GuessTheDot is a free geography guessing game: you get a place name and a map full of dots, then click the one you think is right.

Regional cities: big enough to matter locally, small enough that most players outside the country have never heard of them. This is where guessing shifts from "I recognize the name" to "I recognize the region".

In Egypt this set is spread across 18 different governorates, with Gharbia home to the most of them (2).

How this category is defined

Place kinds on GuessTheDot are a practical grouping by population and place type for gameplay, not a legal or historical designation. A place can hold official city rights (or an old city charter) and still show up here as a village if it stayed small, and the other way around: this is a rough size ladder for guessing, not a statement about a place's official status.

Places in this set

21

Smallest population

266,944

Largest population

699,541

Median population

409,311

Two you might get asked about

Sohag
266,944 inhabitants, Sohag
The kind of place that is easy to miss on a map. Good practice for the sharpest players.

Suez
699,541 inhabitants, Suez
One of the better known ones in this set, a fair starting point if you are new to this category.

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All 21 cities in Egypt

Sorted by population, biggest first.

Place	Population	governorate
Suez	699,541	Suez
Al Mansurah	621,953	Dakahlia
Al Maḩallah al Kubrá	592,573	Gharbia
Tanta	576,648	Gharbia
Assiut	528,669	Asyut
Al Fayyum	519,047	Faiyum
Esna	462,787	Qena
Zagazig	430,445	Sharqia
Ismailia	429,465	Ismailia
Luxor	422,407	Luxor
Kom Ombo	409,311	Aswan
Aswān	379,774	Aswan
6th of October City	368,650	Giza
Damanhur	318,207	Beheira
New Cairo	313,139	Cairo
Damietta	305,920	Damietta
Rosetta	301,795	Beheira
Minya	283,605	Minya
Banī Suwayf	273,151	Beni Suweif
Shibīn al Kawm	267,945	Monufia
Sohag	266,944	Sohag

Tips for this category

Cluster them mentally by province or state first, then narrow down inside that cluster.
Distance to the nearest big city is a useful anchor if you know the bigger dots already.

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