Egypt Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Administrative divisions === {{Main|Governorates of Egypt|Subdivisions of Egypt}} Egypt is divided into 27 governorates. The governorates are further divided into regions. The regions contain towns and villages. Each governorate has a capital, sometimes carrying the same name as the governorate.<ref name="Beckouche2017">{{cite book|author=Pierre Beckouche|title=Europe's Mediterranean Neighbourhood|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tHpHDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA121|year=2017|publisher=Edward Elgar Publishing|isbn=978-1-78643-149-3|page=121}}</ref> [[File:Egypt - Administrative Divisions - Nmbrs - colored.png|center|thumb|upright=2.5|<div style="font-size:larger">{{center| '''Governorates of Egypt'''}} 1. [[Matrouh Governorate|Matrouh]] 2. [[Alexandria Governorate|Alexandria]] 3. [[Beheira Governorate|Beheira]] 4. [[Kafr El Sheikh Governorate|Kafr El Sheikh]] 5. [[Dakahlia Governorate|Dakahlia]] 6. [[Damietta Governorate|Damietta]] 7. [[Port Said Governorate|Port Said]] 8. [[North Sinai Governorate|North Sinai]] 9. [[Gharbia Governorate|Gharbia]] 10. [[Monufia Governorate|Monufia]] 11. [[Qalyubia Governorate|Qalyubia]] 12. [[Sharqia Governorate|Sharqia]] 13. [[Ismailia Governorate|Ismailia]] 14. [[Giza Governorate|Giza]] 15. [[Faiyum Governorate|Faiyum]] 16. [[Cairo Governorate|Cairo]] 17. [[Suez Governorate|Suez]] 18. [[South Sinai Governorate|South Sinai]] 19. [[Beni Suef Governorate|Beni Suef]] 20. [[Minya Governorate|Minya]] 21. [[New Valley Governorate|New Valley]] 22. [[Asyut Governorate|Asyut]] 23. [[Red Sea Governorate|Red Sea]] 24. [[Sohag Governorate|Sohag]] 25. [[Qena Governorate|Qena]] 26. [[Luxor Governorate|Luxor]] 27. [[Aswan Governorate|Aswan]] </div> ]] Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page