| Kafr el-Sheikh | |
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  Kafr el-Sheikh
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| Coordinates: 31°07′N 30°56′E / 31.117°N 30.933°E | |
| Country |  Egypt |
| Governorate | Kafr el-Sheikh Governorate |
| Time zone | EST (UTC+2) |
| - Summer (DST) | +3 (UTC) |
Kafr el-Sheikh (Arabic: كفر الشيخ) 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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Industry
Factories
- There is a rice mill factory in Kafr el-Sheikh. [2]
- There is a factory of poultry forage in Kafr el-Sheikh. [2]
Notable residents
- Saad Zaghlol
- Hossam Ghaly
- Osama Kalash
- Osama Anwar Okasha
- Ahmed Zewail an Egyptian American scientist, and the winner of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on femtochemistry.
- Farouk Gwaida
- Ali Ibrahim
- Mohamed Atta, one of the terrorists that orchestrated the September 11, 2001 attacks<[3]
References
- ^ Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics, Egypten. Accessed 11 November 2006.
- ^ a b Kafr Elsheikh Governrate sic
- ^ Hooper, John (September 23, 2001). "The shy, caring, deadly fanatic". The Guardian. http://observer.guardian.co.uk/waronterrorism/story/0,,556630,00.html.
Coordinates: 31°07′N 30°56′E / 31.117°N 30.933°E
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