- Governorates of Egypt
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Egypt is divided for administrative purposes into 27 governorates (محافظة muḥāfaẓa, plural Arabic: محافظات muḥāfaẓāt). Egyptian governorates are the top tier of the country's five-tier jurisdiction hierarchy. A governorate is administered by a governor, who is appointed by the President of Egypt and serves at the president's discretion. Most governorates have a population density of more than one thousand per km², while the 3 largest have a population density of less than two per km².Governorates are either fully "urban" or else an admixture of "urban" and "rural". The official distinction between "urban" and "rural" is reflected in the lower tiers: i.e. fully urban governorates have no regions (markaz), as the markaz is, natively, a conglomeration of villages. Moreover, governorates may comprise just one city, as in the case of Cairo or Alexandria. Hence, these one-city governorates are only divided into districts (urban neighborhoods). Cairo consists of 23 districts; Alexandria consists of 6.
Non-urban Governorates in Upper Egypt and along the Suez Canal are all named after their capitals, while governorates in the Nile Delta and the deserts tend to have names different from their capitals (Kafr el-Sheikh, Damietta, and Matruh Governorates being exceptions).
Two new governorates were created in April 2008; namely, Helwan and 6th of October.[1] In April 2011, the 6th of October and Helwan governorates were again incorporated into the Giza and Cairo Governorates, respectively.[2] Luxor was created in December 2009, to be the 29th governorate of Egypt.[3]
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Egyptian governorates[4] Nr. (key) Name Area (km²) Population (2006-11-11) Population (2010-01-01) Capital 1 Alexandria 2,679 4,123,869 4,362,168 Alexandria 2 Aswan 679 1,186,482 1,258,882 Aswan 3 Asyut 1,553 3,444,967 3,701,392 Asyut 4 Beheira 9,118 4,747,283 5,071,346 Damanhur 5 Beni Suef 1,322 2,291,618 2,470,960 Beni Suef 6 Cairo 1,277 8,471,859 8,968,723 Cairo 7 Dakahlia 3,471 4,989,997 5,338,831 Mansura 8 Damietta 589 1,097,339 1,180,991 Damietta 9 Faiyum 1,827 2,511,027 2,721,478 Faiyum 10 Gharbia 1,942 4,011,320 4,262,200 Tanta 11 Giza 12,925 5,724,545 6,107,365 Giza 12 Ismailia 1,442 953,006 1,029,136 Ismailia 13 Kafr el-Sheikh 3,437 2,620,208 2,798,942 Kafr el-Sheikh 14 Matruh 212,112 323,381 352,885 Marsa Matruh 15 Minya 2,262 4,166,299 4,481,879 Minya 16 Monufia 2,544 3,270,431 3,496,380 Shibin el-Kom 17 New Valley 376,505 187,263 199,810 Kharga 18 North Sinai 27,574 343,681 374,071 Arish 19 Port Said 72 570,603 604,451 Port Said 20 Qalyubia 1,001 4,251,672 4,546,564 Banha 21 Qena 1,796 3,001,681 3,209,982 Qena 22 Red Sea 203,685 288,661 306,722 Hurghada 23 Sharqia 4,180 5,354,041 5,736,644 Zagazig 24 Sohag 1,547 3,747,289 4,004,613 Sohag 25 South Sinai 33,140 150,088 154,941 el-Tor 26 Suez 17,840 512,135 549,759 Suez 27 Luxor 55 457,286 484,132 Luxor Total 920,186 72,798,031 77,775,247 The governorates are further divided into regions (markazes).
See also
- List of Egyptian cities
- Subdivisions of Egypt
- List of political and geographic subdivisions by total area
- ISO 3166-2:EG
References
- ^ Reem Leila. "Redrawing the map". Al Ahram Weekly (On-line). http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2008/894/eg6.htm. Retrieved 2008-05-19.
- ^ http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/0/10037/Egypt/Egypts-PM-centralises-Helwan-and--October-governor.aspx
- ^ "Luxor announced Egypt’s 29th governorate". http://www.thedailynewsegypt.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=26302. Retrieved 2009-12-08.[dead link]
- ^ Thomas Brinkhoff: City Population
External links
- Census 2006 area and population data
- Population and area data
- Map
- Egyptian Government Services Portal, Arabic and English
- History of administrative divisions in Egypt since the French Invasion (in Arabic)
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