Nasser, Egypt Explained

Nasser
Native Name:ناصر
Native Name Lang:ar
Settlement Type:City
Pushpin Map:Egypt
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Egypt
Coordinates:29.1699°N 31.1026°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Egypt
Subdivision Type1:Governorate
Subdivision Name1:Beni Suef
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:220
Population Total:392,002
Population As Of:2019 (estimated)
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:EST
Utc Offset1:+2

Nasser (Arabic: ناصر), older name is Bush (Arabic: بوش, in Coptic pronounced as /pˈuʃən/)https://www.trismegistos.org/place/2650 is a city and corresponding markaz in Beni Suef Governorate, Egypt. It is named after former Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser.

The city was called Pois [1] in Ptolemaic and Byzantine Egypt.

The 1885 Census of Egypt recorded Bush (as Boche) as a nahiyah under the district of Beni Suef in Beni Suef Governorate; at that time, the population of the city was 7,091 (3,554 men and 3,537 women).[2]

Demographics

As of 2019, the estimated population of Nasser markaz was 393,002, of whom 264,887 lived in rural areas and 128,115 in urban areas.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: TM Places . 2022-11-09 . www.trismegistos.org.
  2. Book: Egypt min. of finance, census dept . Recensement général de l'Égypte . 1885 . 74 . 21 June 2020.
  3. Web site: Nāṣir (Markaz, Egypt) . Citypopulation.de . 22 June 2020.