🇪🇬 Cities in Egypt — API & JSON data

Geomelon's Egypt coverage: 5,377 cities across 30 regions, with name translations in 16 languages — start with Cairo, the country's largest city at 9,293,612 people.

Data updated: 2026-07-14

Live demo

Type to search Egypt cities…

Top 10 cities by population

City	Region	Population
Cairo	—	9,293,612
Giza	Giza Governorate	5,598,402
Alexandria	—	5,039,975
New Cairo	Cairo Governorate	1,500,000
Shobra Elkhema	Qalyubia Governorate	1,025,569
Mansoura	Dakahlia Governorate	621,953
Helwan	Cairo Governorate	619,293
Tanta	Gharbia Governorate	603,120
El Mahalla El Kubra	Gharbia Governorate	592,573
Dar El Salam	Cairo Governorate	567,516

Sample API response

GET /cities/search?countryCode=eg&sort=population_desc&limit=3

[
  {
    "id": "57f66c3d-0bd4-419b-b2ba-e77cc5a4adcd",
    "name": "Cairo",
    "population": 9293612,
    "countryName": "Egypt",
    "countryCode": "EG",
    "countryEmoji": "🇪🇬",
    "regionName": null
  },
  {
    "id": "94893ce1-b6ac-480e-b58c-39f464257757",
    "name": "Giza",
    "population": 5598402,
    "countryName": "Egypt",
    "countryCode": "EG",
    "countryEmoji": "🇪🇬",
    "regionName": "Giza Governorate"
  },
  {
    "id": "e20429d0-ec4b-46f4-8de0-f8b79e491701",
    "name": "Alexandria",
    "population": 5039975,
    "countryName": "Egypt",
    "countryCode": "EG",
    "countryEmoji": "🇪🇬",
    "regionName": null
  }
]

Try it

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://geomelon.p.rapidapi.com/cities/search?countryCode=eg&sort=population_desc&limit=10' \
  --header 'x-rapidapi-host: geomelon.p.rapidapi.com' \
  --header 'x-rapidapi-key: YOUR_API_KEY'

const res = await fetch(
  'https://geomelon.p.rapidapi.com/cities/search?countryCode=eg&sort=population_desc&limit=10',
  {
    headers: {
      'x-rapidapi-host': 'geomelon.p.rapidapi.com',
      'x-rapidapi-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
    },
  },
)
const cities = await res.json()

Multilingual city names

City names in Egypt are available in 16 languages.

en: Cairo

Free dataset

Prefer a static file? Download 201 Egypt cities as JSON (31 KB, no API key) from the Egypt cities dataset page.

FAQ

How many cities in Egypt does the API return?

Geomelon currently has 5,377 cities in Egypt across 30 regions. Results are paginated, up to 100 per request.

Is there a free tier?

Yes. RapidAPI's free tier covers a fixed number of requests per month with no credit card required. There is also a free, no-key city-autocomplete endpoint (the demo above) for prefix search.

Can I get Egypt city names in other languages?

Yes — city names in Egypt are available in 16 languages. Pass the languages you want via the preferredLanguages parameter, most-preferred first.

Do I need an API key?

The main search and lookup endpoints require a free RapidAPI key. The prefix-search autocomplete endpoint used in the demo above is public and does not require a key.

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