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The top-level of the hierarchy are 27 governorates (singular: محافظة muḥāfẓa, plural: محافظات muḥāfẓat).[2] A governorate is administered by a governor, who is appointed by the President of Egypt and serves at the president's discretion. Governors have the civilian rank of minister and report directly to the prime minister, who chairs the Board of Governors (maglis al-muhafzin) and meets with them on a regular basis.[3][4] The Minister of Local Development coordinates the governors and their governorate's budgets.[5]
The second-level, beneath and within governorates, are
There are also seven
Overview
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 cases city-governorates where the governor is also the head of the city.
- Markaz (county, pl. marakiz) and city (as capital) where head of markaz is head of the city, or independent city (madina, usually large cities e.g. Giza, Shubra al-Kheima).
- Districts (ahyaa, singl. hayy, subdivisions of cities) and main villages (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 are New Urban Communities, which are satellite cities that are built and operated by the national level New Urban Communities Authority (NUCA). Its chairman, the Minister of Housing, Utilities and Urban Communities issues 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 example Badr, Shorouk and New 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 the Ministry of Agriculture's General Authority for Rehabilitation Projects and Agricultural Development (GARPAD) in its desert land reclamation schemes, which are initially under its jurisdiction and should eventually be transferred to local authorities.[10]
At the highest tier, there are three city-state governorates, Cairo, Port Said, and Suez, where the governor is also head of the city and lower units are 100% urban. Alexandria is a quasi -city-state also with a merged city-governorate unit, though with one rural county (markaz). The other 23 governorates are formed of counties (marakiz, sing. markaz) composed of one city acting as the local administrative capital, overseeing other smaller cities (actually towns) as well as rural units (al-wihdat al-rifiyah) that are villages.[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: Helwan and 6th of October.[12] In April 2011, however, the 6th of October and Helwan governorates were again incorporated into the Giza and Cairo Governorates, respectively.[13] Luxor was 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
Before the
State penetration did not retreat under Sadat and Mubarak. 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 (In
Sadat took several measures to administratively decentralize power 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 the infitah alliance at the national level.
Under president
After Mubarak was deposed by the popular uprising of January 2011, parliament and local councils were dissolved pending the writing of a new constitution. The short-lived 2012 constitution and 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
Egypt is divided into 27 governorates (muhāfazāt) and each has a capital and at least one city.[19] Each 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 three largest have a population density of less than two per km2.[20] The governorates of Egypt are:
Name | Area (km2) |
Population (November 2023 estimate) |
Density (November 2023) |
Capital |
---|---|---|---|---|
Alexandria | 2,300 | 5,703,824 | 2,304.2 | Alexandria |
Aswan | 62,726 | 1,698,201 | 24.4 | Aswan |
Asyut | 25,926 | 5,071,485 | 176.9 | Asyut |
Beheira | 9,826 | 6,940,234 | 651.8 | Damanhur |
Beni Suef | 10,954 | 3,618,395 | 300.2 | Beni Suef |
Cairo | 3,085 | 10,456,284 | 3,177.31 | Cairo |
Dakahlia | 3,538 | 7,058,212 | 1,887.9 | Mansoura |
Damietta | 910 | 2,023,380 | 1,691.3 | Damietta |
Faiyum | 6,068 | 4,141,222 | 617.7 | Faiyum |
Gharbia | 1,942 | 5,483,000 | 2,650.1 | Tanta |
Giza | 13,184 | 9,534,283 | 676.2 | Giza |
Ismailia | 5,067 | 1,482,999 | 266.9 | Ismailia |
Kafr El Sheikh | 3,467 | 3,731,540 | 1,003.2 | Kafr El Sheikh |
Luxor | 460 | 1,429,385 | 538.0 | Luxor |
Matrouh | 166,563 | 580,304 | 2.8 | Marsa Matruh
|
Minya | 32,279 | 6,332,918 | 178.0 | Minya |
Monufia | 2,499 | 4,743,341 | 1,777.4 | Shibin El Kom |
New Valley | 440,098 | 324,600 | 0.6 | Kharga
|
North Sinai | 28,992 | 544,494 | 16.0 | Arish |
Port Said[23] | 1,345 | 835,193 | 568.4 | Port Said |
Qalyubia | 1,124 | 6,137,896 | 5,153.1 | Banha
|
Qena | 10,798 | 3,651,215 | 305.9 | Qena |
Red Sea | 119,099 | 409,394 | 3.1 | Hurghada |
Sharqia | 4,911 | 8,032,683 | 1,507.2 | Zagazig |
Sohag | 11,022 | 5,714,903 | 471.2 | Sohag |
South Sinai | 31,272 | 145,934 | 3.4 | El Tor |
Suez | 9,002 | 843,385 | 83.3 | Suez |
Total | 1,010,407 | 106,668,704 | 97.1 | Cairo |
Municipal divisions
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
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.
Demographics
Urban and rural populations
Data taken from CAPMAS:[21]
Parts of this article (those related to Demographics) need to be updated. 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
Data taken from CAPMAS:.[21] Information for population is in thousands, pop density - persons/km2 and 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
- 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
- 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 Invasion Archived 2013-05-25 at the Wayback Machine (in Arabic)