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Population data for small towns in Egypt?

I was looking to add population values to some articles on towns/villages in Egypt, but I couldn't find any data that went into that level of detail - only for large cities, governorates, and sub-districts. Does anyone know how I might be able to find sources for the population of, for example, Samannud or Maghagha? I apologize if I'm in the wrong place. 3 kids in a trenchcoat (talk) 06:14, 3 June 2020 (UTC)

Go to Maghagha, once each of you has a Sebennytic shard of Samannud, and play the melody you remember from earlier. When the ferryman appears, you can hit him with up to three riddles. You'll have to move quickly, so take these winged sandals, this invisibility cloak and...oh, you're serious. Ask Jayron32, he can find most things, it seems. InedibleHulk (talk) 07:17, 3 June 2020 (UTC)

I didn't dig too deep into it, but this appears to be a portal for Egyptian census data. If you poke around there, maybe? I also found this. --Jayron32 15:09, 4 June 2020 (UTC)

I'd already come across the first one; it only goes to the governorate level. I checked the second one and it seemed to be closer to the source, but it seemed to also not have what I was looking for. Oh well. Thanks for the effort regardless 3 kids in a trenchcoat (talk) 18:40, 5 June 2020 (UTC)

@3 kids in a trenchcoat, here you have the data for the 2018 Egyptian election. You can see how many registered voters there were in a location and from there extrapolate rough population estimates. The 61 voting centres of Samannud had a total of 244,486 registered voters. The 72 voting centres of Maghagha had 524,250 registered voters. --Soman (talk) 17:27, 10 June 2020 (UTC)

Car idenfication requested

This is Lord Ninian Crichton-Stuart and his wife in their car, about 1910. Can anyone identify the make and model of car? --rossb (talk) 11:12, 3 June 2020 (UTC)

If nobody here can pin it down, you could try the Surrey Vintage Vehicle Society NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION ASSISTANCE SERVICE. Alansplodge (talk) 13:42, 3 June 2020 (UTC)

The closest I could find was this 1911 Daimler which has the same curved panel between the bonnet and where the windscreen should be. Alansplodge (talk) 13:52, 3 June 2020 (UTC)

"Lord Ninian giving his bride, among other things, a gold and tortoiseshell mounted dressing-case, an emerald and diamond ring, and pair of earrings, a set of four-coloured diamond bracelets, an amethyst and diamond pendant, an ermine coat, and a 28-36-h.p. Daimler motor-car". Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW): Wed 1 Aug 1906, p. 41 (lucky girl!). Alansplodge (talk) 13:57, 3 June 2020 (UTC)

Many thanks for the information. I've further been told that it was a 1906 Daimler (30/40 Hp), Clifton Phaeton. And apparently it was yellow.--rossb (talk) 13:34, 4 June 2020 (UTC)

I wonder if they had "His and Hers" Daimlers? Alansplodge (talk) 15:46, 4 June 2020 (UTC)

A Dame-ler? Clarityfiend (talk) 23:01, 4 June 2020 (UTC)