Governorates of Egypt. See key below.

Egypt is divided into 29 governorates (singular muhafazah) and one self-governing city. This designation replaces that of "province" (muderiyah). Egyptian governorates are the top tier of the five-tier jurisdiction hierarchy. A governorate is administered by a governor (muhafez) appointed by the president of Egypt. 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 they are 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 (i.e. urban neighborhoods). Cairo consists of 23 districts; Alexandria consists of 6.

Two new governorates were created in April 2008, Helwan and 6th of October. ^[1] Luxor was created in December 2009, to be the 29th governorate of Egypt. ^[2]

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[edit] List of the Egyptian governorates

The governorates are further divided into regions (markazes).

[edit] Map of Egyptian governorates

Matruh

Alexandria

Beheira

Kafr
el-Sheikh

Dakahlia

Damietta

Gharbia

Sharqia

Monufia

Qalyubia

Cairo

Giza

Port
Said

Ismailia

Suez

North Sinai

South Sinai

Faiyum

Beni Suef

Minya

Asyut

Sohag

Qena

Luxor

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Aswan

Red
Sea

New Valley

[edit] See also

• List of Egyptian cities
• Subdivisions of Egypt
• List of political and geographic subdivisions by total area
• ISO 3166-2:EG

[edit] References

[edit] 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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