Desouk
city in Egypt From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
city in Egypt From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Desouk (Arabic: دسوق Dosūq) is a city in northern Egypt. It is 80 kilometres (50 miles) east of Alexandria. It belongs to Kafr el-Sheikh Governorate. As of 2009, 129,604 people lived there.[3]
Desouk
دسوق | |
|---|---|
Clockwise, from top: Desouk Bridge, Ibrahim El Desouki Mosque, City Hall, Nile in Desouk, a statue of Ramesses II with Goddess Sekhmet, Desouk War Memorial, New Desouk Bridge. | |
 Map of Desouk | |
  Desouk Location in Egypt | |
| Coordinates: 31°8′32″N 30°38′42″E | |
| Country |  Egypt |
| Governorate | Kafr El Sheikh |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 137,660 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EST) |
| ZIP code | |
| Area code | +2 047 |
The city of Buto, northeast Desouk was the capital of Lower Egypt, and the seat of the kings of Northern Egypt. Ancient papyri show it was called Pe "Dep". The Greek name was "Botous" or "Botosus", Latin "Boutos", Coptic name is "Buto", and its Arabic name is "Ebto".[4] The city was the capital of province No. XIX [5] called "Imty Phw".[6]
Desouk city is a capital of Desouk that includes 2 districts, 11 main villages, 33 villages and 253 small villages (Ezba). President city and Markaz is Ahmed Basiouny Zeid since September 3 2013.[7][8]
| Climate data for Desouk | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 17.8 (64.0) |
18.8 (65.8) |
21.5 (70.7) |
25.3 (77.5) |
29.2 (84.6) |
30.9 (87.6) |
32.2 (90.0) |
32.3 (90.1) |
30.6 (87.1) |
28.8 (83.8) |
24.6 (76.3) |
19.9 (67.8) |
26.0 (78.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 12.4 (54.3) |
13.1 (55.6) |
15.4 (59.7) |
18.6 (65.5) |
22.3 (72.1) |
24.6 (76.3) |
26.1 (79.0) |
26.2 (79.2) |
24.7 (76.5) |
22.8 (73.0) |
19.1 (66.4) |
14.5 (58.1) |
20.0 (68.0) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 7 (45) |
7.4 (45.3) |
9.3 (48.7) |
11.9 (53.4) |
15.4 (59.7) |
18.4 (65.1) |
20.1 (68.2) |
20.2 (68.4) |
18.8 (65.8) |
16.8 (62.2) |
13.6 (56.5) |
9.1 (48.4) |
14.0 (57.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 26 (1.0) |
20 (0.8) |
9 (0.4) |
4 (0.2) |
3 (0.1) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
6 (0.2) |
13 (0.5) |
23 (0.9) |
104 (4.1) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[9] | |||||||||||||
| Year | 1882 | 1897 | 1907 | 1927 | 1937 | 1947 | 1960 | 1966 | 1976 | 1986 | 1996 | 2006 | 2008 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 8,464 | 11,878 | 14,837 | 22,237 | 15,368 | 23,725 | 39,473 | 45,580 | 58,700 | 78,316 | 91,318 | 106,827 | 126,759 | 129,604 |
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