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Mashtool El Souk
Mashtool El Souk () is a city and a markaz in the Sharqia Governorate, Egypt. It had a population of 81,131 in the city and 243,561 in the whole markaz the according to 2023 estimates. The central town is an old market center (souk). Geography The city is located in the Nile Delta within the Sharqia Governorate. It lies west of 10th of Ramadan city and northwest of Obour and is surrounded by agricultural land. Climate Köppen-Geiger climate classification system classifies its climate as hot desert (BWh). See also * List of cities and towns in Egypt 0-9 * 10th of Ramadan * 15th of May (city), 15th of May * 6th of October (city), 6th of October A * Abu El Matamir * Abu Hummus * Abu Tesht * Abu Tig * Akhmim * Al Khankah * Alexandria * Arish * Ashmoun * Aswan * Awsim * Ain Sokhna B * ... References {{Reflist Populated places in Sharqia Governorate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Governorates Of Egypt
Egypt is administratively organized under a dual system that may consist of either two or three tiers, with further subdivisions occasionally resulting in an additional layer. It follows a centralized system of local government, officially termed local administration, as it functions as a part of the executive branch of the government. Overview Egyptian law delineates the units of local governance as governorates, centers, cities, districts, and villages, each possessing legal personality. The legal framework establishes a dual system of local administration that alternates between a two-tier and a three-tier structure, depending on the characteristics of the governorate. At the top of the hierarchy are 27 governorates (singular: ', plural: '). Each governorate has a capital, typically its largest city, and is headed by a governor, appointed by the President of Egypt, serving at the president’s discretion. Governors hold the civilian rank of minister and report directl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharqia Governorate
Sharqia (, , ; ) is the third most populous of the 27 governorates of Egypt. Located in the northern part of the country, its capital is the city of Zagazig. Overview Bilbeis is the former capital of Sharqia. A section of the governorate once was part of the Qalyubiyya Governorate, Qalyubia Governorate. There is a strong agriculture industry, poultry and fish farming in Sharqia. The rate of poverty is more than 60% in this governorate but recently some social safety networks have been provided in the form of financial assistance and job opportunities. The funding has been coordinated by the Ministry of Finance (Egypt), country's Ministry of Finance and with assistance from international organizations. Municipal divisions The governorate is divided into the following Subdivisions of Egypt#Municipal divisions, municipal divisions for administrative purposes, with a total estimated population as of January 2023 o7,021,046 In some instances there is a markaz and a kism with the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egypt Standard Time
Egypt Standard Time (EGY) ( ''Tawqīt Miṣr al-qiyāsiyy'') is UTC+02:00, which is equivalent to Eastern European Time, Central Africa Time, South African Standard Time and Central European Summer Time, and is co-linear with neighbouring Libya and Sudan. Egypt has used Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00), during the summer periods from 1957 to 2010, 2014 to 2015, and since 2023. History On 21 April 2011, the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, interim government abolished summer time. Standard time was therefore observed all year long. On 7 May 2014, the Egyptian interim government decided to use summer time starting from 15 May 2014, the third Friday of May, with an exception for the holy month of Ramadan. This occurred just before the Egyptian presidential election, 2014, Egyptian presidential elections were expected to start. On 20 April 2015, the Egyptian government decided against observing summer time following a poll that had been held in April 2015 regardi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Markaz (administrative Division)
Markaz (, ), or the equivalent term in Persian, is a second-level administrative division found in Asia and Africa. Examples include: * Markazes of Egypt, below Governorates of Egypt * Markaz in Saudi Arabia, below Governorates of Saudi Arabia * The capital city A capital city, or just capital, is the municipality holding primary status in a country, state (polity), state, province, department (administrative division), department, or other administrative division, subnational division, usually as its ... of a province of Iran * A merkez is a district of Turkey (ilçe) that serves as the capital of a province. The word ''markaz'' (), as a term, in Arabic means "center." Types of administrative division {{Semitic-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egypt
Egypt ( , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the Northeast Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to northern coast of Egypt, the north, the Gaza Strip of Palestine and Israel to Egypt–Israel barrier, the northeast, the Red Sea to the east, Sudan to Egypt–Sudan border, the south, and Libya to Egypt–Libya border, the west; the Gulf of Aqaba in the northeast separates Egypt from Jordan and Saudi Arabia. Cairo is the capital, list of cities and towns in Egypt, largest city, and leading cultural center, while Alexandria is the second-largest city and an important hub of industry and tourism. With over 109 million inhabitants, Egypt is the List of African countries by population, third-most populous country in Africa and List of countries and dependencies by population, 15th-most populated in the world. Egypt has one of the longest histories o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
10th Of Ramadan (city)
10th of Ramadan () is an Egyptian city located in Sharqia Governorate. It is a first-generation new urban community, and one of the most industrialized. It is in close proximity to the city of Cairo, and is considered part of Greater Cairo. It was established by Presidential Decree No. 249 in 1977, in a bid to attract foreign and local capital with the intent of providing job opportunities for the country's youth, as well as to move people away from the Nile Valley to ease the stress on existing infrastructure and reduce congestion. History The city was named for the commencement of the Yom Kippur War, also called the October War, which began on 10 Ramadan 1393 AH according to the Islamic calendar. It shares its namesake with the nearby 6th of October city. Geography 10th of Ramadan is located on the Cairo–Ismailia desert highway, from Cairo and from the city of Bilbeis. Climate The Köppen climate classification system classifies its climate as hot desert (BWh), like ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Obour
Bice Osei Kuffour (born 17 November 1981) is a Ghanaian hiplife musician, known popularly by the name Obour, which means "stone" in the Akan language. He is the immediate past president of the Musicians Union of Ghana, an umbrella group that unites all musicians in Ghana irrespective of genre. Bice Osei Kuffour contested the NPP primaries elections in the Asante Akyem South constituency as a parliamentary candidate. He was later appointed as secretary to the NPP 2020 Campaign Ashanti Region Advertising Committee. Obour is an alumnus of the University of Ghana, the US International Visitor Leadership Programme, Aspen Global Leadership Network, and African Leadership Initiative of West Africa. He was the youngest recipient of the State Grand Medal Honour given by President J. A Kufuor in 2008. He is a social activist who doubles as a National Road Safety Ambassador; W.H.O Tuberculosis Ambassador British Council & Forest Commission of Ghana Climate Change Ambassador. He is preside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hot Desert Climate
The desert climate or arid climate (in the Köppen climate classification ''BWh'' and ''BWk'') is a dry climate sub-type in which there is a severe excess of evaporation over precipitation. The typically bald, rocky, or sandy surfaces in desert climates are dry and hold little moisture, quickly evaporating the already little rainfall they receive. Covering 14.2% of Earth's land area, hot deserts are the second-most common type of climate on Earth after the Polar climate. There are two variations of a desert climate according to the Köppen climate classification: a hot desert climate (''BWh''), and a cold desert climate (''BWk''). To delineate "hot desert climates" from "cold desert climates", a mean annual temperature of is used as an isotherm so that a location with a ''BW'' type climate with the appropriate temperature above this isotherm is classified as "hot arid subtype" (''BWh''), and a location with the appropriate temperature below the isotherm is classified as "cold ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Cities And Towns In Egypt
0-9 * 10th of Ramadan * 15th of May (city), 15th of May * 6th of October (city), 6th of October A * Abu El Matamir * Abu Hummus * Abu Tesht * Abu Tig * Akhmim * Al Khankah * Alexandria * Arish * Ashmoun * Aswan * Awsim * Ain Sokhna B * Badr, Egypt, Badr * Baltim * Banha * Basyoun * Biyala * Belqas * Beni Mazar * Beni Suef * Beni Ebeid * Biba, Egypt, Biba * Bilbeis * Birket El Sab * Borg El Arab * Borg El Burullus * Bush, Egypt, Bush C * Cairo D * Dahab * Dairut * Damanhur * Damietta * Dar El Salam * Daraw * Deir Mawas * Dekernes * Dendera * Desouk * Diarb Negm * Dishna, Egypt, Dishna E * Edfu * Edku * El Alamein * El Ayyat * El Badari, Egypt, El Badari * El Badrashein * El Bagour * El Balyana * El Basaliya * El Bayadiya * El Dabaa * El Delengat * El Fashn * El Gamaliya * El Ghanayem * El Hamool * El Hamam * El Hawamdeya * El Husseiniya * El Idwa * El Kanayat * El Mahalla El Kubra * El Mahmoudiyah * Ptolemais Hermiou, El Mansha * El Manzala * El Mara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
