Mashtool El Souk () is a city and a

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in the

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 ...

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. 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 (

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Geography

The city is located in the Nile Delta within the

. It lies west of

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 ...

and northwest of

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and is surrounded by agricultural land.

Climate

Köppen-Geiger climate classification system classifies its climate as

hot desert A desert is a landscape where little precipitation occurs and, consequently, living conditions create unique biomes and ecosystems. The lack of vegetation exposes the unprotected surface of the ground to denudation. About one-third of the la ...

(BWh).

References

{{Reflist Populated places in Sharqia Governorate

Geography

Climate

See also

References