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Al Maḩallah al Kubrá

Gharbia · Egypt
City population
592,573
#8
in Egypt
#1
in Gharbia
#947
worldwide
CairoAl Maḩallah al Kubrá
30.971, 31.167 · 101 km from Cairo
Share of Egypt
0.5%
Of the national population
Elevation
17 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Distance to capital
101 km
To Cairo
Time zone
Africa/Cairo
IANA zone identifier

About Al Maḩallah al Kubrá

Located 101 km from Cairo, Al Maḩallah al Kubrá is Egypt's eighth-largest listed city by population with 592,573 residents. It ranks first among eight cities in Gharbia and holds 0.5% of the country's national population. Samannūd lies 7 km away with 87,921 people; Al Mansurah, the nearest larger city at 621,953 residents, sits 22 km distant.

This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.

Position in Egypt
#8of 235
LargestSmallest
Position in Gharbia
#1of 8
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Egypt
Region
Gharbia
Rank in region
#1of 8
Coordinates
30.971, 31.167
Record updated
29 November 2023
Entry edited, not measured

City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.

Nearby Cities

All 235 in Egypt

Closest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.

7KMSamannūd88K people19KMNabarūh59K people20KMQuţūr32K people22KMAl Mansurah622K people22KMŢalkhā113K people

Compared with the World's Largest Cities

City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.

  1. Shanghai24.9M
  2. Beijing19M
  3. Shenzhen17.5M
  4. Guangzhou16.1M
  5. Kinshasa16M
  6. Istanbul15.7M
  7. Lagos15.4M
  8. Ho Chi Minh City14M
  9. Chengdu13.6M
  10. Lahore13M
  11. Mumbai12.7M
  12. São Paulo12.4M
  13. Mexico City12.3M
  14. Karachi11.6M
  15. Tianjin11.1M
  16. Al Maḩallah al Kubrá593K
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Al Maḩallah al Kubrá compared with the fifteen largest cities
NameCity population
Shanghai24.9M
Beijing19M
Shenzhen17.5M
Guangzhou16.1M
Kinshasa16M
Istanbul15.7M
Lagos15.4M
Ho Chi Minh City14M
Chengdu13.6M
Lahore13M
Mumbai12.7M
São Paulo12.4M
Mexico City12.3M
Karachi11.6M
Tianjin11.1M
Al Maḩallah al Kubrá593K

Al Maḩallah al Kubrá Population FAQ

What is the population of Al Maḩallah al Kubrá?

Al Maḩallah al Kubrá has a city population of 592,573. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Al Maḩallah al Kubrá?

Al Maḩallah al Kubrá is in Gharbia, Egypt, 101 km from the capital, Cairo. Its coordinates are 30.971, 31.167.

How big is Al Maḩallah al Kubrá compared with other cities in Egypt?

It is the 8th largest of the 235 cities listed in Egypt, holding 0.5% of the national population.

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