Kafr el-Sheikh Govrenorate

Kafr el-Sheikh Govrenorate ( ) is ane o the govrenorates o Egyp. It lies in the north o the kintra alang the wastren branch o the Nile in the Nile Delta. Its caipital is the ceety o Kafr el-Sheikh.

 History 
Kafr el-Sheikh Govrenorate, which wis ance pairt o the Gharbia Govrenorate, wis creatit in 1949. It wis oreeginally named Fuadiyah in honour o Keeng Fuad I o Egyp. Efter the 1952 Revolution an the subsequent abolition o the monarchy, the govrenorate teuk the name o its caipital ceety Kafr el-Sheikh. This name, adoptit in 1955, means "the veelage o the chief".

The region occupied the day bi the Kafr el-Sheikh govrenorate haes been weel kent syne the era o the Auncient Egyptian. The caipital o Lawer Egyp, cried "Puto", is locatit the day at Tel el-Faraain (the hill o the Pharaohs), near Desouk.

 Geography 
Lake Burullus is locatit in the north o the Kafr el-Sheikh govrenorate.

The govrenorate comprises 11 ceeties:
 Kafr el-Sheikh
 Desouk
 Fuwa
 Metoubes
 Baltim
 Baltim resort ceety
 Al Hamool
 Beila
 Riyadh
 Sidi Salem
 Qallin

 Economy 
Industries include cotton-processin factories, rice an fishin.

Education
Kafr el-Sheikh Varsity comprises faculties for Commerce, Ingineerin, Agricultur, Veterinary Medicine, Airts, Pheesical Eddication, Science, Eddication, an Special Eddication.

Notable fowk frae Kafr el-Sheikh govrenorate

 Ibrahim El-Desouki, Muslim saunt.
Ahmed Zewail, Egyptian American scientist
Hossam Ghaly, Egyptian fitbawer
Osama Anwar Okasha, Egyptian screenwriter an jurnalist
Saad Zaghloul, Egyptian politeecian

References

Freemit airtins

Govrenment
 Offeecial Kafr el-Sheikh Govrenorate wabsteid 
 Offeecial Kafr el-Sheikh Govrenorate trade point websteid 
 UNDP Kafr ash Shaykh Human Development Index Indicator's page 

Local Portals an Guides
 Kfrawy.com: Kafr el-Sheikh Govrenorate guide 


Category:Govrenorates o Egyp
Category:Nile River Delta