Elevation of Kafr Šukr, al-Qalyūbiyah, Egypt

Kafr Šukr, al-Qalyūbiyah, Egypt is 13 m (43 ft) above sea level.

Kafr Šukr's height from sea level is 13 metres, or 43 feet. Wikidata records 17 m.

Also written: كفر شكر.

Ground within 5 km

10 m – 16 m

Mean 12 m across the 9.5 km square centred on the town, 6 m from its lowest cell to its highest.

Rank by elevation

10th of 10

among the towns of al-Qalyūbiyah, and 121st of 207 in Egypt.

Nearest town

Al Walaja

1.2 km to the SW, at 16 m, 3 m higher.

Cross-section through Kafr Šukr

Ground elevation along two lines through the town, 26.8 km end to end, one cell (about 1 km) per step. The red dot is Kafr Šukr; the vertical scale is the same on both.

West to east: from 12 m at 13 km west to 11 m at 13 km east.

North to south: from 9 m at 13 km north to 13 m at 13 km south.

Shaded relief of the 56 km around Kafr Šukr, drawn from the GMTED2010 grid — Relief, 56 km across, north up; the ring marks the town.

Shading is a north-west light over the grid's own slopes. Colour follows elevation: sea level and below, 0–200 m, 500 m, 1,000 m, 2,000 m, 3,500 m, 5,000 m and above.

Towns near Kafr Šukr

Town	Distance	Direction	Elevation	Compared
Al Walaja (Palestine)	1.2 km	SW	16 m (52 ft)	+3 m
Meniat el Kamh (Sharkia)	8.3 km	SE	16 m (52 ft)	+3 m
Qowesna (Menufia)	11.2 km	W	12 m (39 ft)	−1 m
Benha	14.5 km	SW	18 m (59 ft)	+5 m
ar-Riyād̨ (Kafr el Sheikh)	16.2 km	NE	9 m (30 ft)	−4 m

Where Kafr Šukr is

Latitude 30.5525838, longitude 31.2740813. Open the map here to read the elevation of any point around the town.

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About this reading

The elevation is the value of the GMTED2010 terrain grid (USGS/NGA, 30 arc-second cells of about 1 km) at Kafr Šukr's recorded coordinates. It is the height of the ground in that cell, not of any building; a town on a slope spans several cells, and the range above says how much that matters here. Wikidata's figure is the one its editors cite for the town, often from a survey marker or the town hall.