Dakahlia Governorate

Short description: Governorate of Egypt

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]

## Contents

* 1 History
* 1.1 Archaeology
* 2 Municipal divisions
* 3 Population
* 4 Overview
* 5 Cities and towns
* 6 Industrial zones
* 7 Notable people
* 7.1 Arts
* 7.2 Journalists
* 7.3 Politics
* 7.4 Religion
* 7.5 Science
* 7.6 Sports
* 8 References
* 9 External links

## 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]

Municipal Divisions  Anglicized name | Native name | Arabic transliteration | Population
(January 2023 Est.) | Type

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Aga | مركز أجا | Agā | 567,756 | Markaz
El Gamaliya | مركز الجمالية | Al-Gamāliyah | 138,291 | Markaz
El Kurdi | قسم الكردى | Al-Kurdi | 45,592 | Kism (fully urban)
El Mansoura | مركز المنصورة | Al-Manṣūrah | 650,178 | Markaz
El Mansoura 1 | قسم اول المنصورة | Al-Manṣūrah 1 | 360,534 | Kism (fully urban)
El Mansoura 2 | قسم ثان المنصورة | Al-Manṣūrah 2 | 270,948 | Kism (fully urban)
El Manzala | مركز المنزلة | Al-Manzilah | 360,649 | Markaz
El Matareya | مركز المطرية | Al-Maṭariyah | 202,191 | Markaz
El Senbellawein | مركز السنبلاوين | As-Sinbillāwayn | 605,340 | Markaz
Beni Ebeid | مركز بنى عبيد | Banī Ubayd | 141,856 | Markaz
Belqas | مركز بلقاس | Bilqās | 568,532 | Markaz
Dikirnis | مركز دكرنس | Dikirnis | 379,591 | Markaz
Gamasa | قسم جمصة | Gamaṣah | 4,520 | Kism (fully urban)
Maḥallat Damanah | مركز محلة دمنة | Maḥallat Damanah | 67,665 | Markaz
Minyet El Nasr | مركز منية النصر | Minyat an-Naṣr | 287,468 | Markaz
Mit Ghamr | قسم ميت غمر | Mīt Ghamr | 156,109 | Kism (fully urban)
Mit Ghamr | مركز ميت غمر | Mīt Ghamr | 694,047 | Markaz
Mit Salsil | مركز ميت سلسيل | Mīt Salsīl | 73,417 | Markaz
Nabaroh | مركز نبروة | Nabarūh | 301,631 | Markaz
Shirbin | مركز شربين | Shirbīn | 454,737 | Markaz
Talkha | مركز طلخا | Ṭalkhā | 421,037 | Markaz
Timay El Imdid | مركز تمى الأمديد | Timay al-Imdīd | 209,103 | Markaz

## 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

1. ↑ "رسمياً.. المحافظون الجدد ونوابهم يؤدون اليمين الدستورية أمام الرئيس" (in ar). Almasry Alyoum. 30 August 2018. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-governors/egypt-names-six-provincial-governors-mostly-ex-generals-idUSKCN11D285.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "‫عـــدد‬‫السكــان‬ ‫التقديرى‬ ‫للأقســام‬ ‫فى‬ ‫‪1‫‪/‫‪1‬‬/‫‪2023". https://www.capmas.gov.eg/Admin/Pages Files/202331512347عدد السكان على مستوى المراكز والاقسام فى 1ـ 1ـ 2023.pdf.
3. ↑ GDP BY GOVERNORATE, https://mped.gov.eg/Governorate?lang=en
4. ↑ "Sub-national HDI - Subnational HDI - Table - Global Data Lab". https://globaldatalab.org/shdi/table/shdi/EGY/?levels=1+4&years=2021&extrapolation=0.
5. ↑ Peust, Carsten. "Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypten". p. 34. http://www.peust.de/ortsnamen_original.pdf.
6. ↑ Geggel, Laura (21 February 2020). "Dozens of ancient Egyptian graves found with rare clay coffins" (in en). https://www.livescience.com/ancient-egypt-clay-graves.html.
7. ↑ "الكشف عن 83 مقبرة أثرية بمنطقة آثار كوم الخلجان بمحافظة الدقهلية". 2020-02-12. https://www.youm7.com/story/2020/2/12/الكشف-عن-83-مقبرة-أثرية-بمنطقة-آثار-كوم-الخلجان-بمحافظة/4628503.
8. ↑ Solly, Meilan. "Archaeologists Discover 110 Ancient Egyptian Tombs Along the Nile Delta" (in en). https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-discover-110-ancient-egyptian-tombs-along-nile-delta-180977612/.
9. ↑ "Rare tombs from pre-Pharaonic era discovered in Egypt" (in en). https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/29/egyptologists-uncover-rare-tombs-from-before-the-pharaohs.
10. ↑ "Egypt archeologists unearth 110 ancient tombs in Nile Delta" (in en). https://phys.org/news/2021-04-egypt-archeologists-unearth-ancient-tombs.html.
11. ↑ Jarus, Owen (28 April 2021). "110 ancient Egyptian tombs, including baby burials, found along Nile" (in en). https://www.livescience.com/110-ancient-egyptian-tombs-nile.html.
12. ↑ "Egypt archeologists unearth 110 ancient tombs in Nile Delta". 27 April 2021. https://apnews.com/article/science-lifestyle-africa-middle-east-egypt-4c71755e9887ccae88493ce740975801.
13. ↑ "Population Estimates By Sex & Governorate 1/1/2015". http://www.msrintranet.capmas.gov.eg/pdf/EgyptinFigures2015/EgyptinFigures/Tables/PDF/1- السكان/pop.pdf.
14. ↑ "Population Estimates By Governorate ( Urban /Rural ) 1/1/2018". https://www.capmas.gov.eg/Pages/StaticPages.aspx?page_id=5035.
15. ↑ "Industrial Zones of Governorate". http://www.gafi.gov.eg/English/StartaBusiness/InvestmentZones/Pages/Industrial-Zones.aspx.

## External links

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

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