List of cities in Egypt

This is a list of the most important and largest cities and towns in Egypt.

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Aswan

Rank	Name	Arabic	Census 1986	Census 1996	Census 2006	Estimate 2008	Governorate
1.	Cairo	القاهرة	6,068,695	6,789,479	7,786,640	7,947,121	Cairo Governorate
2.	Alexandria	الإسكندرية	2,926,859	3,328,196	4,110,015	4,247,414	Alexandria Governorate
3.	Gizeh	الجيزة	1,883,189	2,221,868	3,087,878	3,258,540	Giza Governorate
4.	Shubra El-Kheima	شبرا الخيمة	714,594	870,716	1,016,722	1,045,370	Qalyubia Governorate
5.	Port Said	بور سعيد	401,172	469,533	570,768	588,935	Port Said Governorate
6.	Suez	السويس	327,717	417,610	510,935	529,055	Suez Governorate
7.	Luxor	الأقصر	274,074	360,503	451,318	469,440	Luxor Governorate
8.	al-Mansura	المنصورة	317,508	369,621	450,267	465,375	Dakahlia Governorate
9.	El-Mahalla El-Kubra	المحلة الكبرى	306,509	395,402	442,884	450,833	Gharbia Governorate
10.	Tanta	طنطا	336,517	371,010	421,076	429,632	Gharbia Governorate
11.	Asyut	أسيوط	272,986	343,498	386,086	394,961	Asyut Governorate
12.	Ismailia	الإسماعيلية	158,045	254,477	324,717	338,429	Ismailia Governorate
13.	Fayyum	الفيوم	213,070	260,964	316,772	327,917	Faiyum Governorate
14.	Zagazig	الزقازيق	244,354	267,351	302,611	308,637	Sharqia Governorate
15.	Aswan	أسوان	190,579	219,017	265,004	273,450	Aswan Governorate
16.	Damietta	دمياط	89,498	111,111	237,023	266,627	Damietta Governorate
17.	Damanhur	دمنهور	188,939	212,203	241,895	247,074	Beheira Governorate
18.	al-Minya	المنيا	179,060	201,360	239,804	246,835	Minya Governorate
19.	Beni Suef	بنى سويف	152,476	172,032	211,173	218,472	Beni Suef Governorate
20.	Qena	قنا	119,917	171,275	206,831	214,851	Qena Governorate
21.	Sohag	سوهاج	132,649	170,125	189,695	193,931	Sohag Governorate
22.	Hurghada	الغردقة	132,649	170,125	160,746	189,660	Red Sea Governorate
23.	6th of October City	مدينة السادس من أكتوبر	…	35,477	157,135	183,859	Giza Governorate
24.	Shibin El Kom	شبين الكوم	132,751	159,909	177,060	180,454	Monufia Governorate
25.	Banha	بنها	115,701	145,792	158,389	161,263	Qalyubia Governorate
26.	Kafr el-Sheikh	كفر الشيخ	103,301	124,819	147,380	151,781	Kafr el-Sheikh Governorate
27.	Arish	العريش	67,337	100,447	138,195	146,758	North Sinai Governorate
28.	Mallawi	ملوى	98,632	119,283	140,215	144,330	Minya Governorate
29.	10th of Ramadan City	عشرة رمضان	…	47,839	124,120	143,753	Sharqia Governorate
30.	Bilbais	بلبيس	96,511	113,608	136,499	140,892	Sharqia Governorate
31.	Marsa Matruh	مرسى مطروح	43,157	52,247	120,888	137,704	Matrouh Governorate
32.	Idfu	إدفو	46,163	94,228	115,946	122,031	Aswan Governorate
33.	Mit Ghamr	ميت غمر	91,927	101,801	116,180	118,618	Dakahlia Governorate
34.	Al-Hamidiyya	الحوامدية	73,298	91,732	109,468	113,128	Giza Governorate
35.	Desouk	دسوق	78,316	91,318	106,868	109,787	Kafr el-Sheikh Governorate
36.	Qalyub	قليوب	84,413	97,157	106,804	108,573	Qalyubia Governorate
37.	Abu Kabir	أبو كبير	68,394	85,340	102,603	106,050	Sharqia Governorate
38.	Kafr el-Dawwar	كفر الدوار	196,244	231,978	113,506	105,671	Beheira Governorate
39.	Girga	جرجا	71,564	95,384	102,701	104,712	Sohag Governorate
40.	Akhmim	أخميم	70,602	84,778	101,243	104,454	Sohag Governorate
41.	Matareya	المطرية	74,554	87,062	100,502	103,004	Dakahlia Governorate

Other websites

• Map of Egypt (World Gazetteer)
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