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2. Egypt: Provinces
City provinces: (1) Cairo (al-Qahirah). (2) Alexandria (al-Iskandariyyah). (3) Port Said. (4) Suez (al-Suways).
Lower Egypt: (5) al-Ismailiyyah; capital, same. (6) Beheirah; capital, Damanhur. (7) Damietta (Dumyat); capital, same. (8) Kafr al-Shaykh; capital, same. (9) al-Gharbiyyah; capital, Tanta. (10) al-Daqahliyyah; capital, Mansura (al-Mansurah). (11) al-Sharqiyyah, capital, Zagazig (Zaqaziq). (12) al-Minufiyyah; capital, Shibin al-Kom. (13) al-Qalyubiyyah; capital, Banha.
Upper Egypt: (14) Giza (al-Jizah); capital, same. (15) al-Fayyum; capital, same. (16) Bani Suef (Bani Suwayf); capital, same. (17) al-Minya; capital, same. (18) Asyut; capital, same. (19) Suhar; capital, same. (20) Qena (Qina); capital, same. (21) Aswan; capital, same.
Frontier provinces: (22) Red Sea (al-Bahr al-Ahmar); capital, al-Ghardaqah. (23) New Valley (al-Wadi al-Jadid); capital, al-Kharjah. (24) Marsa Matruh; capital, Matruh. (25) Sinai; capital, al-Arish.
The provincial boundaries shown reflect the divsions made by Muhammad Ali in 1833, with additional provnices created after the Nasser revolution in 1953. The provinces are now formally known as governorates. (See also EGYPT, ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATION OF.)
