Kafr el-Sheikh Governorate
Kafr El Sheikh is one of the governorates of Egypt. It lies in the northern part of the country, along the western branch of the Nile in the Nile Delta.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: governorate of Egypt with 3,760,000 residents
- Description: Egyptian governorate
- Also known as: “Al-Foadiya”, “Foadiya”, “Fouadîya”, “Fuadiya”, “Kafr al-Shaykh”, “Kafr al-Sheikh”, “Kafr El Sheikh Governorate”, “Kafr el-Sheikh”, “Kafr-el-Sheikh”, “Mohafazat Kafr el Sheikh”, “Mudiriya Al-Foudiya”, “Mudīrīyat Kafr ash Shaykh”, “Muḩāfaz̧at Kafr ash Shaykh”, and “Muḥâfaẕet Kafr el-Sheikh”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Al Riyadh City.
Al Riyadh City
Town
El Reyad is a city in the Kafr El Sheikh Governorate, Egypt. The 2023 census by the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics recorded 205,445 people living in the city: 105,214 males and 100,231 females. Al Riyadh City is situated 9 km southeast of Kafr el-Sheikh Governorate.
Kafr el-Sheikh Governorate
- Location: Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Zulu—“Kafr el-Sheikh Governorate” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كفر الشيخ”
- Arabic: “كفر الشيخ”
- Arabic: “محافظة كفر الشيخ”
- Arabic: “محافظه كفر الشيخ”
- Armenian: “Կաֆր աշ-Շեյխ (մուհաֆազա)”
- Armenian: “Կաֆր աշ-Շեյխ”
- Azerbaijani: “Kəfr əş-Şeyx mühafəzəsi”
- Belarusian: “Кафр-эль-Шэйх”
- Belarusian: “Кафр-эш-Шэйх”
- Bengali: “কাফর এল শেখ গভর্নরেট”
- Bengali: “কাফ্র এল-শেইখ গভর্নোরেট”
- Bosnian: “Kafr el-Sheikh”
- Bulgarian: “Кафр ел-Шейх”
- Bulgarian: “Кафър ел-Шейх”
- Catalan: “Governació de Kafr al-Shaykh”
- Catalan: “governació de Kafr al-Sheikh”
- Catalan: “Governació de Kafr al-Sheikh”
- Cebuano: “Kafr ash Shaykh”
- Chinese: “Kafr El Sheikh Séng”
- Chinese: “卡夫拉·谢赫省”
- Chinese: “謝赫村省”
- Chinese: “谢赫村省”
- Czech: “Kafr aš-Šajch”
- Danish: “Kafr ash Shaykh”
- Dutch: “Kafr el Sheikh”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محافظة كفر الشيخ”
- Esperanto: “Provinco Kafr aŝ-Ŝejĥ”
- Esperanto: “Provinco Kafraŝ-Ŝejĥ”
- Finnish: “Kafr al-Šaykh”
- French: “Gouvernorat de Kafr el-Cheik”
- Georgian: “ქაფრ-ელ-შაიხი”
- Georgian: “ქაფრ-ელ-შაიხის მუჰაფაზა”
- German: “EG-KFS”
- German: “Gouvernement Kafr asch-Schaich”
- German: “Kafr asch-Schaich”
- German: “Kafr el-Scheich”
- German: “Kafr esch-Scheich”
- Greek: “Κυβερνείο Καφρ ελ Σεΐχ”
- Gujarati: “કાફર અલ-શેખ ગવર્નોરેટ”
- Hebrew: “כפר א-שיח’”
- Hebrew: “מחוז כפר א שיח‘”
- Hindi: “कफर अल शेख गवर्नरेट”
- Hindi: “कफ़्र अल-शेख़ मुहाफ़ज़ाह”
- Indonesian: “Kegubernuran Kafr asy Syaykh”
- Indonesian: “Kegubernuran Kafr El Sheikh”
- Irish: “Gobharnóireacht Kafr el-Sheikh”
- Italian: “Governatorato di Kafr el Shei”
- Italian: “Governatorato di Kafr el Sheikh”
- Italian: “Governatorato di Kafr el-Sheikh”
- Japanese: “カフル・アッシャイフ県”
- Japanese: “カフル・シャイフ県”
- Kannada: “ಕಾಫ್ರ್ ಎಲ್-ಶೇಖ್ ಗವರ್ನೇಟ್”
- Korean: “카프르 엘 셰이크 주”
- Korean: “카프르엘셰이크주”
- Latin: “Cafresaechum”
- Latin: “Kafr aš-Šayḫ”
- Latin: “Kafr asch-Schaich”
- Latvian: “Kefr eš Šeihas muhāfaza”
- Lithuanian: “Kafr el Šeicho muchafaza”
- Lithuanian: “Kafr eš Šeicho muchafaza”
- Malay: “Kafr el-Sheikh Governorate”
- Malay: “Kegabenoran Kafr El Sheikh”
- Marathi: “कफर एल-शेख गव्हर्नोरेट”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Kafr El Sheikh Séng”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kafr ash Shaykh”
- Norwegian: “Guvernementet Kafr El Sheikh”
- Persian: “استان کفر الشیخ”
- Persian: “استان کفرالشیخ”
- Polish: “Kafr asz-Szajch”
- Portuguese: “Cafrel Xeique”
- Portuguese: “Kafr el-Sheikh”
- Romanian: “Guvernoratul Kafr el-Sheikh”
- Russian: “Кафр-эш-Шейх”
- Scots: “Kafr el-Sheikh Govrenorate”
- Scots: “Kafr el-Shiekh Govrenorate”
- Serbian: “Kafr el-Sheikh Governorate”
- Serbian: “Кафр еш Шејх”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Kafr eš Šejk (muhafaza)”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Kafr eš Šejk”
- Sinhala: “කෆ්ර් එල්-ෂෙයික් පළාත”
- Slovak: “Kafr aš-Šach”
- Slovak: “Kafr aš-Šajch”
- South Azerbaijani: “کفرالشیخ اوستانی”
- Spanish: “Gobernación de Kafr el Sheij”
- Spanish: “Kafr el Sheij”
- Swedish: “Kafr el-Sheikh”
- Tamil: “காபிர் எல் -ஷேக் கோவெர்னோரேட்”
- Telugu: “కాఫర్ ఎల్-షేక్ గవర్నరేట్”
- Thai: “เขตผู้ว่าการกัฟรุชชัยค์”
- Turkish: “Kafrü’ş-Şeyh”
- Ukrainian: “Кафр-еш-Шейх”
- Urdu: “محافظہ کفر الشیخ”
- Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Kafr el-Sheikh”
- Waray (Philippines): “Kafr el-Sheikh”
- Western Panjabi: “صوبہ کفرالشیخ”
- Wu Chinese: “谢赫村省”
- Zulu: “Kafr El Sheikh Governorate”
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