Nasser, Egypt
City in Beni Suef, Egypt
Nasser ناصر | |
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![]() Location in Beni Suef Governorate | |
29°10′11″N 31°06′09″E / 29.16985°N 31.102638°E / 29.16985; 31.102638 | |
Country | ![]() |
Governorate | Beni Suef |
Area [1] | |
• Total | 220 km2 (80 sq mi) |
Population (2019 (estimated))[1] | |
• Total | 392,002 |
• Density | 1,800/km2 (4,600/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EST) |
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
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1996 | 225,166 | — |
2006 | 273,542 | +21.5% |
2019 | 393,002 | +43.7% |
Source: Citypopulation.de[1] |
As of 2019, the estimated population of Nasser markaz was 393,002, of whom 264,887 lived in rural areas and 128,115 in urban areas.[1]
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