Kafr El Sheikh is an Egyptian city and the capital of Kafr El Sheikh Governorate, Egypt, about 134 km north of Cairo, in the Nile Delta of lower Egypt. As of November 2006, the town had a population of around half- a million.Kafr El Sheikh was earlier known as Duminqun and was renamed after Sheikh Talha al-Tilmisani who died here in 1234. In 2006 the University of Kafr El Sheikh was established. Kafr El Sheikh is responsible for more than 40% of the... Show more

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