Place:Kafr ash Shaykh, Egypt

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NameKafr ash Shaykh
Alt namesFuʿādīyahsource: Encyclopædia Britannica (1985) VI, 679
Kafr al-Sheikhsource: Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) p 360
Kafr ash Shaykhsource: Wikipedia
Kafr ash-Shaykhsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Kafr ash-Shaykh governoratesource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Kafr el Sheiksource: Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) p 187
TypeGovernorate
Coordinates31.25°N 30.833°E
Located inEgypt     (1949 - )
See alsoMiṣr Baḥrī, Egyptregion this governorate is located in
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Kafr El Sheikh Governorate is one of the governorates of Egypt. It lies in the northern part of the country, along the western branch of the Nile in the Nile Delta. Its capital is the city of Kafr El Sheikh.

Kafr El Sheikh is the first nationwide in the cultivation of long-staple cotton for export.

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