"Head of the Central Authority for Public Mobilization and Statistics , Brigidaire General Abu Bakr al Gendi announced that Egypt is one of the first world countries to know census. This is ensured by papyrus manuscripts , ancient monuments in Pharaonic temples, marking that the first census in Egypt was carried out in 3340 BC and in 3050 BC. A census also took place in the era of Hesham Abdel Malek ben Marwan in the year 600 AD including the number of population , their ages and residences. In modern ages, another census was made in 1800AD under the auspices of the French campaign."
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