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Dakahlia Governorate
Governorate
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Dakahlia Governorate subdivisions (Marakiz)
Dakahlia Governorate on the map of Egypt
Country	Egypt
Seat	Mansoura (capital)
Government
• Governor	Ayman Mokhtar
Area
• Total	3,500 km (1,400 sq mi)
Population
• Total	7,013,271
• Density	2,000/km (5,200/sq mi)
GDP
• Total	EGP 294 billion (US$ 18.7 billion)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
HDI (2021)	0.748 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, Egypt. Its area is approximately 3,500 km. 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.

History

Archaeology

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

In April 2021, Egyptian archeologists announced the discovery of 110 burial tombs at the Koum el-Khulgan archeological site. Of these, 68 oval-shaped tombs date back to the Predynastic Period, while 37 rectangular-shaped tombs were from Second Intermediate Period. The rest of the tombs date 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.

Municipal divisions

The governorate is divided into municipal divisions and in January 2023 had an estimated population of 818,012. At times, there is a kism and a markaz with the same name.

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. By 2018, the population had increased to an estimated 6,577,000.

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:

• 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
• Mahmoud Sabry El Shabrawy, professor, parliamentarian, intellectual and speaker
• 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 directory

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

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2. ^ "عـــددالسكــان التقديرى للأقســام فى 1/1/2023" (PDF). CAPMAS. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
3. "GDP BY GOVERNORATE", mped.gov.eg
4. "Sub-national HDI - Subnational HDI - Table - Global Data Lab". globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2023-02-20.
5. Peust, Carsten. "Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypten" (PDF). p. 34.
6. Geggel, Laura (21 February 2020). "Dozens of ancient Egyptian graves found with rare clay coffins". livescience.com. Retrieved 2020-06-28.
7. "الكشف عن 83 مقبرة أثرية بمنطقة آثار كوم الخلجان بمحافظة الدقهلية". اليوم السابع. 2020-02-12. Retrieved 2020-06-28.
8. Solly, Meilan. "Archaeologists Discover 110 Ancient Egyptian Tombs Along the Nile Delta". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
9. "Rare tombs from pre-Pharaonic era discovered in Egypt". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
10. "Egypt archeologists unearth 110 ancient tombs in Nile Delta". phys.org. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
11. Jarus, Owen (28 April 2021). "110 ancient Egyptian tombs, including baby burials, found along Nile". livescience.com. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
12. "Egypt archeologists unearth 110 ancient tombs in Nile Delta". AP News. 27 April 2021. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
13. "Population Estimates By Sex & Governorate 1/1/2015" (PDF). CAPMAS. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-10-19. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
14. "Population Estimates By Governorate ( Urban /Rural ) 1/1/2018". www.capmas.gov.eg. Archived from the original on 2018-11-02. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
15. "Industrial Zones of Governorate". Ministry of Investment Egypt. Archived from the original on 2018-11-23. Retrieved 23 November 2018.

External links

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

v t e Governorates of Egypt
Urban	Cairo Alexandria Port Said Suez
Lower Egypt	Ismailia Kafr El Sheikh Gharbia Dakahlia Sharqia Monufia Qalyubia Damietta Beheira
Upper Egypt	Giza Faiyum Beni Suef Minya Asyut Sohag Qena Aswan Luxor
Frontier	Red Sea New Valley Matrouh North Sinai South Sinai

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