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 AREA AND POPULATION

1107

Area in

Egyptians

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Total

1 Top.

sq. m.

Sedentary

Nomad

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l»er sq. 111.

. Govcrnorats :

Cairo.

6

533,336

1,345

35,381

570,062

95,010

Alexandria.

70

268,669

4,984

46,113

319,766

4,568

Port 8a ill

4^

ami Canal

{ loi

36,729

—

13,450

50,179

—

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Suez.

15,439

6,757

2,774

24,970

—

-^1

Daniietta.

^i

43,512

—

239

43,751

9,722

o

El-Arisli

1

5

4,080

12,910

1

16,991

84,955

Provhiccs :

Behura

932

535,021

94,953

1,251

631,225

677

1-^

Cliarkieh.

905

661, H58

85,015

2,567

749,130

828

Dakahlieh.

931

719,676

14,624

2,408

736,708

791

Ciliailiieh.

2,340

1,246,752

47,463

3,441

1,297,656

554

Kaloiiltii'h

352

335,470

35,402

593

371,465

1,055

Meiioutieli.

639

846,512

16,666

1,028

864,206

1,352

1 Provinces :

t. ' Beni-Souef.

501

282,513

31,645

296

314,454

627

^ Fayouiu

493

312,757

57,947

302

371,006

752

^ Ginzeh

370

368,472

32,736

426

401,634

1,085

t Miiiieh

772

511,746

36,217

669

548.632

711


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Assiout

840

752,233

30,048

439

782,720

932

£"

Ouerga

631

677,151

10,649

211

688,011

1,090

Kena.

544

679,517

31,325

615

711,457

1,308

Xubia,

216,662

23,288

432

240,382

—

'

Total

9,047,905

573,974

112,526

9,734,405

—

Kccent arrangements lor the atl ministration of the Egyptian Sudan involve modilications in the government of the southern jnovinces of Upper

Egypt.

Of the total [.opulation, 4,947,850 -svcrc males and 4,786,555 females. Xot included in the table an- the jtoimlations of Siwa (Wahat), consisting of 5,000 sedentary Egyptians ; Dongola (Governorat), 53,037 sedentary and 3,389 nomadie ; total, 56.426; Souakin, 15,378 .sedentaiy Egyptians and 335 foreigners; total, 15,713.

The foreign population, 112,526 in all, comprised 38,175 Greeks, 24,467 Italians, 19,557 British, 14,155 French, 7,117 Austro- Hungarians, 3,193 Russians, 1,277 Germans, 1,301 Persians, and 3,284 of other nationalities.

The growth of the general population of the country is exhibited by the following fijnires : —

1882 (Census) 6,813,919

1897 (Census) 9,734,405

1800 (French estimate). 2,460,000 1821 (Mehemet Aly). . 2,536,400 1846 (Census) .... 4,476,440 ,

The average annual increase from 1846 to 1882 was 1*25 per cent. ; from 1882 to 1897, 2-76 ]ter cent.

The princijial town.s, with their jiopulations in 1897, are : — Cairo, 570,062 ; Alexandria, 319,766; Tantah, 57,289; Port Said, 42,095; Assiout, 42,012; Zagazig, 35,715 ; Mansourah, 34,997 ; Daniietta, 31,288 ; Fayoum, 31,262.

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