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.

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

There are 27 governorates (singular:  **', plural:  **') in Egypt. 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)_. The Ministry of Local Development makes the budgets for governorates and coordinates the governors.

## List of governorates

Egypt is divided into 27 governorates (muhāfazāt). Each governorate is run by a governor. Most governorates have a population density of more than one thousand per km<sup>2</sup>. The 3 largest governorates have a population density of less than 2 people per km<sup>2</sup>.

|colspan="7"|Governorates|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Alexandria||align = right|5,703,824||Alexandria|
|Aswan||align = right|1,698,201||Aswan|
|Asyut||align = right|5,071,485||Asyut|
|Beheira||align = right|6,940,234||Damanhur|
|Beni Suef||align = right|3,618,395||Beni Suef|
|Cairo||align = right|10,456,284||Cairo|
|Dakahlia||align = right|7,058,212||Mansoura|
|Damietta||align = right|2,023,380||Damietta|
|Faiyum||align = right|4,141,222||Faiyum|
|Gharbia||align = right|5,483,000||Tanta|
|Giza||align = right|9,534,283||Giza|
|Ismailia||align = right|1,482,999||Ismailia|
|Kafr El Sheikh||align = right|3,731,540||Kafr El Sheikh|
|Luxor||align = right|1,429,385||Luxor|
|Matrouh||align = right|580,304||Marsa Matruh|
|Minya||align = right|6,332,918||Minya|
|Monufia||align = right|4,743,341||Shibin El Kom|
|New Valley||align = right|324,600||Kharga|
|North Sinai||align = right|544,494||Arish|
|Port Said||align = right|835,193||Port Said|
|Qalyubia||align = right|6,137,896||Banha|
|Qena||align = right|3,651,215||Qena|
|Red Sea||align = right|409,394||Hurghada|
|Sharqia||align = right|8,032,683||Zagazig|
|Sohag||align = right|5,714,903||Sohag|
|South Sinai||align = right|145,934||El Tor|
|Suez||align = right|843,385||Suez|
|**Total**||align = right|**106,668,704**||**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.

|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||||

### Urbanization

|colspan="5"|CAPMAS||||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Alexandria|align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||
|Aswan|align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||
|Asyut|align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||
|Beheira|align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||
|Beni Suef|align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||
|Cairo|align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||
|Dakahlia|align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||
|Damietta|align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||
|Faiyum|align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||
|Gharbia|align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||
|Giza|align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||
|Ismailia|align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||
|Kafr El Sheikh|align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||
|Luxor|align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||
|Matruh|align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||
|Minya|align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||
|Monufia|align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||
|New Valley|align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||
|North Sinai|align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||
|Port Said|align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||
|Qalyubia|align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||
|Qena|align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||
|Red Sea|align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||
|Sharqia|align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||
|Sohag|align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||
|South Sinai|align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||
|Suez|align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||

### Population density

|colspan="7"|CAPMAS||||||||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Alexandria|align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||
|Aswan|align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||
|Asyut|align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||
|Beheira|align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||
|Beni Suef|align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||
|Cairo|align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||
|Dakahlia|align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||
|Damietta|align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||
|Faiyum|align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||
|Gharbia|align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||
|Giza|align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||
|Ismailia|align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||
|Kafr El Sheikh|align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||
|Luxor|align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||
|Matruh|align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||
|Minya|align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||
|Monufia|align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||
|New Valley|align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||
|North Sinai|align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||
|Port Said|align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||
|Qalyubia|align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||
|Qena|align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||
|Red Sea|align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||
|Sharqia|align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||
|Sohag|align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||
|South Sinai|align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||
|Suez|align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||align = right||

## Related pages

- List of cities and towns in Egypt

## Other websites

- 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  (in Arabic)