Qalyub
Sign in to saveQalyub ( ; ) is a city containing a rural markaz, and an urban one. It is located in the Qalyubia Governorate of Egypt, in the northern part of the Cairo metropolitan area, at the start of the Nile Delta. In 1986, it had a population of 84,413 inhabitants, which grew to 106,804 residents by 2006, a more than average growth.
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Place details
- Locality
- قليوب
- Region
- القليوبية
- Country
- مصر
- Population
- 156,363
- Timezone
- Africa/Cairo
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Qalyub
- Settlement.native_name
- قليوبⲕⲁⲗⲓⲱⲡⲉ
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_caption
- Qalyub Entrance
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Egypt
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Egypt
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Qalyubia
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 21.43
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2021
- Settlement.population_total
- 156,363
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.population_density_sq_mi
- auto
- Settlement.population_density_metro_km2
- auto
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- Egypt
- Located in
- Qalyubia Governorate
- Population
- 156363
- Elevation
- 22
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Capital of
- Markaz Qalyūb
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Encyclopedic overview
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Qalyub ( ; ) is a city containing a rural markaz, and an urban one. It is located in the Qalyubia Governorate of Egypt, in the northern part of the Cairo metropolitan area, at the start of the Nile Delta. In 1986, it had a population of 84,413 inhabitants, which grew to 106,804 residents by 2006, a more than average growth.
==Name== The name of the city comes from a Greek personal name Calliope (). Calliope is an ancient Greek goddess, the Muse of epic poetry.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Qalyub” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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