Nasser, Egypt
Nasser (Arabic: ناصر), older name is Bush (Arabic: بوش, Coptic: ⲡⲟⲩϣⲓⲛ, lit. 'the stable' Coptic pronunciation: [pˈuʃən])[1] is a city and corresponding markaz in Beni Suef Governorate, Egypt. It is named after former Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser.
The city was called Pois (Ancient Greek: Πωις) in Ptolemaic and Byzantine Egypt.
The 1885 Census of Egypt recorded Bush (as Boche) as a nahiyah under the district of Beni Suef in Beni Suef Governorate; at that time, the population of the city was 7,091 (3,554 men and 3,537 women).
Demographics
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 225,166 | — |
| 2006 | 273,542 | +21.5% |
| 2019 | 393,002 | +43.7% |
| Source: Citypopulation.de | ||
As of 2019, the estimated population of Nasser markaz was 393,002, of whom 264,887 lived in rural areas and 128,115 in urban areas.
References
- ^ "Nāṣir (Markaz, Egypt)". Citypopulation.de. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ "TM Places". www.trismegistos.org. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
- ^ Egypt min. of finance, census dept (1885). Recensement général de l'Égypte. p. 74. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
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