El Marg

El Marg (Arabic: المرج pronounced [elˈmæɾɡ]) is a district in the Eastern Area of Cairo,^[1] Egypt, bordering Qalyubia Governorate near Shubra El Kheima. It was separated from the El Salam district (to its south) on 1 April 1994. Its residential area is densely populated. It covers 16.94 square kilometers, with 251,589 people according to a 1996 census, increasing to 507,035 in 2006.^[2] In 2017 El-Marg had 798,646 residents making it the most populous district in Cairo.^[3]

El Marg was a royal property belonging to the Burji dynasty of the Mamluk Sultanate.^[4]

Administrative subdivisions and population

El-Marg is subdivided into seven shiakhas.

In 2017, el-Marg had 798,646 residents across its seven shiakhas.^[3]

Shiakha	Code 2017	Population
`Izbat al-Nakhl al-sharqiyya	013504	119,923
Birkat al-Ḥâjj	013503	55,191
Kafr Abû Ṣîr (Birkat al-Naṣr)	013505	38,625
Kafr al-Bâshâ	013506	38,141
Kafr al-Shurafâ	013507	72,915
Marj al-baḥriyya, al-	013501	324,322
Marj al-qibliyya, al-	013502	149,529

References

^ "East Area". www.cairo.gov.eg. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
^ "Egypt: Administrative Division (Governorates and Districts) - Population Statistics in Maps and Charts". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
^ ^a ^b Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS) (2017). "2017 Census for Population and Housing Conditions". CEDEJ-CAPMAS. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
^ Maspero, Jean; Wiet, Gaston (1919). Matériaux pour servir à la géographie de l'Égypte. Cairo: Institut français d'archéologie orientale. p. 166.

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[:1-1] "East Area". www.cairo.gov.eg. Retrieved 3 January 2023.

[2] "Egypt: Administrative Division (Governorates and Districts) - Population Statistics in Maps and Charts". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 22 June 2016.

[:0-3] Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS) (2017). "2017 Census for Population and Housing Conditions". CEDEJ-CAPMAS. Retrieved 21 February 2023.

[MIFAO-4] Maspero, Jean; Wiet, Gaston (1919). Matériaux pour servir à la géographie de l'Égypte. Cairo: Institut français d'archéologie orientale. p. 166.

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