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Egyptian governorates

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Arusha Region

Arusha Region (Mkoa wa Arusha), northeastern Tanzania, capital Arusha city under Mount Meru; 2,356,255 people (2022 census), 37,576 km², one city and six districts, tourism hub drawing over 80 percent of Tanzania's visitors.

Asyut Governorate

Asyut Governorate (محافظة أسيوط), Upper Egypt governorate on the Nile with capital Asyut; area 25,926 km², 5.25 million people (2025), cement and food industries, Asyut University, high poverty rate.

Beheira Governorate

Beheira Governorate (محافظة البحيرة) is a governorate of Egypt in the western Nile Delta, with its capital at Damanhur. It ranks first in agricultural production.

Beni Suweif Governorate

Beni Suweif Governorate (محافظة بني سويف), Egypt's 'Pearl of Upper Egypt', lies about 120 km south of Cairo; 10,698.5 km², ~3.98 million people, seven districts, agriculture-led economy, Meidum pyramid and Herakleopolis Magna.

Biskra Province

Biskra Province (بسكرة), Algeria's wilaya 07, capital Biskra, the Gateway to the Desert: 20,986 km², ~772,746 people, 30 municipalities, millions of Deglet Nour date palms, and major untapped desert-tourism potential.

Comoé

Comoé is an autonomous district of eastern Côte d'Ivoire, created in 2021, capital Abengourou, bordering Ghana and the Atlantic; agricultural region of coffee, cocoa, and Grand-Bassam.

Damietta Governorate

Damietta Governorate (محافظة دمياط), a Nile Delta governorate of Lower Egypt on the Mediterranean, area 910 km², population about 1.5 million, known for furniture manufacturing, the Port of Damietta, Lake Manzala, and Ras El Bar tourism.

Ebonyi State

Ebonyi State is a state in south-eastern Nigeria, inhabited primarily by the Igbo people, with its capital and largest city at Abakaliki. It was created in 1996 from parts of Enugu and Abia States.

Équateur Province

Équateur Province (Province de l'Équateur) is a DRC province in the northwest with capital Mbandaka, area 103,902 km², created 1917 and split into five provinces in 2015; forest, river transport, and high poverty define it.

Giza Governorate

Giza Governorate (محافظة الجيزة), Egyptian governorate west of the Nile opposite Cairo, capital Giza city, part of Greater Cairo. Area 13,184 km², population about 9.8 million (2024), home to the Giza Pyramids, Sphinx, and Memphis.

Ismailia Governorate

Ismailia Governorate (محافظة الإسماعيلية) is a governorate of Egypt on the Suez Canal, with its capital at Ismailia, created as an independent governorate in 1959 by decree of President Gamal Abdel Nasser.

Kadiogo Province

Kadiogo Province (Province du Kadiogo), Burkina Faso province containing the capital Ouagadougou; sole province of the Centre/Kadiogo Region; 3,030,384 residents (2019 census), the country's most populous and most urbanized province.

Kafr el-Sheikh Governorate

Kafr el-Sheikh Governorate (محافظة كفر الشيخ), Egypt's northernmost Nile Delta governorate; capital Kafr el-Sheikh city; 3.47 thousand km², 10 centers, rice and cotton farming, one third of Egypt's fish output.

Kajiado

Kajiado is a county in southern Kenya, one of 47 devolved counties formed in 2010, headquarters Kajiado Town. Population 1,117,840 (2019); semi-arid, pastoralist economy; includes Lake Magadi soda ash and Amboseli dispute.

Lac Region

Lac Region (Lac Province), Chad: lakeshore province with capital Bol, epicenter of the Boko Haram insurgency and Chad's largest internal displacement crisis, with 262,106 displaced across 293 sites as of June 2024.

Luxor Governorate

Luxor Governorate (محافظة الأقصر) is one of Egypt's 27 governorates, created in 2009 from Qena and governed from Luxor, about 635 km south of Cairo.

Matruh Governorate

Matruh Governorate (محافظة مطروح), Egypt's northwestern border governorate with capital Marsa Matruh; second largest by area at 166,563 km², population 530,270 (2022), 500 km Mediterranean coast, Siwa Oasis, eight centers.

Midlands Province

Midlands Province (ZW-MI), central Zimbabwe province with capital Gweru; 49,166 km², 1,811,905 people (2022), eight districts, and the country's industrial and mining corridor for gold, platinum, chrome, and steel.

Minya Governorate

Minya Governorate (محافظة المنيا), Egypt's 'Bride of Upper Egypt' on both Nile banks, capital Minya city; 32,279 km², about 5.5 million people, agriculture-dominated economy, 18 March national day.

Nawa

Nawa is a region of Côte d'Ivoire, one of 31, located in the southwest within the Bas-Sassandra district, with its capital at Soubré. It is the nation's largest cocoa-producing area.

Qena Governorate

Qena Governorate (محافظة قنا), Egypt: Upper Egypt governorate on the Nile south of Sohag, capital Qena City, 3.16 million people (2017), major sugar producer, home to Dendera Temple.

Savanes, Ivory Coast

Savanes is an autonomous district of Côte d'Ivoire occupying the country's extreme north, bordering Mali and Burkina Faso, with its capital at Korhogo and about 2.2 million people.

Suez Governorate

Suez Governorate (محافظة السويس) is an urban governorate of Egypt at the southern entrance of the Suez Canal, with the port city of Suez as its capital.

Vakinankaratra Region

Vakinankaratra is a region of central Madagascar on the High Plateaus, capital Antsirabe, seven districts, 2,074,358 people (2018), Ankaratra volcanic massif, highland climate, agriculture and dairy farming.