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Sharqia Governorate (Arabic: محافظة الشرقية Muḥāfẓet Esh Sharʔeya, Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [eʃ.ʃæɾˈʔejjæ], rural: [eʃ.ʃæɾˈɡejje]) is the 3rd most populous of the governorates of Egypt. Located in the northern part of the country, its capital is the city of Zagazig.
Al-Sharkia Governorate is the third governorate in population at the level of Republic after Cairo and Giza Governorates, where its estimated population is approximately (8) million with expatriates and the percentage of the population (23% urban - 77% rural).
Al-Sharqiyyah, muḥāfaẓah (governorate) of the eastern Nile River delta, Lower Egypt, touching the Mediterranean Sea just west of Suez. In the northeast it includes a part of the large Lake Manzala, a brackish coastal lagoon.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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.
Minya al-Qamh (Arabic: منيا القمح, " abode of the wheat ") is the capital of the eponymous markaz (county) in the Nile Delta governorate of Sharqia, Egypt. [1] The markaz is home to 11 local units (towns and large villages), 82 villages, and 245 hamlets. [1]
Al Sharquiya is one of Egypt biggest governrates, It is situated in the east of the country surrounded by the governrates of Ismailia, dakahliya, cairo and Suez. It capital is zagazig City. Menia El Qamh is one of the major administrative centers on the way linking between Cairo and El Sharqiya Governorate.
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Al Sharqia governorate is located in the northeastern part of Egypt. Ismaeliya borders the governorate to its east, El Qalyoubiya governorate to its south, El Manzala Lake to the north, and El Daqahila to the west. The governorate consists of several administrative centers, towns, and cities.
