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Hihya () is a city in the Sharqia Governorate, Egypt. It had a population of 66,702 in the 2017 census.

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Place details

Locality
مدينه ههيا
Region
الشرقية
Country
مصر
Population
74,823
Timezone
Africa/Cairo

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Air quality

66US AQIModerate
PM2.5
19.1 µg/m³
PM10
29.5 µg/m³
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Key facts

Settlement.name
Hihya
Settlement.native_name
ههيا
Settlement.native_name_lang
ar
Settlement.settlement_type
City
Settlement.pushpin_map
Egypt
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
bottom
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Egypt
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
Egypt
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Governorate
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Sharqia
Settlement.unit_pref
Metric
Settlement.area_total_km2
117.4
Settlement.elevation_m
10
Settlement.population_total
317,772
Settlement.population_as_of
2021
Settlement.population_density_km2
auto
Settlement.timezone1
EET

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
city
Country
Egypt
Population
66702
Elevation
14
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Capital of
Markaz Hihyā
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Encyclopedic overview

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Hihya () is a city in the Sharqia Governorate, Egypt. It had a population of 66,702 in the 2017 census.

The 1885 Egyptian census classified 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).

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

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