City, town, and related location records
Named cities, towns, villages, city sections, and related locations in the October 20, 2026 reference.
Find a named place ↓COUNTRY & TERRITORY REFERENCE
Egypt
Get to know Egypt through its recorded places and international travel. Read the story, understand the sources, and choose a useful business question.
Historical place records
Businesses and other recorded places in the August 18, 2026 source build. This is a separate collection from GeoNames.
Explore the Foursquare evidence ↓THE COUNTRY STORY · FACTS WITH MEANING
Egypt: A recorded place footprint. Falling outbound travel.
Egypt has 131,383 place records in the Foursquare historical reference. Of these, 125,647 were outside the source’s closed and quality-review groups, placing it 57 of 248 on that count. The collection includes businesses and other places where people work, visit, and gather.
From a location to a useful lead
98.5% of the recorded places have valid coordinates. Use the available coordinates to explore recorded locations. 117,062 records also meet the source-status and category rules for exploration, placing this count 57 of 248.
Make the recorded places easier to find
124,126 records (94.48%) have a category field. 7,257 have no category field. Category labels can help organize the recorded activities and places. A website is recorded for 22.52% of the places. A blank website field does not establish whether a business has a website elsewhere.
LANGUAGE & BUSINESS UNDERSTANDING
Plan the conversation before the meeting
Agree on a language everyone in the meeting can use. It shapes how you explain an offer, understand questions, prepare written material, and keep a relationship moving.
Languages listed in the GeoNames country reference: Arabic, English, French.
- Which language will we use for the meeting and follow-up?
- Do we need an interpreter or translated written materials?
- Who can help both sides check that the message is understood?
The language list comes from the GeoNames country reference. Ask the people taking part which language works best. Explore the country language details ↓
| What the snapshot shows | What it means |
|---|---|
| Category coverage94.48%Source position: 174 of 237 | The category fields help describe the recorded place types. |
| Records meeting the exploration rules117,062Source position: 57 of 248 | These records combine an eligible source status, valid coordinates, and a category. |
| Records with a website22.52%Source position: 34 of 237 | The reference can offer a direct research route where a website is recorded. A blank field does not establish website absence. |
| Records carrying quality-review flags724 · 0.55%Source position: 152 of 237 | Review these source records before using them for detailed comparisons or introductions. The source position compares the review share. |
INTERNATIONAL MOVEMENT
Follow the outbound travel record
The latest available observation for Egypt is 4,531,000 international departures in 2006. This is 14.6% fewer than the previous available observation in 2005. The collection contains 12 annual observations from 1995 to 2006. Departures count trips abroad to all destinations. One person can make several trips. This series does not identify U.S. destinations or the purpose of a trip.
The latest departure count is 68.9% higher than the first available count in 1995.
Read every available travel year ↓Your business question
Which recorded places and local partners in Egypt fit the customers, suppliers, visitor offer, or introduction you want to explore?
Use the place footprint to choose questions and locations to investigate. Check product demand, operating details, and introductions with local sources.
Based on the dated Foursquare snapshot and available outbound travel records. The story explains the evidence and adds no index points. Read the organized data and source notes →
EGP
Meet the place.
Start with its languages.
The country reference for Egypt lists these languages:
- ArabicSource code: ar-EG
- EnglishSource code: en
- FrenchSource code: fr
Use this country-level context to prepare for a conversation, then ask your host which language works best.
Look closer at a city. The connected GeoNames place profiles show the available source name, region, coordinates, population value, time zone, feature type, and record date. Find a city or village below.
Language names come from the country reference, rather than city-level speaker counts. Source: GeoNames countryInfo, retrieved October 20, 2026.
SHARED ROOTS · U.S. COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
Where people born in Egypt
live in the United States.
A community connection can help two places start listening to one another. Find a U.S. area, choose a business or cultural goal, and look for people who want to take part.
Egypt · Birthplace · 2024 ACS five-year estimates. This view describes country of birth. These are the first 10 of 838 covered city markets.
| Rank | U.S. city market | Estimated residents | Local population share | Explore a connection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York, New York | 21,416 | 0.25% | Build a city research path → |
| 2 | Nashville, Tennessee | 6,187 | 0.89% | Build a city research path → |
| 3 | Jersey City, New Jersey | 5,222 | 1.78% | Build a city research path → |
| 4 | Bayonne, New Jersey | 5,064 | 7.08% | Build a city research path → |
| 5 | Los Angeles, California | 4,791 | 0.12% | Build a city research path → |
| 6 | Houston, Texas | 2,804 | 0.08% | Build a city research path → |
| 7 | Raleigh, North Carolina | 1,833 | 0.32% | Build a city research path → |
| 8 | Murfreesboro, Tennessee | 1,783 | 0.79% | Build a city research path → |
| 9 | Rancho Cucamonga, California | 1,454 | 0.83% | Build a city research path → |
| 10 | Irvine, California | 1,423 | 0.46% | Build a city research path → |
Source: Follow Your Heart / NDS community publication · B05006_112E · feed version 1.0.0. City markets group ZIPs assigned to a primary city and state, with at least 50,000 residents. They are not municipal or CBSA boundaries. Margins of error for these rollups are not supplied; nearby ranks may not be meaningfully different.
Make the next step reciprocal. Ask what each place hopes to learn, sell, buy, or build. Community presence is a starting point for research, rather than confirmation of a Sister City agreement.
Search ZIP heritage summaries · Mexican-origin communities · Indigenous identity views.
TRANSPORTATION & LOGISTICS · ROUTES TO MARKET
Move the goods.
Bring people together.
Airports, ports, and the transport between them help explain how a place can connect with the world. Use the recorded infrastructure to plan questions about deliveries, supplier visits, tourism, and meetings.
In this supplied lookup for Egypt
52 partner country or territory codes
Air and sea gateways
Which listed airport or port fits your product, visitor group, or meeting? Ask about cargo handling, storage, customs support, and the service you need.
Road, rail, and the last mile
How would the goods or people get from the gateway to the final place? Ask about road and rail connections, transfer points, cost, timing, and a local transport partner.
Explore Egypt’s covered airport references.
29 matching references · showing 10
| Airport and code | Source city / region | Recorded type | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abu Rudeis AirportAUE | Ras Abu Rudeis · EG-JS | small airport | View mapped location ↗ |
| Abu Simbel AirportABS | Abu Simbel · EG-ASN | medium airport | View mapped location ↗ |
| Alexandria International AirportHBE | Alexandria · EG-ALX | large airport | View mapped location ↗ |
| Aswan International AirportASW | Aswan · EG-ASN | large airport | View mapped location ↗ |
| Asyut International AirportATZ | Asyut · EG-AST | large airport | View mapped location ↗ |
| At Tur AirportELT | At Tur · EG-JS | small airport | View mapped location ↗ |
| Bardawil International AirportRDL | El Hassana · EG-SIN | medium airport | View mapped location ↗ |
| Berenice International Airport / Banas Cape Air BaseEES | Berenice Troglodytica · EG-BA | large airport | View mapped location ↗ |
| Cairo International AirportCAI | Cairo · EG-C | large airport | View mapped location ↗ |
| Capital International AirportCCE | New Cairo · EG-C | medium airport | View mapped location ↗ |
Supplied airport lookup · 9,057 records across 237 country codes, plus 31 records without a country code. Reviewed October 23, 2026. The source observation date is not supplied. These are location and infrastructure references; confirm current passenger or cargo service for your plan.
Download these airport references · JSON →Explore the recorded port network.
254 distinct port pairs involve Egypt: 248 cross-border pairs and 6 domestic pairs. Repeated and reverse-direction records were consolidated.
View all 5 source port codes
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Supplied port_flows reference · 836 port codes in 169 geographies. Observation period and flow unit are not stated, so the links describe the supplied network rather than current sailings or freight volumes. Download source link counts and definitions.
Try the Transport Connection Lab ↗
Your next question: “Who can help us move our goods or people between these places, and what would the whole journey cost?”
This section adds transport evidence to your research. It introduces no new logistics or index score.
INTERNATIONAL NETWORKS · REVIEWED MEMBERSHIPS
Know the networks.
Plan the conversation.
International organizations and forums provide context for cross-border conversations. Follow the official links below to explore the programs, policy information, and regional connections that fit your business question.
| Organization | Country’s relationship | What you can explore |
|---|---|---|
| UN ↗United Nations | Member state | Explore the country’s diplomatic participation and published UN information. |
| WTO ↗World Trade Organization | WTO member | Research trade commitments and policies before choosing a market-entry route. |
Choose a program or rule to investigate. A listed membership explains an international relationship. Check which requirements, services, or opportunities apply to your own plan.
Which organizations were checked, and what does membership mean?
Reviewed lists: UN, NATO, APEC, G20, ASEAN, EU, and WTO. Reviewed October 23, 2026. This selection is not a complete list of every international affiliation.
APEC lists member economies. Observer relationships retain their source status. A regional organization’s membership is kept separate from the membership of its individual countries.
Membership alone does not establish a tariff preference, access to a particular program, or a completed business deal.
NAMED BUSINESSES & PLACES · EG / EGY
Find a business.
Explore Egypt.
Search a recorded name or brand, such as McDonald’s, and open the matching historical place profiles in Egypt.
Searches names, ignoring punctuation, spacing, accents, and letter case. Browse Egypt’s category mix to search by place type.
Historical Foursquare records collected in 2026. A listing does not confirm that a business operates today. The search checks source records in batches; larger collections take longer. Browse Egypt’s published records.
FOURSQUARE · 2026 HISTORICAL PLACE REFERENCE
Picture the places.
Shape your next question.
What kinds of businesses and gathering places might help you understand Egypt? Start with the scale and detail of its recorded places, then explore the industries and people behind them.
Foursquare country source coverage
Source position 57 of 248
Source position 34 of 237
Where might your offer fit?
Use the recorded footprint to plan your research. Look for a type of business that could use your goods or services, then check demand with local people.
What could you learn here?
Historic business and cultural records can help you imagine supply chains, visitor experiences, and places where people meet.
Who could explain the market?
A chamber, university, or local partner can help you turn a recorded place into a useful conversation.
This is a historical reference collected in 2026. The counts describe records in the Foursquare Open Source Places snapshot, including businesses and other places. They help you see source coverage and imagine possibilities; they do not measure total businesses or sales.
See all eight source measures and their positions
| Measure | Value | Source position |
|---|---|---|
| Mapped and categorized place recordsRecords with a usable map location and a place category, outside the source’s closed and review groups. | 117,062 | 57 of 248 |
| Place records retained for explorationRecords outside the closed and source-review groups when this historical collection was built. | 125,647 | 57 of 248 |
| Records with a websiteThe share of all country place records with a website address. | 22.52% | 34 of 237 |
| Records with a categoryThe share of all country place records with a category name or identifier. | 94.48% | 174 of 237 |
| Records with valid coordinatesThe share of all country place records with valid latitude and longitude. | 98.5% | 236 of 237 |
| Records retained for exploration: shareThe share of all country records outside the closed and source-review groups. | 95.63% | 150 of 237 |
| Records marked for source reviewThe share of all country place records with unresolved source flags. | 0.55% | 152 of 237 |
| Records with a closure dateThe share of all country place records with a closure date recorded in the source. | 3.81% | 72 of 237 |
Count measures cover 248 geographies. Share rankings cover the 237 that meet the source’s minimum-base rule; values remain visible for the other 11. Positions and ties are preserved from NDS publication tables. A position is a comparison of the named measure, not an overall Commercial Diplomacy score.
Compare all country summariesRead the organized country data →Download organized JSONDownload full original JSON
Foursquare Open Source Places · NDS snapshot built August 18, 2026 · Source and coverage
WHAT MAKES UP THE FOURSQUARE FOOTPRINT?
Businesses. Gathering places.
See the recorded mix.
Start with all 131,383 Foursquare place records for Egypt. Category fields describe recorded business and place types. A record can carry more than one category.
94.48% of all Foursquare records
5.52% of all Foursquare records
| Category position | Recorded category | Record count | Share of all records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dining and Drinking > Cafe, Coffee, and Tea House > CaféFoursquare ID 4bf58dd8d48988d16d941735Explore recorded places in this category → | 8,855 | 6.74% |
| 2 | Business and Professional Services > OfficeFoursquare ID 4bf58dd8d48988d124941735Explore recorded places in this category → | 3,432 | 2.61% |
| 3 | Dining and Drinking > RestaurantFoursquare ID 4d4b7105d754a06374d81259Explore recorded places in this category → | 3,183 | 2.42% |
| 4 | Dining and Drinking > Cafe, Coffee, and Tea House > Coffee ShopFoursquare ID 4bf58dd8d48988d1e0931735Explore recorded places in this category → | 2,873 | 2.19% |
| 5 | Community and Government > Government Building > Post OfficeFoursquare ID 4bf58dd8d48988d172941735Explore recorded places in this category → | 2,748 | 2.09% |
| 6 | Business and Professional Services > Financial Service > Banking and Finance > BankFoursquare ID 4bf58dd8d48988d10a951735Explore recorded places in this category → | 2,587 | 1.97% |
| 7 | Travel and Transportation > RoadFoursquare ID 4bf58dd8d48988d1f9931735Explore recorded places in this category → | 2,090 | 1.59% |
| 8 | Travel and Transportation > Lodging > HotelFoursquare ID 4bf58dd8d48988d1fa931735Explore recorded places in this category → | 1,892 | 1.44% |
| 9 | Community and Government > Residential Building > Apartment or CondoFoursquare ID 4d954b06a243a5684965b473Explore recorded places in this category → | 1,889 | 1.44% |
| 10 | Landmarks and Outdoors > StructureFoursquare ID 4bf58dd8d48988d130941735Explore recorded places in this category → | 1,876 | 1.43% |
| 11 | Business and Professional Services > Automotive Service > Automotive Repair ShopFoursquare ID 52f2ab2ebcbc57f1066b8b44Explore recorded places in this category → | 1,674 | 1.27% |
| 12 | Dining and Drinking > Restaurant > Fast Food RestaurantFoursquare ID 4bf58dd8d48988d16e941735Explore recorded places in this category → | 1,627 | 1.24% |
| 13 | Dining and Drinking > Restaurant > Middle Eastern RestaurantFoursquare ID 4bf58dd8d48988d115941735Explore recorded places in this category → | 1,506 | 1.15% |
| 14 | Business and Professional Services > Health and Beauty Service > Hair SalonFoursquare ID 4bf58dd8d48988d110951735Explore recorded places in this category → | 1,470 | 1.12% |
| 15 | Community and Government > Spiritual Center > MosqueFoursquare ID 4bf58dd8d48988d138941735Explore recorded places in this category → | 1,446 | 1.10% |
Each source row is counted once in each distinct source category it carries. Multiple categories can make category counts or shares sum above the country total or 100%. Source rows are counted; no new unique-business census is implied. IDs define categories when usable IDs exist. Label-only rows retain exact source labels. Labels are paired to IDs only when array lengths agree; no parent-category rollup or NAICS/ISIC mapping is inferred.
Download all category counts and their definitions · JSONFoursquare source categories are retained as supplied. The standalone hierarchy was not materialized in this source build. Business and place types can still be counted directly; no industry crosswalk or parent-category grouping is inferred.
OUTBOUND TRAVEL HISTORY · 1995–2006
Look beyond
a single travel year.
The source records 4,531,000 international departures in 2006 for Egypt. All 12 available annual observations are shown below. Each year retains its source value.
Recorded departures
Recorded departures
Across 1995–2006
Could travel experience help you plan a visitor offer or an international introduction? Use the history to choose years to investigate. These are trips leaving the reporting country for destinations worldwide; a person can make several trips. For a U.S. business question, pair this view with the separate history of arrivals in the United States.
Every available year for Egypt
| Year | Recorded departures | Change since previous available year |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 4,531,000 | -14.6% · compared with 2005 |
| 2005 | 5,307,000 | +1.9% · compared with 2004 |
| 2004 | 5,210,000 | +43.0% · compared with 2003 |
| 2003 | 3,644,000 | +9.4% · compared with 2002 |
| 2002 | 3,330,000 | +8.3% · compared with 2001 |
| 2001 | 3,074,000 | +3.7% · compared with 2000 |
| 2000 | 2,964,000 | +2.7% · compared with 1999 |
| 1999 | 2,886,000 | +1.1% · compared with 1998 |
| 1998 | 2,854,000 | +4.8% · compared with 1997 |
| 1997 | 2,722,000 | -3.2% · compared with 1996 |
| 1996 | 2,812,000 | +4.8% · compared with 1995 |
| 1995 | 2,683,000 | — |
Source file: international-tourist-departures.csv in the supplied NDS backbone · 130 countries and territories, 1995–2024 across the collection · Available years differ by country.
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