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NORTH-EAST AFRICA.

452 APPENDIX I. Chief Towns op Dar-FOb. EI-Fasher, population according to Ensor 2.G50 Koh6, popiilatiun according to Browne ...... 6,000 Omshanga .......... . . Tora (Torra, Torun) Foja (Fojeh) NUBIA. Approximate area 100,000 sq miles. Estimated Population 1,000,000 Extent of arable lands 1,320 sq. miles. Chief Towns of Nubia. Abu-Hamed. Korosko. Marawi. Nuri. Korti. Ambukol. Adu-d{)m. Babbeh. Abu-Go8si. Old Dongola. New Dongola, population accordiog to Ensor, 7,000. gemneh. Wady-Halfa. Derr. EGYPT. Total area 374,000 sq. miles. Area of the d.-lta 13,000 „ Area of arable lands 11,700 „ Population in 1882 6,806,400 „ per totiil area : 11 to (he sq. mile. „ per ar^ of arable lands : 570 to the sq. mile. „ according to sex : men .... 3,216,247 „ „ „ women .... 3,252,869 Distribution of the Population according to the Census of Mat 8ed, 1882 Christians . Sedentary Nomad Foreigners Mahommcdans f Copts Roman Catholics Greeks Protestants ^ Armenians Jews 6,469,716 245,776 90,886 6,051,625 408,903^ 67,389 42,066 ^ 614,521 4,536 1,627 J 16,769 FoilEIONEBS IN EOTPT (1878). Greeks 29,963 French 14,310 Italians 14,524 English 3,795 Austrians . . . • 2,480 Spaniards 1,003 Germans 879 Persians 752 Bussians 358 Total 68,064