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Egyptis divided, for the purpose ofpublic administration,according to a three-layer hierarchy and some districts are further subdivided, creating an occasional fourth layer. It has acentralizedsystem oflocal governmentofficially called local administration as it is a branch of theExecutive.[1]
The top-level of the hierarchy are 27 governorates (singular:محافظةmuḥāfẓa,plural:محافظاتmuḥāfẓat).[2]A governorate is administered by agovernor,who is appointed by thePresident of Egyptand serves at the president's discretion. Governors have the civilian rank of minister and report directly to theprime minister,who chairs the Board of Governors(maglis al-muhafzin)and meets with them on a regular basis.[3][4]TheMinister of Local Developmentcoordinates the governors and their governorate's budgets.[5]
The second-level, beneath and within governorates, aremarakiz(singular:مركزmarkaz,plural:مراكزmarakiz) or aqsam (singular:قسمqism,plural:أقسامaqsam).The third-level is composed of districts (singular:حيḥay,plural:أحياءaḥya') and villages (singular:قريةqarya,plural:قرىqura). There is a governing structure at each of these levels.[6][7]Districts may be further divided into sub-districts as a fourth level.
There are also seveneconomic regionsused for planning purposes, defined by the General Organization for Physical Planning (GOPP).
Overview
[edit]Egypt generally has three tiers of local administration units as per Article 1 of the Local Administration Law where each unit has an appointed head,[1]and one economic level that does not have any administrative duties:[8]
0.Economic regions(non administrative, comprising governorates)
- Governorates,in some casescity-governorateswhere the governor is also the head of the city.
- Markaz(county, pl.marakiz) andcity(as capital) where head of markaz is head of the city, or independentcity(madina,usually large cities e.g.Giza,Shubra al-Kheima).
- Districts(ahyaa,singl.hayy,subdivisions of cities) and mainvillages(subdivisions of marakiz).
- For policing and census purposes districts are covered by a qism (police ward), or more.
- Shiakha (census block, urban), are non-administrative subdivisions of districts/qisms. While main villages may have smaller affiliated villages/hamlets(qarya tabi'a, izba, nag'a).
In addition to these tiers areNew Urban Communities,which aresatellite citiesthat are built and operated by the national levelNew Urban Communities Authority(NUCA). Its chairman, theMinister of Housing, Utilities and Urban Communitiesissues planning permits and oversees the communities, while the appointed city agency heads issue building permits and run the day-to-day affairs of functioning towns.[9]These 'cities' are represented in the local administration hierarchy as qisms affiliated to the nearest city proper (See for exampleBadr,ShoroukandNew Cairo). While NUCA is legally obliged to transfer these communities to mainstream local administration once they are developed, none have been since its inception in 1979.[9]The other exception are new villages built by theMinistry of Agriculture'sGeneral Authority for Rehabilitation Projects and Agricultural Development(GARPAD) in its desertland reclamationschemes, which are initially under its jurisdiction and should eventually be transferred to local authorities.[10]
At the highest tier, there are threecity-stategovernorates,Cairo,Port Said,andSuez,where the governor is also head of the city and lower units are 100%urban.Alexandriais a quasi -city-state also with a merged city-governorate unit, though with one rural county (markaz). The other 23 governorates are formed ofcounties(marakiz,sing.markaz) composed of one city acting as the local administrative capital, overseeing other smaller cities (actually towns) as well asruralunits (al-wihdat al-rifiyah) that arevillages.[11]The county-city heads (raies markaz wa madina) are appointed by the governor, where one county-city serves as the governorate capital and seat of the governor.
Two new governorates were created in April 2008:Helwanand6th of October.[12]In April 2011, however, the 6th of October and Helwan governorates were again incorporated into theGizaandCairoGovernorates, respectively.[13]Luxorwas created in December 2009, to be the 29th governorate of Egypt, but with the abolition of the 6th of October and Helwan governorates, the number of governorates has decreased to 27.[14]
History
[edit]Before the1952 Egyptian revolution,state penetration of the rural areas was limited by the power of local notables. UnderNasser,land reformreduced those notables' socioeconomic dominance, and the peasants were incorporated into cooperatives which transferred mass dependence from landlords to the government. The extension of officials into the countryside permitted the regime to bring development and services to the village. The local branches of the ruling party, theArab Socialist Union(ASU), fostered a certain peasant political activism and coopted the local notables — in particular the village headmen — and checked their independence from the regime.[15]
State penetration did not retreat underSadatandMubarak.The earlier effort to mobilize peasants and deliver services disappeared as the local party and cooperative withered, but administrative controls over the peasants remained intact. The local power of the old families and the headmen revived but more at the expense of peasants than of the state. The district police station balanced the notables, and the system of local government (the mayor and council) integrated them into the regime.[15]
Until 1979, local government enjoyed limited power in Egypt's highly centralized state. Under the central government, there were twenty-six governorates (27 today), which were subdivided into counties (InArabic:مركزmarkaz"center", plural:مراكزmarākiz),each of which was further subdivided into towns or villages.[15]At each level, there was a governing structure that combined representative councils and government-appointed executive organs headed by governors, district officers, and mayors, respectively. Governors were appointed by the president, and they, in turn, appointed subordinate executive officers. The coercive backbone of the state apparatus ran downward from theMinistry of Interiorthrough the governors' executive organs to the district police station and the village headman.[15]
Sadat took several measures to administrativelydecentralizepower to the provinces and towns, with limited fiscal and almost no political decentralisation. Governors acquired more authority under Law 43/1979,[1]which reduced the administrative and budgetary controls of the central government over the provinces. The elected councils acquired, at least formally, the right to approve or disapprove the local budget. In an effort to reduce local demands on the central treasury, local government was given wider powers to raise local taxes. Local representative councils became vehicles of pressure for government spending, and the soaring deficits of local government bodies had to be covered by the central government. Local government was encouraged to enter into joint ventures with private investors, and these ventures stimulated an alliance between government officials and the local rich that paralleled theinfitahalliance at the national level.
Under presidentHosni Mubarak'srule (1981-2011), some scholars believed decentralization and local autonomy was achieved, and local policies often reflected special local conditions. Thus, officials in Upper Egypt often bowed to the powerful Islamic movement there, while those in the port cities struck alliances with importers. "[15]However, others found local governance proved impotent, withparliamentariansreduced to the roles oflocal councillors,lobbying at theparliamentarylevel for basic local services, while the elected Local Popular Councils (LPC) had a parallel ceremonial role to the appointed Local Executive Councils (LEC) that managed the local departments.[16]Elections of the LPCs have also been observed to be fraudulent where the rulingNational Democratic PartyNDP won 95 percent of local council seats during the last election in 2008, and 84 percent of the seats were walkovers.[17]
After Mubarak was deposed by the popular uprising ofJanuary 2011,parliament and local councils weredissolvedpending the writing of a newconstitution.The short-lived2012 constitutionand the current 2014 version gave wider local power through more decentralization.[4]However, till the end of 2022, it has not been implemented as the government has drawn out the process of drafting a new local administration law leaving LPC seats vacant for over a decade.[18][17]
Governorates
[edit]Egyptis divided into 27governorates(muhāfazāt) and each has a capital and at least one city.[19]Each governorate is administered by a governor, who is appointed by thePresident of Egyptand serves at the president's discretion. Most governorates have a population density of more than one thousand per km2,while the three largest have a population density of less than two per km2.[20]The governorates of Egypt are:
Name | Area | Population (November 2023 estimate) |
Density (November 2023) |
Capital | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
km2 | sq mi | per km2 | per sq mi | |||
Alexandria | 2,300 | 890 | 5,703,824 | 2,480 | 6,400 | Alexandria |
Aswan | 62,726 | 24,219 | 1,698,201 | 27 | 70 | Aswan |
Asyut | 25,926 | 10,010 | 5,071,485 | 196 | 510 | Asyut |
Beheira | 9,826 | 3,794 | 6,940,234 | 706 | 1,830 | Damanhur |
Beni Suef | 10,954 | 4,229 | 3,618,395 | 330 | 850 | Beni Suef |
Cairo | 3,085 | 1,191 | 10,456,284 | 3,389 | 8,780 | Cairo |
Dakahlia | 3,538 | 1,366 | 7,058,212 | 1,995 | 5,170 | Mansoura |
Damietta | 910 | 350 | 2,023,380 | 2,223 | 5,760 | Damietta |
Faiyum | 6,068 | 2,343 | 4,141,222 | 682 | 1,770 | Faiyum |
Gharbia | 1,942 | 750 | 5,483,000 | 2,823 | 7,310 | Tanta |
Giza | 13,184 | 5,090 | 9,534,283 | 723 | 1,870 | Giza |
Ismailia | 5,067 | 1,956 | 1,482,999 | 293 | 760 | Ismailia |
Kafr El Sheikh | 3,467 | 1,339 | 3,731,540 | 1,076 | 2,790 | Kafr El Sheikh |
Luxor | 460 | 180 | 1,429,385 | 3,107 | 8,050 | Luxor |
Matrouh | 166,563 | 64,310 | 580,304 | 3 | 7.8 | Marsa Matruh |
Minya | 32,279 | 12,463 | 6,332,918 | 196 | 510 | Minya |
Monufia | 2,499 | 965 | 4,743,341 | 1,898 | 4,920 | Shibin El Kom |
New Valley | 440,098 | 169,923 | 324,600 | 0.7 | 1.8 | Kharga |
North Sinai | 28,992 | 11,194 | 544,494 | 19 | 49 | Arish |
Port Said[23] | 1,345 | 519 | 835,193 | 621 | 1,610 | Port Said |
Qalyubia | 1,124 | 434 | 6,137,896 | 5,461 | 14,140 | Banha |
Qena | 10,798 | 4,169 | 3,651,215 | 338 | 880 | Qena |
Red Sea | 119,099 | 45,984 | 409,394 | 3 | 7.8 | Hurghada |
Sharqia | 4,911 | 1,896 | 8,032,683 | 1,636 | 4,240 | Zagazig |
Sohag | 11,022 | 4,256 | 5,714,903 | 518 | 1,340 | Sohag |
South Sinai | 31,272 | 12,074 | 145,934 | 5 | 13 | El Tor |
Suez | 9,002 | 3,476 | 843,385 | 94 | 240 | Suez |
Total | 1,010,407 | 390,120 | 106,668,704 | 106 | 270 | Cairo |
Municipal divisions
[edit]At the municipal-level are markaz, kism, police-administered areas, and new cities. Generally, rural areas are divided into markaz whereas urban areas are divided into kism. As of 2013, there were 351 subdivisions, of which 177 were kism, 162 markaz, 9 new cities, and 3 police-administered areas. There are also unorganized areas in the Alexandria, Aswan, Asyut, Beheira, Beni Suef, Cairo, Dakahlia, Damietta, Faiyum, Giza, Ismailia, Kafr El Sheikh, Luxor, Minya, Port Said, Qalyubia, Qena, Sharqia, Sohag, and Suez governorates.[24][25]
- k - kism
- m - markaz
- n - new city
- p - police-administered
- 6 October 1 (k)
- 6 October 2 (k)
- 10th of Ramadan 1 (k)
- 10th of Ramadan 2 (k)
- 15 May (k)
- Abdeen (k)
- Abnub (m)
- Abu El Matamir (m)
- Abu Hammad (m)
- Abu Hummus (m)
- Abu Kebir (m)
- Abu Qirqas (m)
- Abu Radis (k)
- Abu Simbel (m)
- Abu Tig (m)
- Abu Tisht (m)
- Abu Zenima (k)
- Aga (m)
- Agouza (k)
- Ain Shams (k)
- Akhmim (m)
- Alexandria Port Police Dept. (p)
- Amreya (k)
- Arish 1 (k)
- Arish 2 (k)
- Arish 3 (k)
- Arish 4 (k)
- Armant (m)
- Ashmoun (m)
- Aswan (k)
- Aswan (m)
- Asyut (m)
- Asyut 1 (k)
- Asyut 2 (k)
- Ataka (k)
- Atfih (m)
- Awlad Saqr (m)
- Awsim (m)
- Azbakeya (k)
- Bab El Sharia (k)
- Bab Sharq (k)
- Badr (k)
- Badr (m)
- Banha (k)
- Banha (m)
- Baris Shurta (m)
- Basyoun (m)
- Beni Ebeid (m)
- Beni Mazar (m)
- Beni Suef (k)
- Beni Suef (m)
- Biba (m)
- Bilbeis (m)
- Bilqas (m)
- Bir El Abd (k)
- Birket El Sab (m)
- Biyala (m)
- Borg El Arab (k)
- Bulaq (k)
- Bulaq El Dakrur (k)
- Burullus (m)
- Dahab (k)
- Dairut (m)
- Damanhur (k)
- Damanhur (m)
- Damietta (m)
- Damietta 1 (k)
- Damietta 2 (k)
- Dar El Salam (m)
- Daraw (m)
- Deir Mawas (m)
- Dekernes (m)
- Dekhela (k)
- Desouk (k)
- Desouk (m)
- Dishna (m)
- Diyarb Negm (m)
- Dokki (k)
- Edfu (m)
- Edku (m)
- El Ahram (k)
- El Arab (k)
- El Arbein (k)
- El Atareen (k)
- El Ayyat (m)
- El Badari (m)
- El Badrashein (m)
- El Bagour (m)
- El Balyana (m)
- El Basal Port (k)
- El Basatin (k)
- El Dabaa (k)
- El Darb El Ahmar (k)
- El Dawahy (k)
- El Delengat (m)
- El Fashn (m)
- El Fath (m)
- El Gamaliya (k)
- El Gamaliya (m)
- El Ganayin (k)
- El Ghanayem (m)
- El Gomrok (k)
- El Hamam (k)
- El Hamool (m)
- El Hassana (k)
- El Hawamdiya (k)
- El Husseiniya (m)
- El Ibrahimiya (m)
- El Idwa (m)
- El Kawsar (k)
- El Khalifa (k)
- El Labban (k)
- El Mahalla El Kubra (m)
- El Mahalla El Kubra 1 (k)
- El Mahalla El Kubra 2 (k)
- El Mahmoudia (m)
- El Manakh (k)
- El Manasra (k)
- El Mansha (m)
- El Mansheya (k)
- El Manzala (m)
- El Maragha (m)
- El Marg (k)
- El Matareya (k)
- El Matareya (m)
- El Muski (k)
- El Nozha (k)
- El Omraniya (k)
- El Qanater El Khayreya (m)
- El Qanayat (k)
- El Qantara (m)
- El Qantara El Sharqiya (k)
- El Qoseir (k)
- El Qurein (k)
- El Qusiya (m)
- El Rahmaniya (m)
- El Raml 1 (k)
- El Raml 2 (k)
- El Reyad (m)
- El Saff (m)
- El Salam (k)
- El Santa (m)
- El Sayeda Zeinab (k)
- El Segil (k)
- El Senbellawein (m)
- El Sharabiya (k)
- El Sharq (k)
- El Shohada (m)
- El Shorouk (k)
- El Tebbin (k)
- El Tor (k)
- El Usayrat (m)
- El Wahat El Bahariya (k)
- El Wahat El Khariga (k)
- El Waqf (m)
- El Warraq (k)
- El Wasta (m)
- El Weili (k)
- El Zaher (k)
- El Zarqa (m)
- El Zawya El Hamra (k)
- El Zohur (k)
- Esna (m)
- Faisal (k)
- Faiyum (k)
- Faiyum (m)
- Faqous (k)
- Faqous (m)
- Faraskur (m)
- Farshut (m)
- Fayed (m)
- Fuwa (m)
- Gamasa (k)
- Ganoubi 1 (k)
- Ganoubi 2 (k)
- Gharb Nubariya (k)
- Girga (k)
- Girga (m)
- Giza (k)
- Giza (m)
- Hada'iq El Qobbah (k)
- Hala'ib (k)
- Heliopolis (k)
- Helwan (k)
- Hihya (m)
- Hosh Essa (m)
- Hurghada (k)
- Hurghada 2 (k)
- Ibsheway (m)
- Ihnasiya (m)
- Imbaba (k)
- Imbaba (m)
- Ismailia (m)
- Ismailia 1 (k)
- Ismailia 2 (k)
- Ismailia 3 (k)
- Itay El Barud (m)
- Itsa (m)
- Juhayna El Gharbiyah (m)
- Kafr El Dawwar (k)
- Kafr El Dawwar (m)
- Kafr El Sheikh (k)
- Kafr El Sheikh (m)
- Kafr El Zayat (m)
- Kafr Saad (m)
- Kafr Saqr (m)
- Kafr Shukr (m)
- Karmoz (k)
- Kerdasa (m)
- Khanka (m)
- Khusus (k)
- Kom Hamada (m)
- Kom Ombo (m)
- Kotoor (m)
- Luxor (k)
- Luxor (m)
- Maadi (k)
- Maghaghah (m)
- Mahallat Dimna (m)
- Mallawi (k)
- Mallawi (m)
- Manfalut (m)
- Mansoura (m)
- Mansoura 1 (k)
- Mansoura 2 (k)
- Marina El Alamein (k)
- Marsa Alam (k)
- Mashtool El Souk (m)
- Matay (m)
- Menouf (k)
- Menouf (m)
- Mersa Matruh (k)
- Metoubes (m)
- Minya (k)
- Minya (m)
- Minya El Qamh (m)
- Minyet El Nasr (m)
- Mit Ghamr (k)
- Mit Ghamr (m)
- Mit Salsil (m)
- Moharam Bek (k)
- Monshat El Nasr (k)
- Montaza (k)
- Mubarak Sharq El Tafrea (k)
- Nabaroh (m)
- Nag Hammadi (m)
- Nakhl (k)
- Naqada (m)
- Nasir Bush (m)
- Nasr (m)
- Nasr City 1 (k)
- Nasr City 2 (k)
- New Akhmim (n)
- New Aswan (n)
- New Asyut (n)
- New Beni Suef (k)
- New Borg El Arab (n)
- New Cairo 1 (k)
- New Cairo 2 (k)
- New Cairo 3 (k)
- New Damietta (k)
- New Faiyum (n)
- New Minya (n)
- New Qena (n)
- New Salhia (k)
- New Sohag (n)
- New Toshka (n)
- North Coast (k)*
- North Coast (k)
- Nuweiba (k)
- Obour (k)
- Old Cairo (k)
- Port Fuad (k)
- Port Fuad 2 (k)
- Port Said Police Dept. (p)
- Qaha (k)
- Qallin (m)
- Qalyub (k)
- Qalyub (m)
- Qasr El Nil (k)
- Qena (k)
- Qena (m)
- Qift (m)
- Quesna (m)
- Qus (m)
- Rafah (k)
- Ras El Bar (k)
- Ras Gharib (k)
- Ras Sidr (k)
- Rod El Farag (k)
- Rosetta (m)
- Sadat City (m)
- Safaga (k)
- Sahil Salim (m)
- Saint Catherine (k)
- Sallum (k)
- Samalut (m)
- Samanoud (m)
- Saqultah (m)
- Sers El Lyan (k)
- Shalateen (k)
- Sharm El Sheikh (k)
- Sheikh Zayed (k)
- Sheikh Zuweid (k)
- Shibin El Kom (k)
- Shibin El Kom (m)
- Shibin El Qanatir (m)
- Shirbin (m)
- Shubra (k)
- Shubra El Kheima 1 (k)
- Shubra El Kheima 2 (k)
- Shubrakhit (m)
- Shurtet El Dakhla (m)
- Shurtet El Farafra (m)
- Shurtet El Qasima (k)
- Shurtet Rumana (k)
- Sidfa (m)
- Sidi Barrani (k)
- Sidi Gaber (k)
- Sidi Salem (m)
- Sinnuris (m)
- Siwa (k)
- Sohag (m)
- Sohag 1 (k)
- Sohag 2 (k)
- Suez (k)
- Suez Port Police Dept. (p)
- Sumusta El Waqf (m)
- Taba (k)
- Tahta (k)
- Tahta (m)
- Tala (m)
- Talkha (m)
- Tamiya (m)
- Tanta (m)
- Tanta 1 (k)
- Tanta 2 (k)
- Tell El Kebir(m)
- Tibah Police Dept. (m)
- Tima (m)
- Timay El Imdid (m)
- Tukh (m)
- Tura (k)
- Wadi El Natrun (m)
- Yousef El Seddik (m)
- Zagazig (m)
- Zagazig 1 (k)
- Zagazig 2 (k)
- Zamalek (k)
- Zefta (m)
- Zeitoun (k)
Submunicipal divisions
[edit]The village is the smallest local unit in rural communities, and is the equivalent of a district in urban areas. However, villages differ from each other in terms of legal status. The heads of villages or districts are appointed by the respective governors.[26]In addition to this, districts are occasionally further divided into sub-district neighborhoods calledsheyakhain rural areas, orresidential districts(singular:حي سكنيḥay sakani,plural:أحياء سكنيةaḥya' sakaniya) in urban areas.[27]
Demographics
[edit]Urban and rural populations
[edit]Data taken from CAPMAS:[21]
Parts of this article (those related to Demographics) need to beupdated.The reason given is: Needs updating to 2017 census.(December 2022) |
Governorate | % Urban | Population (2016) | Rural | Urban |
---|---|---|---|---|
Alexandria | 98.8 | 4,812,186 | 56,698 | 4,755,488 |
Aswan | 42.3 | 1,431,488 | 826,543 | 604,945 |
Asyut | 26.5 | 4,245,215 | 3,119,112 | 1,126,103 |
Beheira | 19.5 | 5,804,262 | 4,674,346 | 1,129,916 |
Beni Suef | 23.2 | 2,856,812 | 2,193,871 | 662,941 |
Cairo | 100.0 | 9,278,441 | 0 | 9,278,441 |
Dakahlia | 28.2 | 5,949,001 | 4,271,428 | 1,677,573 |
Damietta | 38.7 | 1,330,843 | 815,244 | 515,599 |
Faiyum | 22.5 | 3,170,150 | 2,456,368 | 713,782 |
Gharbia | 30.0 | 4,751,865 | 3,324,630 | 1,427,235 |
Giza | 58.6 | 7,585,115 | 3,138,310 | 4,446,805 |
Ismailia | 45.4 | 1,178,641 | 643,778 | 534,863 |
Kafr El Sheikh | 23.1 | 3,172,753 | 2,441,246 | 731,507 |
Luxor | 37.8 | 1,147,058 | 713,422 | 433,636 |
Matruh | 70.6 | 447,846 | 131,841 | 316,005 |
Minya | 18.9 | 5,156,702 | 4,183,284 | 973,418 |
Monufia | 20.6 | 3,941,293 | 3,128,460 | 812,833 |
New Valley | 48.0 | 225,416 | 117,180 | 108,236 |
North Sinai | 60.2 | 434,781 | 173,095 | 261,686 |
Port Said | 100.0 | 666,599 | 0 | 666,599 |
Qalyubia | 44.7 | 5,105,972 | 2,825,045 | 2,280,927 |
Qena | 19.7 | 3,045,504 | 2,445,051 | 600,453 |
Red Sea | 95.1 | 345,775 | 17,062 | 328,713 |
Sharqia | 23.1 | 6,485,412 | 4,987,707 | 1,497,705 |
Sohag | 21.4 | 4,603,861 | 3,618,543 | 985,318 |
South Sinai | 51.1 | 167,426 | 81,924 | 85,502 |
Suez | 100.0 | 622,859 | 0 | 622,859 |
Total | 42.7 | 87,963,276 | 50,384,188 | 37,579,088 |
Population density
[edit]Data taken from CAPMAS:.[21]Information for population is in thousands, pop density - persons/km2and area is in km2.
Governorate | Population in thousands (2014-07-01) | Pop. Density (Inhabited Area) | Pop. Density (Total Area) | % Inhabited to Total | Inhabited Area | Total Area |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alexandria | 4,761 | 2,841.5 | 2,070.0 | 72.8 | 1,675.50 | 2,300.00 |
Aswan | 1,412 | 13,477.1 | 22.5 | 0.2 | 104.77 | 62,726.00 |
Asyut | 4,181 | 2,656.3 | 161.3 | 6.1 | 1,574.00 | 25,926.00 |
Beheira | 5,720 | 806.3 | 582.1 | 72.2 | 7,093.84 | 9,826.00 |
Beni Suef | 2,812 | 2,053.4 | 256.7 | 12.5 | 1,369.41 | 10,954.00 |
Cairo | 9,184 | 48,235.3 | 2,976.8 | 6.2 | 190.40 | 3,085.12 |
Dakahlia | 5,881 | 1,662.1 | 1,662.1 | 100.0 | 3,538.23 | 3,538.23 |
Damietta | 1,316 | 1,968.7 | 1,445.7 | 73.4 | 668.47 | 910.26 |
Faiyum | 3,118 | 1,680.0 | 513.8 | 30.6 | 1,856.00 | 6,068.00 |
Gharbia | 4,698 | 2,418.7 | 2,418.7 | 100.0 | 1,942.34 | 1,942.34 |
Giza | 7,487 | 6,286.3 | 567.9 | 9.0 | 1,191.00 | 13,184.00 |
Ismailia | 1,162 | 229.3 | 229.3 | 100.0 | 5,066.97 | 5,066.97 |
Kafr El Sheikh | 3,132 | 903.5 | 903.5 | 100.0 | 3,466.69 | 3,466.69 |
Luxor | 1,132 | 4,992.7 | 469.8 | 9.4 | 226.73 | 2,409.68 |
Matruh | 437 | 111.4 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 3,921.40 | 166,563.00 |
Minya | 5,076 | 2,104.8 | 157.3 | 7.5 | 2,411.65 | 32,279.00 |
Monufia | 3,890 | 1,596.9 | 1,556.6 | 97.5 | 2,435.93 | 2,499.00 |
New Valley | 222 | 205.1 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1,082.24 | 440,098.00 |
North Sinai | 428 | 203.7 | 14.8 | 7.2 | 2,100.84 | 28,992.00 |
Port Said | 660 | 499.7 | 490.7 | 98.2 | 1,320.68 | 1,344.96 |
Qalyubia | 5,044 | 4,702.1 | 4,486.4 | 95.4 | 1,072.72 | 1,124.28 |
Qena | 3,001 | 1,724.1 | 277.9 | 16.1 | 1,740.63 | 10,798.00 |
Red Sea | 341 | 4,794.0 | 2.9 | 0.1 | 71.13 | 119,099.13 |
Sharqia | 6,402 | 1,343.7 | 1,303.6 | 97.0 | 4,764.28 | 4,911.00 |
Sohag | 4,536 | 2,845.8 | 411.5 | 14.5 | 1,593.92 | 11,022.00 |
South Sinai | 166 | 9.9 | 5.3 | 53.7 | 16,791.00 | 31,272.00 |
Suez | 615 | 68.3 | 68.3 | 100.0 | 9,002.21 | 9,002.21 |
Total | 86,814 | 1109.1 | 85.9 | 7.8 | 78272.98 | 1010407.87 |
See also
[edit]- List of cities and towns in Egypt
- Economic Regions of Egypt
- List of governorates of Egypt by GDP
- List of governorates of Egypt by Human Development Index
- Regional units of Egypt
- List of Egyptian cities
- List of political and geographic subdivisions by total area
- ISO 3166-2:EG
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External links
[edit]- Ministry of Local Development
- Ministry of Local Development (Archived defunct website 2006-2017)
- "Know Your Government", Tadamun Initiative
- Census Data and Maps (1996, 2006, 2017)
- Egypt Administrative Divisions Map, The University of Texas at Austin Library
- History of administrative divisions in Egypt since the French InvasionArchived2013-05-25 at theWayback Machine(in Arabic)