  السويس	327,717	417,610	510,935	529,055	Suez Governorate
7.	Luxor	Arabic:  الأقصر	274,074	360,503	451,318	469,440	Luxor Governorate
8.	al-Mansura	Arabic:  المنصورة	317,508	369,621	450,267	465,375	Dakahlia Governorate
9.	El-Mahalla El-Kubra	Arabic:  المحلة الكبرى	306,509	395,402	442,884	450,833	Gharbia Governorate
10.	Tanta	Arabic:  طنطا	336,517	371,010	421,076	429,632	Gharbia Governorate
11.	Asyut	Arabic:  أسيوط	272,986	343,498	386,086	394,961	Asyut Governorate
12.	Ismailia	Arabic:  الإسماعيلية	158,045	254,477	324,717	338,429	Ismailia Governorate
13.	Fayyum	Arabic:  الفيوم	213,070	260,964	316,772	327,917	Faiyum Governorate
14.	Zagazig	Arabic:  الزقازيق	244,354	267,351	302,611	308,637	Sharqia Governorate
15.	Aswan	Arabic:  أسوان	190,579	219,017	265,004	273,450	Aswan Governorate
16.	Damietta	Arabic:  دمياط	89,498	111,111	237,023	266,627	Damietta Governorate
17.	Damanhur	Arabic:  دمنهور	188,939	212,203	241,895	247,074	Beheira Governorate
18.	al-Minya	Arabic:  المنيا	179,060	201,360	239,804	246,835	Minya Governorate
19.	Beni Suef	Arabic:  بنى سويف	152,476	172,032	211,173	218,472	Beni Suef Governorate
20.	Qena	Arabic:  قنا	119,917	171,275	206,831	214,851	Qena Governorate
21.	Sohag	Arabic:  سوهاج	132,649	170,125	189,695	193,931	Sohag Governorate
22.	Hurghada	Arabic:  الغردقة	132,649	170,125	160,746	189,660	Red Sea Governorate
23.	6th of October City	Arabic:  مدينة السادس من أكتوبر	…	35,477	157,135	183,859	Giza Governorate
24.	Shibin El Kom	Arabic:  شبين الكوم	132,751	159,909	177,060	180,454	Monufia Governorate
25.	Banha	Arabic:  بنها	115,701	145,792	158,389	161,263	Qalyubia Governorate
26.	Kafr el-Sheikh	Arabic:  كفر الشيخ	103,301	124,819	147,380	151,781	Kafr el-Sheikh Governorate
27.	Arish	Arabic:  العريش	67,337	100,447	138,195	146,758	North Sinai Governorate
28.	Mallawi	Arabic:  ملوى	98,632	119,283	140,215	144,330	Minya Governorate
29.	10th of Ramadan City	Arabic:  عشرة رمضان	…	47,839	124,120	143,753	Sharqia Governorate
30.	Bilbais	Arabic:  بلبيس	96,511	113,608	136,499	140,892	Sharqia Governorate
31.	Marsa Matruh	Arabic:  مرسى مطروح	43,157	52,247	120,888	137,704	Matrouh Governorate
32.	Idfu	Arabic:  إدفو	46,163	94,228	115,946	122,031	Qena Governorate
33.	Mit Ghamr	Arabic:  ميت غمر	91,927	101,801	116,180	118,618	Dakahlia Governorate
34.	Al-Hamidiyya	Arabic:  الحوامدية	73,298	91,732	109,468	113,128	Giza Governorate
35.	Desouk	Arabic:  دسوق	78,316	91,318	106,868	109,787	Kafr el-Sheikh Governorate
36.	Qalyub	Arabic:  قليوب	84,413	97,157	106,804	108,573	Qalyubia Governorate
37.	Abu Kabir	Arabic:  أبو كبير	68,394	85,340	102,603	106,050	Sharqia Governorate
38.	Kafr el-Dawwar	Arabic:  كفر الدوار	196,244	231,978	113,506	105,671	Beheira Governorate
39.	Girga	Arabic:  جرجا	71,564	95,384	102,701	104,712	Sohag Governorate
40.	Akhmim	Arabic:  أخميم	70,602	84,778	101,243	104,454	Sohag Governorate
41.	Matareya	Arabic:  المطرية	74,554	87,062	100,502	103,004	Dakahlia Governorate

See also

• List of cities
• List of cities in Africa
• List of cities in Asia

External links

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