North Africa
Egypt
Kafr el-Sheikh Governorate

Kafr El Sheikh

Kafr El Sheikh is an Egyptian city and the capital of , , about 134 km north of , in the of lower Egypt.
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  • Type: City with 152,000 residents
  • Description: city in Egypt
  • Also known as: “Kafr Al Sheikh”, “Kafr ash Shaykh”, “Kafr el Sheij”, “Kafr el-Sheikh”, and “Kafr-Sheikh”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sakhā.

Archaeological site
Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sakha, also known by the ancient name of Xois is a town in of . Located near the center of the , it is a city of great antiquity, identified with the ancient Egyptian city of Ḫꜣsww.

Kafr El Sheikh

Latitude
31.1089° or 31° 6′ 32″ north
Longitude
30.9427° or 30° 56′ 34″ east
Population
152,000
Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)
Open location code
8G3G4W5V+H3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6580603648
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
354502
Wiki­data ID
Q328176
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Kafr El Sheikh” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كفر الشيخ”
  • Arabic: “مدينة كفر الشيخ”
  • Asturian: “Kafr el-Sheikh”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kafr əl-Şeyx”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kəfr əş-Şeyx”
  • Belarusian: “Кафр-аль-Шэйх”
  • Belarusian: “Кафр-эш-Шэйх”
  • Bulgarian: “Кафр ел-Шейх”
  • Bulgarian: “Кафър ел-Шейх”
  • Catalan: “Kafr al-Shaykh”
  • Catalan: “Kafr al-Sheikh”
  • Cebuano: “Kafr ash Shaykh (kapital sa lalawigan)”
  • Cebuano: “Kafr ash Shaykh”
  • Chinese: “卡夫拉·谢赫”
  • Chinese: “謝赫村”
  • Chinese: “谢赫村”
  • Czech: “Kafr aš-Šajch”
  • Danish: “Kafr el-Sheikh”
  • Dutch: “Kafr el Sheikh”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كفر الشيخ”
  • Esperanto: “Kafr aŝ-Ŝejĥo”
  • Estonian: “Kafr ash-Shaykh”
  • French: “Kafr el-Cheik”
  • French: “Kafr el-Cheikh”
  • Georgian: “ქაფრ-ელ-შაიხი”
  • German: “Kafr asch Scheich”
  • German: “Kafr asch-Schaich”
  • German: “Kafr esch-Scheich”
  • Greek: “Καφρ ελ Σεΐχ”
  • Hebrew: “כפר א-שיח‘”
  • Hebrew: “כפר א-שיח’”
  • Hungarian: “Kafr es Sajh”
  • Irish: “Kafr el-Sheikh”
  • Italian: “Kafr el Shei”
  • Italian: “Kafr el-Sheikh”
  • Japanese: “カフル・アッシャイフ”
  • Kazakh: “Kafr-éş-Şeýx”
  • Kazakh: “Кафр-эш-Шейх қаласы”
  • Kazakh: “Кафр-эш-Шейх”
  • Kazakh: “كافر-ەش-شەيح”
  • Korean: “카프르 엘 셰이크”
  • Korean: “카프르엘셰이크”
  • Korean: “카프르엘셰이크주”
  • Lithuanian: “Kafr aš Šeichas”
  • Lithuanian: “Kafr el Šeichas”
  • Lithuanian: “Kafr eš Šeichas”
  • Malay: “Kafr El Sheikh”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kafr el-Sheikh”
  • Norwegian: “Kafr El Sheikh”
  • Persian: “کفر الشیخ”
  • Polish: “Kafr asz Szajch”
  • Polish: “Kafr asz-Szajch”
  • Portuguese: “Cafrel Xeique”
  • Portuguese: “Kafr el-Sheikh”
  • Romanian: “Kafr ash Shaykh”
  • Russian: “Кафр-эль-Шейх”
  • Russian: “Кафр-эш-Шейх”
  • Scots: “Kafr el-Sheikh”
  • Serbian: “Кафр ел Шејх”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kafr eš Šejk”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کفر الشیخ”
  • Spanish: “Kafr el Sheij”
  • Swahili: “Kafr asch-Schaich”
  • Swedish: “Kafr ash Shaykh”
  • Swedish: “Kafr ash-Shaykh”
  • Swedish: “Kafr el-Sheikh”
  • Tajik: “Кафр-аш-Шайх”
  • Thai: “กัฟรุชชัยค์”
  • Thai: “กัฟรุชเชค”
  • Thai: “คะฟรัชไชค์”
  • Thai: “คัฟรัชเชค”
  • Turkish: “Kafrü’ş-Şeyh”
  • Ukrainian: “Кафр-еш-Шейх”
  • Urdu: “کفر الشیخ”
  • Venetian: “Kafr el-Sheikh”
  • Vietnamese: “Kafr El Sheikh”
  • Vietnamese: “Kafr el-Sheikh”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Kafr el-Sheikh”
  • Zulu: “Kafr El Sheikh”

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Localities in the Area

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