Urbanization is steadily increasing in Egypt. In 1897 the proportion of
urban inhabitants was only 13.6 per cent. A hundred years later, in 1997, it
had risen to 43 per cent. In the two largest urban agglomerations of Cairo
and Alexandria alone reside about 66 per cent of Egypt’s urban population
today. The current high urbanization rate is mainly the result of decades
of accelerated rural–urban migration since the beginning of the twentieth
century. While the increase in the rate of urbanization was only 0.1 per cent
between 1897 and 1907, it rose to 6.3 per cent in the following decade.
urban inhabitants was only 13.6 per cent. A hundred years later, in 1997, it
had risen to 43 per cent. In the two largest urban agglomerations of Cairo
and Alexandria alone reside about 66 per cent of Egypt’s urban population
today. The current high urbanization rate is mainly the result of decades
of accelerated rural–urban migration since the beginning of the twentieth
century. While the increase in the rate of urbanization was only 0.1 per cent
between 1897 and 1907, it rose to 6.3 per cent in the following decade.
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