Dakahlia Governorate

Dakahlia Governorate
Governorate
Sunset in Mansoura with the Nile River
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Dakahlia Governorate subdivisions (Marakiz)
Dakahlia Governorate on the map of Egypt
Country	Egypt
Seat	Mansoura (capital)
Government
• Governor	Ayman Mokhtar [1]
Area
• Total	3,500 km2 (1,400 sq mi)
Population  (January 2023)[2]
• Total	7,013,271
• Density	2,000/km2 (5,200/sq mi)
GDP [3]
• Total	EGP 294 billion (US$ 18.7 billion)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
HDI (2021)	0.748[4] high · 7th
Website	www.dakahliya.gov.eg

Dakahlia Governorate (Arabic: محافظة الدقهلية Muḥāfaẓah el Daqahliyah, pronounced [ed.dæʔæhˈlejjæ]) is an Egyptian governorate lying northeast of Cairo. Its area is approximately 3,500 km². Although the capital of the governorate is Mansoura, it got its name from the ancient town of Daqahlah (Arabic: دقهلة, from Coptic: ⲧⲕⲉϩⲗⲓ, lit. 'shrine') which is located in the modern Damietta Governorate.^[5]

History

Archaeology

According to the Egypt's Ministry of Antiquities, in February, 2020, Egyptian archaeologists have uncovered 83 tombs dating back to 4,000 B.C known as Naqada III period. Various small pottery pots in different shapes and some sea shells, makeup tools, eyeliner pots, and jewels were also revealed in the burial.^[6][7]

In April 2021, Egyptian archeologists announced the discovery of 110 burial tombs at the Koum el-Khulgan archeological site. 68 oval-shaped tombs of them dated back to the Predynastic Period and 37 rectangular-shaped tombs were from Second Intermediate Period. Rest of them dated back to the Naqada III period. The tombs also contained the remains of adults and a baby (buried in a jar), a group of ovens, stoves, remnants of mud-brick foundations, funerary equipment, cylindrical, pear-shaped vessels and a bowl with geometric designs.^{[8][9][10][11][12]}

Municipal divisions

The governorate is divided into the following municipal divisions and in January 2023 had an estimated population of 7,013,271. At times there is a kism and a markaz with the same name.^[2]

Population

According to population estimates, in 2015 the majority of residents in the governorate lived in rural areas, with an urbanization rate of 28.2%. Out of an estimated 5,949,001 people residing in the governorate, 4,271,428 people lived in rural areas as opposed to 1,677,573 in urban areas.^[13] By 2018, the population had increased to an estimated 6,577,000.^[14]

Overview

The Urology and Nephrology Center of Mansoura University Faculty of Medicine also features a renowned kidney center. Founded in 1983. Under the management of Dr. Mohamed A. Ghoneim.

Cities and towns

• Aga
• Bilqas
• Damas
• Dikirnis
• El Gamaliya
• El Kurdi
• El Matareya
• El Senbellawein
• Gamasa
• Gogar
• Mansoura
• Manzala
• Mit Elkorama
• Mit Ghamr
• Mit Salsil
• Nabaroh
• Sherbin
• Temay El Amdeed
• Talkha

Industrial zones

According to the Egyptian Governing Authority for Investment and Free Zones (GAFI), in affiliation with the Ministry of Investment (MOI), the following industrial zones are located in this governorate:^[15]

• Southwest Gamasa
• Asafra

Notable people

Arts

• Ahmad Hasan al-Zayyat, writer and intellectual
• Anis Mansour, writer
• Ali Mahmoud Taha, romantic poet
• Adel Emam, movie and stage actor
• Faten Hamama, actress and producer
• Hassan el-Imam, film director
• Iman Mersal, poet
• Khaled El Nabawy, actor
• Mohamed Abla, artist
• Mahmoud Mokhtar, sculptor
• Naguib Surur, poet and playwright
• No'man Ashour, poet and playwright
• Ramy Essam, musician
• Sherif Mounir, movie and stage actor
• Umm Kulthum, renowned singer and songwriter

Journalists

• Ahmed Mansour (journalist)
• Mohamed Makhzangi, journalist and writer
• Mohammed Hussein Heikal, journalist, writer and politician
• Magdi Mehanna

Politics

• Ali Pasha Mubarak, one of the most influential and talented of Egypt's 19th century reformers
• Ayman Nour, politician
• Ahmed Gamal El-Din Moussa, former minister
• Ahmed Lutfi el-Sayed, intellectual, secularist and nationalist
• Abdel Latif Boghdadi, politician
• Khaled Ali, lawyer and Acitvist
• Khairat el-Shater, Islamic political activist
• Mohammed Mahdi Akef, former head of Muslim Brotherhood
• Mohamed Abdul Salam Mahgoub, politician
• Omar Abdel-Rahman, Muslim leader and activist
• Sami Hafez Anan, military officer
• Salah Nasr, former intelligence agency director

Religion

• Gad el-Haq, former Grand Imam of Al-Azhar
• George El Mozahem, Coptic Orthodox martyr and saint
• Mohamed Metwally Al-Shaarawy, Islamic scholar
• Mahmoud Zakzouk, academic and politician

Science

• Farouk El-Baz, space scientist
• Mohamed Ghoneim, urologist
• Saad Eddin Ibrahim, academic and sociologist
• Selim Hassan, Egyptologist

Sports

• Ōsunaarashi Kintarō (Abdelrahman Shalan) sumo wrestler
• Abdel-Zaher El-Saqqa, footballer
• Amr Marey, footballer
• Hussam El-Badrawi, sports shooter
• Mahmoud Fathalla, footballer
• Mahmoud El Khatib, footballer
• Mahmoud Abou El-Saoud, footballer
• Mohamed El Shamy (footballer, born 1996)
• Mimi El-Sherbini, footballer
• Salah Soliman, footballer

References

External links

• Dakahliya Governorate Official website
• Dakahlia page
• El Wattan News of Dakahlia Governorate

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