Subdivisions of Egypt

Egypt is has a "dual system" for organizing their administrative divisions. Egypt can either have 2 or 3 subdivisions. There can also sometimes be more subdivisions in some areas. Egypt has a centralized local government. This local government is called the "local administration". The local administrative is part of Egypt's executive branch of the government.[1]

Egyptian has governorates, centers, cities, districts, and villages. Each of these divisions can make their own administrative decisions.[2] Some governorates are split into 2 divisions. Other governorates are split into 3 divisions.[3]

There are 27 governorates (singular: محافظة muḥāfẓa, plural: محافظات muḥāfẓat) in Egypt.[4] Each governorate has a capital. This capital is led by a governor. The President of Egypt chooses the governors.

Governors report to the prime minister. The prime minister leads the Council of Governors (maglis al-muhafzin).[5][6] The Ministry of Local Development makes the budgets for governorates and coordinates the governors.[7]


List of governorates

Egypt is divided into 27 governorates (muhāfazāt).[8] Each governorate is run by a governor. Most governorates have a population density of more than one thousand per km2. The 3 largest governorates have a population density of less than 2 people per km2.[9]

Governorates[10][11]
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[12] 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

List of municipal divisions

As of 2013, there were 351 subdivisions. There are 177 qisms, 162 marakiz, 9 new cities, and 3 police-administered areas. There are also some unorganized areas.[13]

Municipal divisions[14]
Qism Markaz New city Police-administered
6th of October 1 Abnub New Akhmim Alexandria Port Police Dept.
6th of October 2 Abu El Matamir New Aswan Port Said Police Dept.
10th of Ramadan 1 Abu Hammad New Asyut Suez Port Police Dept.
10th of Ramadan 2 Abu Hummus New Borg El Arab
15th of May Abu Kebir New Faiyum
Abdeen Abu Qirqas New Minya
Abu Radis Abu Simbel New Qena
Abu Zenima Abu Tig New Sohag
Agouza Abu Tisht New Toshka
Ain Shams Aga
Amreya Akhmim
Arish 1 Armant
Arish 2 Ashmoun
Arish 3 Aswan
Arish 4 Asyut
Aswan Atfih
Asyut 1 Awlad Saqr
Asyut 2 Awsim
Ataka Badr
Azbakeya Banha
Bab El Sharia Baris Shurta
Bab Sharq Basyoun
Badr Beni Ebeid
Banha Beni Mazar
Beni Suef Beni Suef
Bir El Abd Biba
Borg El Arab Bilbeis
Bulaq Bilqas
Bulaq El Dakrur Birket El Sab
Dahab Biyala
Damanhur Burullus
Damietta 1 Dairut
Damietta 2 Damanhur
Dekhela Damietta
Desouk Dar El Salam
Dokki Daraw
El Ahram Deir Mawas
El Arab Dekernes
El Arbein Desouk
El Atareen Dishna
El Basal Port Diyarb Negm
El Basatin Edfu
El Dabaa Edku
El Darb El Ahmar El Ayyat
El Dawahy El Badari
El Gamaliya El Badrashein
El Ganayin El Bagour
El Gomrok El Balyana
El Hamam El Delengat
El Hassana El Fashn
El Hawamdiya El Fath
El Kawsar El Gamaliya
El Khalifa El Ghanayem
El Labban El Hamool
El Manakh El Husseiniya
El Manasra El Ibrahimiya
El Mansheya El Idwa
El Marg El Mahalla El Kubra
El Matareya El Mahmoudia
El Muski El Mansha
El Nozha El Manzala
El Omraniya El Maragha
El Qanayat El Matareya
El Qantara El Sharqiya El Qanater El Khayreya
El Qoseir El Qantara
El Qurein El Qusiya
El Raml 1 El Rahmaniya
El Raml 2 El Reyad
El Salam El Saff
El Sayeda Zeinab El Santa
El Segil El Senbellawein
El Sharabiya El Shohada
El Sharq El Usayrat
El Shorouk El Waqf
El Tebbin El Wasta
El Tor El Zarqa
El Wahat El Bahariya Esna
El Wahat El Khariga Faiyum
El Warraq Faqous
El Weili Faraskur
El Zaher Farshut
El Zawya El Hamra Fayed
El Zohur Fuwa
Faisal Girga
Faiyum Giza
Faqous Hihya
Gamasa Hosh Essa
Ganoubi 1 Ibsheway
Ganoubi 2 Ihnasiya
Gharb Nubariya Imbaba
Girga Ismailia
Giza Itay El Barud
Hada'iq El Qobbah Itsa
Hala'ib Juhayna El Gharbiyah
Heliopolis Kafr El Dawwar
Helwan Kafr El Sheikh
Hurghada Kafr El Zayat
Hurghada 2 Kafr Saad
Imbaba Kafr Saqr
Ismailia 1 Kafr Saad
Ismailia 2 Kerdasa
Ismailia 3 Khanka
Kafr El Dawwar Kom Hamada
Kafr El Sheikh Kom Ombo
Karmoz Kotoor
Khusus Luxor
Luxor Maghaghah
Maadi Mahallat Dimna
Mallawi Mallawi
Mansoura 1 Manfalut
Mansoura 2 Mansoura
Marina El Alamein Mashtool El Souk
Marsa Alam Matay
Menouf Menouf
Mersa Matruh Metoubes
Minya Minya
Mit Ghamr Minya El Qamh
Moharam Bek Minyet El Nasr
Monshat El Nasr Mit Ghamr
Montaza Mit Salsil
Mubarak Sharq El Tafrea Nabaroh
Nasr City 1 Nag Hammadi
Nasr City 2 Naqada
New Beni Suef Nasir Bush
New Cairo 1 Nasr
New Cairo 2 Qena
New Cairo 3 Qift
New Damietta Quesna
New Salhia Qus
North Coast Rosetta
North Coast Sadat City
Nuweiba Sahil Salim
Obour Samalut
Old Cairo Samanoud
Port Fuad Saqultah
Port Fuad 2 Shibin El Kom
Qaha Shibin El Qanatir
Qalyub Shirbin
Qasr El Nil Shubrakhit
Qena Shurtet El Dakhla
Rafah Shurtet Farafra
Ras El Bar Sidfa
Ras Gharib Sidi Salem
Ras Sidr Sinnuris
Rod El Farag Sohag
Safaga Sumusta El Waqf
Saint Catherine Tahta
Sallum Tala
Sers El Lyan Talkha
Shalateen Tamiya
Sharm El Sheikh Tanta
Sheikh Zayed Tell El Kebir
Sheikh Zuweid Tima
Shibin El Kom Timay El Imdid
Shubra Tukh
Shubra El Kheima 1 Wadi El Natrun
Shubra El Kheima 2 Yousef El Seddik
Shurtet El Qasima Zagazig
Shurtet Rumana Zefta
Siwa
Sohag 1
Sohag 2
Suez
Taba
Tahta
Tanta 1
Tanta 2
Tura
Zagazig 1
Zagazig 2
Zamalek
Zeitoun

Demographics

Urbanization

CAPMAS[10]
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

CAPMAS[10]
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

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