Hihya | |
Native Name: | ههيا |
Native Name Lang: | ar |
Settlement Type: | City |
Pushpin Map: | Egypt |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Egypt |
Coordinates: | 30.6687°N 31.5904°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Egypt |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | Sharqia |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 117.4 |
Elevation M: | 10 |
Population Total: | 317,772 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | EST |
Utc Offset1: | +2 |
Hihya (Arabic: ههيا) is a city in the Sharqia Governorate, Egypt. It had a population of 66,702 in the 2017 census.[2]
The 1885 Egyptian census recorded Hihya as a nahiyah in the district of Sawaleh in Sharqia Governorate; at that time, the population of the city was 4,011 (2,009 men and 2,002 women).[3]