Nasser, Egypt
Appearance
Nasser
ناصر | |
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![]() Location in Beni Suef Governorate | |
Coordinates: 29°10′11″N 31°06′09″E / 29.16985°N 31.102638°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Governorate | Beni Suef |
Area | |
• Total | 219.6 km2 (84.8 sq mi) |
Elevation | 24 m (79 ft) |
Population (2023)[1] | |
• Total | 427,926 |
• Density | 1,900/km2 (5,000/sq mi) |
Demonym(s) | Bushi (Male, Arabic: بوشي) Bushiyah (Female, Arabic: بوشية) |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Nasser (Arabic: ناصر), older name is Bush (Arabic: بوش, Coptic: ⲡⲟⲩϣⲓⲛ, lit. 'the stable' Coptic pronunciation: [pˈuʃən])[1] is a city and corresponding markaz in Beni Suef Governorate, Egypt. It is named after former Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser.
The city was called Pois (Ancient Greek: Πωις)[2] in Ptolemaic and Byzantine Egypt.
The 1885 Census of Egypt recorded Bush (as Boche) as a nahiyah under the district of Beni Suef in Beni Suef Governorate; at that time, the population of the city was 7,091 (3,554 men and 3,537 women).[3]
Demographics
[edit]Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1996 | 225,166 | — |
2006 | 273,542 | +21.5% |
2017 | 371,358 | +35.8% |
2023 | 427,926 | +15.2% |
Source: Citypopulation.de[1] |
As of 2023, the estimated population of Nasser markaz was 427,926, of whom 281,009 lived in rural areas and 146,917 in urban areas.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Egypt: Administrative Division (Governorates and Districts) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
- ^ "TM Places". Trismegistos. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
- ^ Egypt min. of finance, census dept (1885). Recensement général de l'Égypte. p. 74. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
- ^ "Nāṣir (Markaz, Egypt)". Citypopulation.de. Retrieved 22 June 2020.