Governorates of Egypt

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Egypt is divided into 27 governorates (muhafazah).

A Governorate is administered by an appointed governor (Muhafez), and was formally known as Province (Muderiya). A Governorate is at the top level of the Five-tier local administration.
While the President appoints the Governors, the Prime Minister appoints Chiefs of Markazes, Cities and Districts; and the Governors appoints their respective Chiefs of Villages.

Contents 1 Local Administration 1.1 Governorates 1.2 Markaz 1.3 The City 1.4 The District 1.5 The Village 2 List of Governorates 3 External links

[edit] Local Administration

The Egyptian Local System is divided into Five levels.

[edit] Governorates

Egypt is a unitary state, with 27 Governorates. The President appoints the Governors.
Governorates are either fully Urban or or combined from urban & rural communities. This distinction is reflected in the lower levels, i.e. fully urban Governorates have no (Markaz), since the Markaz is a sort of conglomeration of villages. Moreover, Governorates may be composed of one city, like in the two cases of Cairo and Alexandria. Hence, these one-city-Governorates are solely divided into Districts (i.e. urban neighborhoods). Cairo consists of twenty-three Districts; Alexandria consists of six Districts.

[edit] Markaz

The Markaz includes a capital city of the Markaz, other cities if existing, and a group of villages. Today, each of the 166 Markazes has an autonomous legal status as a local unit, supervising the lower villages.

[edit] The City

The City exists in all Governorates: as a one-city-Governorate, as the capital of a Governorate, the capital of a Markaz, and constituent city in a Markaz.

[edit] The District

The District is the smallest local unit in urban communities. However, Districts differ from one Governorate to another in terms of size, population and political and economic circumstances. In addition to this, Districts used to be further divided into sub-District neighborhoods called Sheyakha , which served as a smaller area division adequate for efficient service delivery, e.g. vaccination campaigns, public facilities, etc.

[edit] The Village

The Village is the smallest local unit in rural communities. However, Villages differ from each other in terms of the legal status.

[edit] List of Governorates

Governorates of Egypt

Nr.	Name	Area	Population	Pop./km²	Capital	Population
1	Ad Daqahliyah	3,471 km²	5,005,277		Al-Mansurah	425,824
2	Al Bahr al Ahmar	203,685 km²	192,469		Hurghada
3	Al Buhayrah	10,130 km²	4,773,196		Damanhur	229,624
4	Al Fayyum	1,827 km²	2,478,230		Al Fayyum	311,624
5	Al Gharbiyah	1,942 km²	3,980,509		Tanta	408,409
6	Al Iskandariyah	2,679 km²	3,865,502		Alexandria	3,865,502
7	Al Isma'iliyah	1,442 km²	882,247		Ismailia	288,346
8	Al Jizah	85,153 km²	5,760,651		Giza	2,468,625
9	Al Minufiyah	1,532 km²	3,285,491		Shibin el-Kom	186,874
10	Al Minya	2,262 km²	4,134,832		Al Minya	229,730
11	Al Qahirah	214 km²	7,836,243		Cairo	7,836,243
12	Al Qalyubiyah	1,001 km²	3,956,791		Banha	169,641
13	Al Uqsur	55 km²	430,214		Luxor	430,214
14	Al Wadi al Jadid	376,505 km²	172,939		Al Kharijah
15	Ash Sharqiyah	4,180 km²	5,208,052		Az Zaqaziq	286,722
16	As Suways	17,840 km²	497,421		Suez	497,421
17	Aswan	679 km²	1,133,886		Aswan	243,690
18	Asyut	1,553 km²	3,499,600		Asyut	429,595
19	Bani Suwayf	1,322 km²	2,304,563		Bani Suwayf	191,369
20	Bur Sa'id	72 km²	546,776		Port Said	546,776
21	Domyat	589 km²	1,095,528		Damietta
22	Janub Sina'	33,140 km²	69,170		El-Tor
23	Kafr ash Shaykh	3,437 km²	2,629,491		Kafr ash Shaykh
24	Matruh	212,112 km²	276,261		Mersa Matruh
25	Qina	1,796 km²	2,995,664		Qina	243,612
26	Shamal Sina'	27,574 km²	326,324		Al 'Arish	134,006
27	Suhaj	1,547 km²	3,899,304		Suhaj	214 130

Most governorates have a population density of more than 1000 per km², while the three largest ones have a population density of less than 2 per km²

[edit] External links

• Population and area data
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