AREA AND POPULATION
1107
Area in
Egyptians
PnvpifnpTs
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
—
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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
- r^
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
—
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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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