Kafr Saqr

Coordinates: 30°47′47″N 31°37′34″E / 30.79639°N 31.62611°E / 30.79639; 31.62611

Kafr Saqr
Kafr Saqr
Location in Egypt
Coordinates: 30°47′47″N 31°37′34″E / 30.79639°N 31.62611°E / 30.79639; 31.62611
Country  Egypt
Governorate Sharqia Governorate
Time zone UTC+2 (EST)
 • Summer (DST) +3

Kafr Saqr (Arabic: كفر صقر‎, meaning "Village of the Hawk") is one of the oldest centers and the seat of a markaz, markaz Kafr Saqr of the Sharqia Governorate of Egypt.

Notable persons

  • Ahmed Subhy Mansour, Islamic scholar, cleric, and founder of the Quranists, who was exiled from Egypt, and lives in the United States as a political refugee.
  • Abdallah Abdel Maguid Ahmed Badawi, a local native and an agricultural engineer. First president of Kafr Sakr City council by appointment by President Gamal Abdel Nasser.

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