Hihya
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| name = Hihya
| native_name = ههيا
| native_name_lang = ar
| settlement_type = City
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| subdivision_type1 = Governorate
| subdivision_name1 = Sharqia
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| elevation_m = 10
| population_total = 317,772
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Hihya ({{langx|ar|ههيا}}) is a city in the Sharqia Governorate, Egypt. It had a population of 66,702 in the 2017 census.{{cite web|title=The population of the governorates of Egypt according to census results.|url=https://www.citypopulation.de/Egypt-Cities.html |access-date= 2018-08-11}}
The 1885 Egyptian census recorded Hihya as a nahiyah in the district of Sawaleh in Sharqia Governorate; at that time, the population of the city was 4,011 (2,009 men and 2,002 women).{{cite book |last1=Egypt min. of finance, census dept |title=Recensement général de l'Égypte |date=1885 |page=143 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OpQNAAAAQAAJ |access-date=21 June 2020}}
Notable people
- Sama El Masry, an Egyptian dancer.
See also
{{portal|Egypt}}