Nasser, Egypt

Nasser ناصر
City
Location in Beni Suef Governorate
Nasser Location in Egypt
Coordinates: 29.16985°N 31.102638°E / 29.16985; 31.102638
Country	Egypt
Governorate	Beni Suef
Area [1]
• Total	220 km^2 (80 sq mi)
Population  (2019 (estimated))[1]
• Total	392,002
• Density	1,800/km^2 (4,600/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EST)

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)^[2] 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).^[3]

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1996	225,166	—
2006	273,542	+21.5%
2019	393,002	+43.7%
Source: Citypopulation.de[1]

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.^[1]

References

1. "Nāṣir (Markaz, Egypt)". Citypopulation.de. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
2. "TM Places". www.trismegistos.org. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
3. Egypt min. of finance, census dept (1885). Recensement général de l'Égypte. p. 74. Retrieved 21 June 2020.