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Basyoun () is a city and municipal division in the Gharbia Governorate, Egypt.

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Place details

Locality
Basioun
Region
الغربية
Country
مصر
Population
75,084
Timezone
Africa/Cairo

via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames

Air quality

65US AQIModerate
PM2.5
24.7 µg/m³
PM10
33.0 µg/m³
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Key facts

Settlement.area_total_km2
157.5
Settlement.elevation_m
5
Settlement.population_total
320,056
Settlement.population_as_of
2023
Settlement.population_density_km2
auto
Settlement.population_density_metro_km2
auto
Settlement.area_code
(+20) 2
Settlement.timezone
EET
Settlement.utc_offset
+2
Settlement.timezone_DST
EEST
Settlement.utc_offset_DST
+3
Settlement.native_name
بسيون
Settlement.native_name_lang
arz
Settlement.settlement_type
City
Settlement.image_skyline
نهر النيل، الفرستق.jpg
Settlement.imagesize
190px
Settlement.image_caption
The Nile in El-Forostoq, Basyoun
Settlement.pushpin_map
Egypt#Africa#World

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
city
Country
Egypt
Located in
Markaz Basyūn
Population
320056
Elevation
12
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Capital of
Markaz Basyūn
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Encyclopedic overview

4 sections
Contents
  • Notable people
  • See also
  • Notes
  • References

Basyoun () is a city and municipal division in the Gharbia Governorate, Egypt.

==Notable people== Saad El Shazly, Egyptian military commander Mohamed Salah, Egyptian footballer

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Basyoun” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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