Gharbia Governorate
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30.783331Coordinates: 30° 47′ N, 31° 0′ E
Al-Gharbiyya (Arabic محافظة الغربية, DMG Muḥāfaẓat al-Ġarbīya 'the Western', Egyptian Arabic Muḥāfẓet El Gharbeya), also Gharbia, is a governorate in Egypt with a population of 4,999,633, located in the center of the Nile Delta.
It borders the Kafr ash-Shaykh governorate to the north, the ad-Daqahliyya governorate to the east, the al-Minufiyya governorate to the south, and the al-Buhaira governorate to the west. The administrative center is Tanta.
Major cities of the governorate are Mahalla al-Kubra, Tanta, Kafr-az-Zayyat.
Governorates in Egypt
Alexandria | Aswan | Asyut | al-Bahr al-ahmar | Bani Suwaif | al-Buhaira | Bur Saʿid | ad-Daqahliyya | Dumyat | al-Fayyum | al-Gharbiyya | Giza | al-Ismaʿiliyya | Kafr asch-Shaykh | Cairo | Luxor | Matruh | al-Minufiyya | al-Minya | North Sinai | al-Qalyubiyya | Qina | Sauhaj | ash-Sharqiyya | as-Suwais | South Sinai | al-Wadi al-Jadid
former: Helwan | as-Sadis min Uktubar
