Kafr el-Sheikh
Kafr el-Sheikh (Arabic: كفر الشيخ Kafr el-Šēḵ , pronounced [kɑfɾ eʃˈʃeːx]) is the capital of Kafr el-Sheikh Governorate, Egypt, about 134 km north of Cairo, in the Nile Delta of lower Egypt. As of November 2006, the town had a population of 147,380 inhabitants.
Factories
Kafr el-Sheikh is the home to various factories including a rice mill factory, a poultry forage factory and a sugar beet factory.
Climate
Kafr el-Sheikh is classified by Köppen-Geiger climate classification system as hot desert (BWh).
Notable people
Mohamed Atta
Hossam Ghaly, Egyptian soccer player
Mahmoud Hassan "Trezeguet", Egyptian footballer
Osama Anwar Okasha, Egyptian screenwriter and journalist
Hamdeen Sabahi, the leader of the Dignity Party and one of the leaders of the Egyptian opposition before the 2011 Egyptian revolution
Saad Zaghloul, Egyptian politician
Ahmed Zewail, Egyptian-American scientist
References
Coordinates: 31°06′42″N 30°56′45″E / 31.11167°N 30.94583°E / 31.11167; 30.94583