Nasser, Egypt

Nasser ناصر
City
Location in Beni Suef Governorate
Nasser Location in Egypt
Coordinates: 29°10′11″N31°06′09″E / 29.16985°N 31.102638°E / 29.16985; 31.102638
Country	Egypt
Governorate	Beni Suef
Area [1]
• Total	219.6 km^2 (84.8 sq mi)
Elevation [1]	24 m (79 ft)
Population  (2023)[1]
• Total	427,926
• Density	1,949/km^2 (5,047/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Bushi (Male, Arabic: بوشي) Bushiyah (Female, Arabic: بوشية)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

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%
2017	371,358	+35.8%
2023	427,926	+15.2%
Source: Citypopulation.de[1]

As of 2023, the estimated population of Nasser markaz was 427,926, of whom 281,009 lived in rural areas and 146,917 in urban areas.^[4]

References

1. "Egypt: Administrative Division (Governorates and Districts) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
2. "TM Places". Trismegistos. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
3. Egypt min. of finance, census dept (1885). Recensement général de l'Égypte. p. 74. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
4. "Nāṣir (Markaz, Egypt)". Citypopulation.de. Retrieved 22 June 2020.