Sharqia Governorate
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30.6420474931.54243469Coordinates: 30° 39′ N, 31° 33′ E
Ash-Sharqiyya (Arabic محافظة الشرقية Muhāfazat asch-Sharqīya, DMG Muḥāfaẓat aš-Šarqīya, German "das Östliche", Egyptian Arabic Muḥāfẓet El Sharʔiya), also Sharkia, is a governorate in Egypt with 5.354,041 inhabitants and is located in the eastern Nile Delta.
It borders the governorate of ad-Daqahliyya to the north, the governorates of Bur Saʿid and al-Ismaʿiliyya to the east, the governorate of al-Qahira to the south, and the governorates of al-Qalyubiyya and al-Gharbiyya to the west. The administrative center is Zagazig.
Population development
| Census Year | Population |
| 1986 | 3.420.119 |
| 1996 | 4.281.068 |
| 2007 | 5.354.041 |
| 2017 | 7.163.824 |
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
Normdaten (Geografikum): GND: 7641536-3
