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t. e. Egypt is divided, for the purpose of public administration, according to a three-layer hierarchy and some districts are further subdivided, creating an occasional fourth layer. It has a centralized system of local government officially called local administration as it is a branch of the Executive. [ 1]
Cairo Governorate (Arabic: محافظة القاهرة) is one of the 27 governorates of Egypt.It is formed of the city of Cairo, both the national capital of Egypt and the governorate's, in addition to five satellite cities: the New Administrative Capital - set to become the seat of national government, New Cairo, Shourok, Badr, Capital Gardens, and 15th of May.
Map of Cairo in 1809, from the Description de l'Égypte. Cairo's political influence diminished significantly after the Ottomans defeated Sultan al-Ghuri in the Battle of Marj Dabiq in 1516 and conquered Egypt in 1517. Ruling from Constantinople, Sultan Selim I relegated Egypt to a province, with Cairo as its capital. [98]
ISO 3166-2:EG is the entry for Egypt in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1 . Currently for Egypt, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 27 ...
Egypt is divided into 28 governorates, which include two city-governortes: Alexandria (Alexandria Governorate) and Cairo (Cairo Governorate).There are nine governorates of Lower Egypt in the Nile Delta region, ten of Upper Egypt along the Nile river south from Cairo to Aswan and five frontier governorates covering Sinai and the deserts that lie west and east of the Nile river.
The Greater Cairo ( Arabic: القاهرة الكبرى, romanized : Al-Qāhira al-Kubrā) is a metropolitan area centered around Cairo, Egypt. It comprises the entirety of the Cairo Governorate, the cities of Imbaba [ b] and Giza in the Giza Governorate, and the city Shubra El Kheima in Qalyubia Governorate. [ 4][ 5] Its definition can be ...
Nasr City is the largest neighbourhood in Cairo by area, occupying nearly 250 km 2 (97 sq mi) of the capital's total area of 1,445 km 2 (558 sq mi). For this reason, it is divided into two districts (hayy): East Madīnat Naṣr (Qism Awwal) and West Madīnat Naṣr (Qism Than), [3] and 25 sub-districts that have become shiakhas (non-administrative census blocks), that have a mix of names, and ...
Dokki ( Arabic: الدقي pronounced [ed.ˈdoʔ.ʔi], is one of nine districts that make up Giza city, [ 1] which is part of Greater Cairo, in Egypt. Dokki is situated on the western bank of the Nile, directly across from Downtown Cairo. It is a vital residential and commercial district with major roads connecting the two parts of Greater ...