List of cities and towns in Egypt explained

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A

• Abu El Matamir
• Abu Hummus
• Abu Tesht
• Abu Tig
• Akhmim
• Al Khankah
• Alexandria
• Arish
• Ashmoun
• Aswan
• Awsim

B

• Badr
  • • Baltim Banha Basyoun
  • Biyala Belqas
• Beni Mazar
• Beni Suef
• Beni Ebeid
  • Biba Bilbeis
  • Birket El Sab Borg El Arab
• Borg El Burullus^[1]
• Bush

C

• Cairo

D

• Dahab
  • • Dairut Damanhur Damietta
  • Dar El Salam Daraw
  • Deir Mawas Dekernes
• Dendera
• Desouk
• Diarb Negm
• Dishna

E

• Edfu
• Edku
• El Alamein
• El Ayyat
• El Badari
• El Badrashein
• El Bagour
• El Balyana
  • • El Basaliya El Bayadiya El Dabaa
• El Delengat
• El Fashn
• El Gamaliya
• El Ghanayem
  • • El Hamool El Hamam El Hawamdeya
• El Husseiniya
• El Idwa
• El Kanayat
• El Mahalla El Kubra
  • El Mahmoudiyah El Mansha
• El Manzala
  • • El Maragha El Matareya El Qantara
• El Qanater El Khayreya
• El Qoseir
  • El Quseyya El Qurein
• El Rahmaniya
• El Reyad
• El Rhoda
• El Saff
• El Santa
• El Sarw
• El Sebaiya
  • El Senbellawein El Shohada
• El Shorouk
  • El Tor El Waqf
• El Wasta
• El Zarqa
• Esna
• Ezbet El Borg

F

• • • • • Faqous Faraskur Farshut Fayed Faiyum
• Fuka

G

• Girga
• Giza

I

• • • Ibsheway Ihnasya Ismailia
• Itay El Barud
• Itsa

J

• Jahina

K

• Kafr El Sheikh
  • • Kafr El Zayat Kafr El Battikh Kafr El Dawwar
    • Kafr Saad Kafr Saqr Kafr Shukr
• Kafr Zarqan
• Kerdasa
  • Khanka Kharga

L

• Luxor

M

• • • • Maghagha Mallawi Manfalut Mansoura
    • Mashtool El Souk Matai Menouf
• Marsa Alam
• Mersa Matruh
• Megan
  • Metoubes Minya
• Minyet El Nasr
• Mit Ghamr
• Mit Rahina
• Mit Salsil
• Monsha'at El-Qanater
• Mut

N

• • • Nabaroh Nag Hammadi Naqada
• New Administrative Capital (NAC)
• New Alamein
• New Aswan
• New Akhmim
• New Asyut
• New Beni Suef
• New Borg El Arab
• New Cairo
• New Damietta
• New Faiyum
• New Minya
• New Nubariya
• New Salhia
• New Sohag
• New Tiba
• New Qena

O

• Obour

P

• Port Said
• Port Fuad

Q

• • • • Qaha Qallin Qalyub Qena
      • Qift Quesna Qus Qutur

R

• Rafah
  • • Ras Burqa Ras El Bar Ras Gharib
    • Ras Sedr Ras Shokeir Rosetta

S

• Sadat
  • • Safaga Sahel Selim Saint Catherine
      • • Samalut Samanoud Saqultah Shubra Khit Sers El Lyan^[2]
• Sharm El Sheikh
• Sherbin
  • • • • • • • • Sheikh Zuweid Shibin El Qanater Shibin El Kom Shubra El Kheima Sidi Barrani Sidi Salem Sinnuris Sodfa Sohag
• Suez

T

• • • • • • Tahta Tala Talkha Tamiya Tanta Tell El Kebir
  • Tima Tukh

W

• Wadi El Natrun

Zayn

• Zagazig
• Zefta

Largest cities

Name	Arabic			Population (2021 estimate)^[3]	Photo
Cairo	القاهرة		(+20) 2	9,606,916
Alexandria	الاسكندرية		(+20) 3	5,263,542
Giza	الجيزة		(+20) 2	4,367,343
Shubra El Kheima	شبرا الخيمة		(+20) 2	1,240,289
El Mahalla El Kubra	المحلة الكبرى		(+20) 40	817,969
Port Said	بور سعيد		(+20) 60	780,515
Suez	السويس		(+20) 60	699,541
Mansoura	المنصورة		(+20) 50	621,953
Tanta	طنطا		(+20) 40	576,648
Asyut	اسيوط		(+20) 88	528,669
Faiyum	الفيوم		(+20) 84	519,047
Zagazig	الزقازيق		+(20) 55	430,445
Ismailia	الاسماعيلية		+69 +64	429,465
Aswan	اسوان		(+20) 97	379,774
Damanhur	دمنهور		(+20) 45	318,207
Damietta	دمياط		(+20) 57	305,920
Minya	المنيا		(+20) 86	283,605
Beni Suef	بنى سويف		(+20) 82	273,151
Luxor	الاقصر		(+20) 95	268,640
Shibin El Kom	شبين الكوم	Monufia	(+20) 48	267,945
Sohag	سوهاج	Sohag	(+20) 93	266,944
Qena	قنا		Qena	(+20) 96	252,883
Hurghada	الغردقة		(+20) 65	207,132
Arish	العريش	North Sinai	(+20) 68	199,243
Banha	بنها	Qalyubia	(+20) 13	182,254

• Cities that are part of Greater Cairo metropolitan area.

See also

• List of towns and villages in Egypt
• Subdivisions of Egypt
• Geography of Egypt
• Climate of Egypt
• List of historical capitals of Egypt
• List of urban areas in Africa by population
• List of largest cities in the Arab world
• Lists of cities in Asia

Further reading

• Book: Chaichian. Mohammad A.. Town and Country in the Middle East: Iran and Egypt in the Transition to Globalization. 2009. Lexington Books. New York. 9780739126776.

External links

• • Egypt's New Urban Communities
• New Urban Communities Authority - Contact Page

Notes and References

1. News: Elsirgany. Soha. Artists bring colour and hope to Egypt's El-Borollos as part of a two week symposium. Ahram Online. 15 October 2016.
2. Web site: About Sars El Lyan . monofeya.gov.
3. Web site: Egypt: Administrative Division (Governorates and Districts) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map . citypopulation.de . 18 March 2023.