Map - Kafr el-Sheikh (Kafr El Sheikh)

Kafr El Sheikh (كَفرُ الشَّيْخ ) is an Egyptian city and the capital of Kafr El Sheikh Governorate, Egypt, about 134 km north of Cairo, in the Nile Delta of lower Egypt. As of November 2006, the town had a population of around 500,000.

Kafr El Sheikh was earlier known as Duminqun (دُمِيْنقُون), but was officially named Fuadiyah or Fouadiyah (فُؤادِيَّة) in honour of King Fuad I of Egypt. After the 1952 Revolution and the subsequent abolition of the monarchy, the governorate took the name of its capital city Kafr El Sheikh. This name, adopted in 1955, means "the village of the chief". In 2006 the University of Kafr El Sheikh was established.

Kafr El Sheikh is responsible for more than 40% of the total sea food production in Egypt.

Kafr is an Ancient Egypt]ian name meaning a "small countryside", mainly referring to a rural area with vast gardens and agriculture.

In the era of King Fouad of Egypt, king fouad set up his palace as a form of recreation, as it was far from cities. His name was al-found, and it persisted throughout the reign of his son, King Farouk. When the regime was overthrown and the revolution took place. The revolution leadership decided to return kfar sheik's name to the city, to reflect the city's spiritual devotion towards many Sufi figures.