Egypt — World Gazetteer, 2005 edition

Name: Egypt — World Gazetteer 2005 edition
Creator: Stefan Helders

Egypt had an estimated population of 69,954,717 in 2005, with 153 places recorded. Archived from the World Gazetteer, the reference work formerly published at this domain.

About these figures. This page is part of the restored World Gazetteer archive: the 2005 edition of Stefan Helders' reference work, which was published at this domain until 2013 and is preserved here. Figures are as of 2005 and are kept for citation continuity and historical comparison. Esta página conserva la edición de 2005 del World Gazetteer. Las cifras corresponden a 2005; para datos actuales, consulte las fuentes oficiales.

For current figures: Egypt today — population now 98,423,595, against 69,954,717 in 2005.

Agglomerations, 2005

#	Name	Population (2005)
1	al-Qāhirah	15,502,478
2	al-Iskandarīyah	4,269,105
3	as-Suways	590,112
4	al-Manşūrah	577,989

Cities and towns, 2005

#	Place	Region	Population (2005)
1	Cairo	Cairo	7,734,614
2	Alexandria	Alexandria	3,811,516
3	Gizeh	Gizeh	2,443,203
4	Shubra-El-Khema	al-Qalyūbiyah	991,801
5	Port Said	Port Said	538,378
6	Suez	Suez	488,125
7	El Mahalla el Kubra	Gharbia	431,052
8	Luxor	Luxor	422,407
9	Asyut	Asyut	420,585
10	El Mansura	ad-Daqahlīyah	420,195
11	Tanta	Gharbia	404,901
12	El Faiyum	El Faiyum	306,393
13	El Zagazig	Sharkia	285,097
14	Ismailia	Ismailia	284,813
15	Kafr el Dauwar	Behera	267,370
16	Aswan	Aswan	241,261
17	Qena	Qena	235,362
18	Damanhoor	Behera	227,943
19	Menia	Menia	227,150
20	Sohag	Sohag	209,419
21	Beni Suef	Beni Suef	189,624
22	Shebin-El-Kom	Menufia	184,097
23	Benha	al-Qalyūbiyah	167,029
24	Edfo	Qena	166,102
25	Talkha	ad-Daqahlīyah	157,737
26	Kafr el Sheikh	Kafr el Sheikh	143,970
27	Melawi	Menia	142,504
28	Dekernes	ad-Daqahlīyah	137,542
29	Belbees	Sharkia	129,211
30	El Arish	North Sinai	128,855
31	Gerga	Sohag	128,250
32	Meet Ghamr	ad-Daqahlīyah	109,603
33	al-H̨awāmidiyah	Gizeh	106,841
34	Edko	Behera	105,599
35	Belkas	ad-Daqahlīyah	103,596
36	Desuk	Kafr el Sheikh	102,037
37	Abo Kabir	Sharkia	100,684
38	Qalyūb	al-Qalyūbiyah	100,495
39	Akhmim	Sohag	99,446
40	Mataria	ad-Daqahlīyah	99,357
41	Hurghada	al-Bah̨r-al-Ah̨mar	95,622
42	Zefta	Gharbia	92,667
43	Tahta	Sohag	90,591
44	Samaloot	Menia	90,465
45	Boosh	Beni Suef	86,608
46	El Senbelaween	ad-Daqahlīyah	85,380
47	Hosh Eisa	Behera	85,352
48	Menoof	Menufia	83,651
49	Ashmoon	Menufia	82,507
50	Sanoores	El Faiyum	81,217
51	Manfaloot	Asyut	78,744
52	Armant	Qena	77,652
53	Damietta	Damietta	76,839
54	Kafr el Zayat	Gharbia	73,725
55	Maghagheh	Menia	71,367
56	Abo Teeg	Asyut	71,257
57	Tema	Sohag	70,063
58	Esna	Qena	69,335
59	Abnub	Asyut	68,749
60	El Qoseyia	Asyut	68,394
61	El Gamalia	ad-Daqahlīyah	68,381
62	Dayroot	Asyut	67,788
63	Tookh	al-Qalyūbiyah	67,599
64	El Manzala	ad-Daqahlīyah	67,486
65	Meniat el Kamh	Sharkia	66,338
66	Rosetta	Behera	64,481
67	Beyla	Kafr el Sheikh	64,249
68	Oseem	Gizeh	63,862
69	al-Fašn	Beni Suef	63,793
70	Fowa	Kafr el Sheikh	63,310
71	Fakoos	Sharkia	62,821
72	El Khanka	al-Qalyūbiyah	62,434
73	Marsa Matruh	Matruh	62,042
74	El Korin	Sharkia	61,730
75	Abo Korkas	Menia	61,182
76	El Mansha	Sohag	61,134
77	El Badrashin	Gizeh	60,494
78	Koos	Qena	60,181
79	Beba	Beni Suef	59,938
80	Koom Ombo	Aswan	59,787
81	El Harga	al-Wadi al-Jadid	59,183
82	Faraskoor	Damietta	58,284
83	Beni Mazar	Menia	58,153
84	El Asher men Ramadan	Sharkia	57,008
85	Meniat el Nasr	ad-Daqahlīyah	56,951
86	Shebin el Kanater	al-Qalyūbiyah	56,872
87	El Kanater el Khira	al-Qalyūbiyah	56,302
88	Basyoon	Gharbia	55,523
89	Samanood	Gharbia	54,980
90	Sherbeen	ad-Daqahlīyah	54,676
91	Deshna	Qena	54,197
92	Farshoot	Qena	53,851
93	Diyarb Najm	Sharkia	51,841
94	Sers el Mayan	Menufia	51,814
95	El Tal el Kebeer	Sharkia	51,569
96	Tala	Menufia	51,498
97	Ebshowai	El Faiyum	51,173
98	Kafr Saʿd	Damietta	49,558
99	El Balyana	Sohag	48,801
100	El Shoohada	Menufia	48,060
101	Sedi Salem	Kafr el Sheikh	47,998
102	al-Ġanāyim	Menia	47,889
103	Gohayna	Sohag	47,821
104	Tamia	El Faiyum	46,866
105	El Hamool	Kafr el Sheikh	45,798
106	Mashtool el Sook	Sharkia	45,798
107	Etsa	El Faiyum	45,269
108	Maţāy	Menia	45,215
109	El Badari	Asyut	44,132
110	Hihyā	Sharkia	43,432
111	El Qiniat	Sharkia	42,912
112	Qowesna	Menufia	42,708
113	Madīnat Sittah Uktūbar	Gizeh	41,930
114	Etay el Barood	Behera	41,797
115	Abo el Matamer	Behera	41,302
116	Nag Hammadi	Qena	41,184
117	Dir Mowas	Menia	40,609
118	El Delengat	Behera	40,386
119	El Zarka	Damietta	40,010
120	El Brulus	Kafr el Sheikh	39,418
121	El Maragheh	Sohag	38,403
122	El Saf	Gizeh	38,213
123	Ehnasia	Beni Suef	38,195
124	Ezbet el Borg	Damietta	37,953
125	El Wasta	Beni Suef	37,453
126	Somesta	Beni Suef	37,260
127	Koom Hamada	Behera	36,751
128	El Bagoor	Menufia	36,633
129	an-Nāşir	Aswan	35,581
130	Abū H̨ammād	Sharkia	35,157
131	Kafr Sakr	Sharkia	34,967
132	El Ayat	Gizeh	34,796
133	Ajā	ad-Daqahlīyah	34,692
134	El Ebrahemia	Sharkia	34,638
135	Mootbas	Kafr el Sheikh	34,206
136	Abo Homos	Behera	34,182
137	Birkat-as-Sabʿ	Menufia	33,854
138	Safaga	al-Bah̨r-al-Ah̨mar	32,944
139	Rafah̨	North Sinai	30,679
140	El Rahmania	Behera	29,961
141	al-Wāh̨āt-al-Bah̨rīyah	Gizeh	29,681
142	Sāh̨īl Salim	Asyut	29,481
143	El Hessenia	Sharkia	28,782
144	Shabrakhit	Behera	28,696
145	Qullīn	Kafr el Sheikh	28,560
146	Ras Gharib	al-Bah̨r-al-Ah̨mar	28,236
147	Dar-as-Salām	Sohag	28,074
148	El Daba	Matruh	27,128
149	El Mahmoodia	Behera	25,575
150	El Qusir	al-Bah̨r-al-Ah̨mar	24,653
151	Kotoor	Gharbia	23,842
152	Faʿid	Ismailia	19,188
153	El Tur	Janūb Sīna	14,972

Administrative divisions, 2005

#	Name	Population (2005)
1	Cairo	7,734,614
2	Gizeh	5,649,352
3	Sharkia	5,109,642
4	ad-Daqahlīyah	4,923,285
5	Behera	4,689,632
6	Menia	4,047,988
7	Gharbia	3,920,800
8	al-Qalyūbiyah	3,881,462
9	Sohag	3,815,478
10	Alexandria	3,811,516
11	Asyut	3,425,572
12	Menufia	3,228,928
13	Qena	2,936,607
14	Kafr el Sheikh	2,585,869
15	El Faiyum	2,425,245
16	Beni Suef	2,256,564
17	Aswan	1,116,662
18	Damietta	1,076,132
19	Ismailia	863,315
20	Port Said	538,378
21	Suez	488,125
22	Luxor	422,407
23	North Sinai	314,258
24	Matruh	269,227
25	al-Bah̨r-al-Ah̨mar	187,553
26	al-Wadi al-Jadid	169,598
27	Janūb Sīna	66,508

The complete dataset is available as a free CSV download, with attribution to Stefan Helders / World Gazetteer.