Kafr az Zayyāt, Egypt
كفر الزيات
Kafr az Zayyāt is a town of 83,348 people in Gharbia, Egypt.
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About Kafr az Zayyāt
Kafr Al-Zayyat (Arabic: كفر الزيات) is a city in the Gharbia Governorate, Egypt. Its population was estimated at 76,000 people in 2018. The older name of the town is Gerisan (Arabic: جريسان).
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Getting there and nearby towns
Cairo West Air Base (CWE) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 79 km away.
- Basyūn 13 km north, about 13 min by car
- Tanta 18 km east, about 18 min by car
- Al Maḩallah al Kubrá 37 km northeast, about 37 min by car
- Disūq 38 km northwest, about 38 min by car
- Quwaysinā 43 km southeast, about 43 min by car
- Al Mansurah 59 km northeast, about 59 min by car
- Ţalkhā 59 km northeast, about 59 min by car
- Zagazig 71 km east, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Kafr ad Dawwār 74 km northwest, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Shubrā al Khaymah 88 km southeast, about 1 h 30 min by car
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- كفر الزيات بانوراما2, Mohammed Mahdy, CC BY-SA 4.0
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