Cairo Governorate

Cairo Governorate (Arabic: محافظة القاهرة) is one of the 27 governorates of Egypt. It is formed of the city of Cairo, both the national capital of Egypt and the governorate's, in addition to five satellite cities: the New Administrative Capital - set to become the seat of national government, New Cairo, Shourok, Badr, Capital Gardens, and 15th of May. These cities form almost half of the Greater Cairo metropolitan area by population.

Cairo Governorate
Governorate
View of Cairo from Cairo tower
Flag
Cairo Governorate on the map of Egypt
Country	Egypt
Seat	Cairo (capital)
Government
• Governor	Khaled Abdel-Aal Abdel-Hafez[1]
Area
• Total	3,085 km2 (1,191 sq mi)
Population  (January 2023)[2]
• Total	10,203,693
• Density	3,300/km2 (8,600/sq mi)
GDP [3]
• Total	EGP 1,876 billion (US$ 120 billion)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
ISO 3166 code	EG-C
HDI (2021)	0.779[4] high · 4th
Website	بوابة محافظة القاهرة

As one of three city-states in Egypt, where the Cairo governor is also the head of the city.^[5] This rightfully creates much confusion and synonymity between the Governorate of Cairo, and the city, though officially they are two semi-distinct levels of local government, and as with other governorates, the governor is appointed by the president.

Overview

Parts of the governorate - the Helwan district and the satellite cities, were spun off in April 2008 to form the Helwan Governorate, only to be reincorporated into the Cairo Governorate in April 2011.

Municipal divisions

The governorate is divided into the city of Cairo, and the unallocated desert hinter land (al-zahir al-sahrawi).

Cairo city is subdivided into four Areas (manatiq) headed by a deputy governor each, and 38 Districts (ahya, sing. Hayy) with their own governor appointed heads.^[6] Some districts are represented by one police station (qism, plr. aqsam), while others may be subdivided by two or more.

The Northern Area divided into 8 Districts:

Shubra, Al-Zawiya al-Hamra, Hadayek al-Kobba, Rod al-Farg, al-Sharabiya, al-Sahel, al-Zaytoun, and Al-Amiriya

The Eastern Area divided into 9 Districts:

Misr al-Gadidah (Heliopolis), Al-Nozha, Nasr City East (Sharq Madinet Nasr), Nasr City West (Gharb Madinet Nasr), al-Salam Awwal, al-Salam Thani, al-Matariya, and al-Marg.

The Western Area divided into 9 Districts:

Manshiyat Nasser, Al-Wayli, Wasat al-Qahira (Qism: Al-Darb al-Ahmar, al-Gamaliyya, al-Hussein), Boulaq, Gharb El-Qahira (Zamalek, Garden City, Down Town), Abdeen, Al-Azbakiya, al-Muski, and Bab El-Shaaria.

The Southern Area divided into 12 Districts:

Masr El-Qadima (Old Cairo), al-Khalifa, al-Moqattam, al-Basatin, Dar El-Salam, El-Sayeda Zeinab, al-Tebin, Helwan, al-Ma'sara, al-Maadi, Tora, and 15th may City.

In addition to Cairo City, there are five satellite cities that are under the jurisdiction of the Minister of Housing, Utilities and Urban Communities who chairs the New Urban Communities Authority that directly controls them (planning, land sales, zoning), while the governorate departments (muduriyat) control police and select public services (education, health, subsidised food).^[7] The more populated ones are subdivided into qisms, while the ones still under construction are yet to have governorate representation. These cities are:

New Cairo (Qism 1,2,3)

Badr (Qism)

15th of May (Qism)

New Administrative Capital (Under construction)

Capital Gardens (Under construction)

As of January 2023, the municipal divisions had a total estimated population as of 10,203,693.^[2]

Mosque in Al-Darb al-Ahmar District of Cairo, Egypt

District Subdivisions (qism)

Anglicized name	Native name	Arabic transliteration	Population (January 2023 Est.)	Type
1st Settlement	قسم التجمع الأول ثان القاهرة	'Al Tagmou Al Khames Than Al Qahira	96,996	Kism (fully urban)
5th Settlement	قسم التجمع الخامس أول القاهرة	'Al Tagmou Al Khames Aoal Al Qahira	145,286	Kism (fully urban)
15 May City	قسم 15 مايو	15 Māyū	100,074	Kism (fully urban)
Abdeen	قسم عابدين	'Ābidīn	40,450	Kism (fully urban)
El Darb El Ahmar	قسم الدرب الأحمر	Al-Darb Al-Aḥmar[8]	62,563	Kism (fully urban)
Al Qatamia	قسم القطامية ثالث القاهرة الجديدة	Al Qatamia Thalth Al Qahira Al Jadida	75,810	Kism (fully urban)
Ain Shams	قسم عين شمس	'Ain Schams	657,226	Kism (fully urban)
Amreya	قسم الاميريه	Al-Amīriīah	163,206	Kism (fully urban)
Azbakeya	قسم الأزبكية	Al-Azbakiyah	21,148	Kism (fully urban)
El Basatin	قسم البساتين	Al-Basātīn	529,875	Kism (fully urban)
El Gamaliya	قسم الجمالية	Al-Jamāliyah	38,908	Kism (fully urban)
El Khalifa	قسم الخليفة	Al-Khalīfah	112,568	Kism (fully urban)
Maadi	قسم المعادي	Al-Ma'ādī	94,777	Kism (fully urban)
El Marg	قسم المرج	Al-Marj	854,284	Kism (fully urban)
El Masara	قسم المعصره	Al-Ma'ṣarah	288,880	Kism (fully urban)
El Matareya	قسم المطرية	Al-Maṭariyah	644,436	Kism (fully urban)
El Mokattam	قسم المقطم	Al-Muqaṭṭam	239,750	Kism (fully urban)
El Muski	قسم الموسكي	Al-Mūskī	16,715	Kism (fully urban)
New Cairo 1	قسم أول القاهرة الجديدة	Al-Qāhirah al-Jadīdah 1	136,271	Kism (fully urban)
New Cairo 2	قسم ثان القاهرة الجديدة	Al-Qāhirah al-Jadīdah 2	90,960	Kism (fully urban)
New Cairo 3	قسم ثالث القاهره الجديده	Al-Qāhirah al-Jadīdah 3	71,112	Kism (fully urban)
El Weili	قسم الوايلي	Al-Waylī	84,843	Kism (fully urban)
El Nozha	قسم النزهة	An-Nuzhah	247,377	Kism (fully urban)
El Sahel	قسم الساحل	Al-sahel	338,488	Kism (fully urban)
El Sharabiya	قسم الشرابية	Ash-Sharābiyah	200,272	Kism (fully urban)
El Shorouk	قسم الشروق	Ash-Shurūq	93,349	Kism (fully urban)
El Salam 1	قسم أول السلام	As-Salām 1	514,187	Kism (fully urban)
El Salam 2	قسم ثان السلام	As-Salām 2	164,465	Kism (fully urban)
El Sayeda Zeinab	قسم السيدة زينب	As-Sayyidah Zaynab	145,805	Kism (fully urban)
El Tebbin	قسم التبين	At-Tibbīn	77,075	Kism (fully urban)
El Zaher	قسم الظاهر	Aẓ-Ẓāhir	76,898	Kism (fully urban)
Zamalek	قسم الزمالك	Az-Zamālik	14,993	Kism (fully urban)
El Zawya El Hamra	قسم الزاوية الحمراء	Az-Zāwiyah al-Ḥamrā'	340,371	Kism (fully urban)
Zeitoun	قسم الزيتون	Az-Zaytūn	186,357	Kism (fully urban)
Bab El Sharia	قسم باب الشعرية	Bāb ash-Sha'riyah	49,923	Kism (fully urban)
Bulaq	قسم بولاق	Būlāq	51,515	Kism (fully urban)
Dar El Salam	قسم دار السلام	Dār as-Salām	562,222	Kism (fully urban)
Hadayek El Qobbah	قسم حدائق القبة	Hada'iq al-Qubbah	338,126	Kism (fully urban)
Helwan	قسم حلوان	Ḥulwān	557,620	Kism (fully urban)
Nasr City 1	قسم اول مدينة نصر	Madīnat an-Naṣr 1	678,970	Kism (fully urban)
Nasr City 2	قسم ثان مدينة نصر	Madīnat an-Naṣr 2	77,191	Kism (fully urban)
Badr City	قسم بدر	Madīnat Badr	33,456	Kism (fully urban)
Heliopolis	قسم مصر الجديدة	Miṣr al-Jādidah	143,475	Kism (fully urban)
Old Cairo (Fustat)	قسم مصر القديمة	Miṣr al-Qadīmah	267,746	Kism (fully urban)
Manshiyat Naser	قسم منشأة ناصر	Munsha'āt Nāṣr	276,366	Kism (fully urban)
Qasr El Nil	قسم قصر النيل	Qaṣr an-Nīl	10,596	Kism (fully urban)
Rod El Farag	قسم روض الفرج	Rūd al-Faraj	155,817	Kism (fully urban)
Shubra	قسم شبرا	Shubrā	82,061	Kism (fully urban)
Tura	قسم طره	Ṭurah	245,644	Kism (fully urban)

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1937	1,312,096	—
1947	2,090,654	+59.3%
1957	2,877,195	+37.6%
1966	4,220,000	+46.7%
1976	5,084,463	+20.5%
1986	6,052,836	+19.0%
1996	6,800,991	+12.4%
2006	7,902,085	+16.2%
2014	9,102,232	+15.2%
2018	9,655,000	+6.1%
2023	10,203,693	+5.7%
sources:[9][10][11][2]

Governors

Current

On 30 August 2018, Khaled Abdel-Aal Abdel-Hafez was appointed governor of Cairo Governorate.^[12]

Former^[13]

Main article: List of governors of Cairo Governorate

• Atef Abdelhamid, 7 September 2016 - 12 August 2018^[14]
• Galal Mostafa Saeed, 13 August 2013 - 23 March 2016
• Osama Kamal, 29 January 2013 - 12 August 2013
• Abdel Kawi Khalifa, 14 April 2011 - 12 August 2012
• Abdel Azim Wazir, 9 July 2004 - 14 April 2011
• Abdel Rehim Shehata, 8 July 1997 - 14 July 2004
• Mohammed Omar Abdel Akhar, 2 May 1991 - 7 July 1997
• Mahmoud Sherif, 18 April 1989 - 19 May 1991
• Yousef Sabri Abu Taleb, 13 March 1983 - 14 April 1989
• Mohammed Saad El-Din Maamoun, 15 May 1977 - 12 March 1983

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]

• Torah and Shaq Al Tho'ban
• South Helwan
• Katamia
• Shaq Al Tho'ban
• Al Robeky
• Al Maasara
• Division Maadi Company for Development and Reconstruction
• Egypt-Ismailia. Road - Al Nozha District
• El Salam City
• El Marg District
• El Sharabya District
• (New urban community industrial zone) Badr City
• (New urban community industrial zone) 15 May
• (New urban community industrial zone) New Cairo
• (New urban community industrial zone) Al Shrouk

Due to its congestion and overcrowded streets, Cairo is not attractive to investors. UN-Habitat is promoting alternative methods of transportation with the aim of relieving these issues.^[16]

Projects and programs

In a program that began on 28 August 2012 (through 2018), the European Union invested 40 million Euros on upgrading the infrastructure of informal areas in Cairo Governorate.^[17]

See also

• Governorates of Egypt
• Greater Cairo

References

1. "رسمياً.. المحافظون الجدد ونوابهم يؤدون اليمين الدستورية أمام الرئيس". Almasry Alyoum (in Arabic). 30 August 2018. Archived from the original on 31 August 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
2. "ﻰﻓ ﻡﺎــﺳﻗﻸﻟ ﻯﺭﻳﺩﻘﺗﻟﺍ ﻥﺎــﻛﺳﻟﺍ ﺩﺩـــﻋ" (PDF). capmas.gov.eg (in Arabic). Retrieved 1 April 2023.
3. "GDP BY GOVERNORATE", mped.gov.eg
4. "Sub-national HDI - Subnational HDI - Table - Global Data Lab". globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
5. "Entities". Cairo Governorate. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
6. "Areas". Cairo Governorate. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
7. "Managing public services in the New Cities - Tadamun". Retrieved 23 December 2022.
8. Johnstone, Harry (21 March 2018). "Alive with artisans: Cairo's al-Darb al-Ahmar district – a photo essay". The Guardian. Photography by Christopher Wilton-Steer.
9. "EGYPT Administrative Division". Citypopulation.de. 8 January 2012. Archived from the original on 20 February 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
10. United Nations 1960 Demographic Yearbook (PDF). United Nations. p. 289. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
11. Law, Gwillim (1999). Administrative Subdivisions of Countries. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 115.
12. "Cairo Governor". Cairo Governorate. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
13. "Former Governors". Cairo Governorate. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
14. Mohsen Semeika (9 July 2016). وزير التموين و6 محافظين جدد يؤدون اليمين الدستورية أمام الرئيس (صور). Al-Masry Al-Youm (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 4 November 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
15. "Industrial Zones of Governorate". Ministry of Investment Egypt. Archived from the original on 23 November 2018. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
16. "Egypt-Urban Issues". UN-Habitat Egypt. Archived from the original on 30 October 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
17. "Upgrading Informal Areas in the Greater Cairo Region". European Union External Action. Archived from the original on 2 January 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2017.

External links

• Cairo Governorate Official website (in Arabic and English)

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