This is a list of the most important and largest cities and towns in Egypt.
| 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: العاشر من 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 |
Famous quotes containing the words list of, list, cities and/or egypt:
“Do your children view themselves as successes or failures? Are they being encouraged to be inquisitive or passive? Are they afraid to challenge authority and to question assumptions? Do they feel comfortable adapting to change? Are they easily discouraged if they cannot arrive at a solution to a problem? The answers to those questions will give you a better appraisal of their education than any list of courses, grades, or test scores.”
—Lawrence Kutner (20th century)
“Every morning I woke in dread, waiting for the day nurse to go on her rounds and announce from the list of names in her hand whether or not I was for shock treatment, the new and fashionable means of quieting people and of making them realize that orders are to be obeyed and floors are to be polished without anyone protesting and faces are to be made to be fixed into smiles and weeping is a crime.”
—Janet Frame (b. 1924)
“Lord, how long?”
—Bible: Hebrew Isaiah, 6:11.
Asking how long will the chastisement of the people last. God replies, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate, and the Lord have removed man far away, and there be a great forsaking in the midst of the land.
“It flows through old hushed Egypt and its sands,
Like some grave mighty thought threading a dream,”
—Leigh Hunt (17841859)