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
View of Cairo from Cairo tower
Flag of Cairo Governorate
Flag
Official logo of Cairo Governorate
Cairo Governorate on the map of Egypt
Cairo Governorate on the map of Egypt
Country Egypt
SeatCairo (capital)
Government
 • GovernorKhaled Abdel-Aal Abdel-Hafez[1]
Area
 • Total3,085 km2 (1,191 sq mi)
Population
 (January 2023)[2]
 • Total10,203,693
 • Density3,300/km2 (8,600/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
ISO 3166 codeEG-C
HDI (2021)0.779[3]
high · 4th
Websiteبوابة محافظة القاهرة
Historical population
YearPop.±%
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:[4][5][6][2]

As one of three city-states in Egypt, where the Cairo governor is also the head of the city.[7] This rightfully creates much confusion and synonymity between the Governorate of Cairo, and the city, though officially they are two semidistinct 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.[8] 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 of May.

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).[9] 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 nameNative nameArabic transliterationPopulation
(January 2023 Est.)		Type
1st Settlementقسم التجمع الأول ثان القاهرة'Al Tagmou Al Khames Than Al Qahira96,996Kism (fully urban)
5th Settlementقسم التجمع الخامس أول القاهرة'Al Tagmou Al Khames Aoal Al Qahira145,286Kism (fully urban)
15 May Cityقسم 15 مايو15 Māyū100,074Kism (fully urban)
Abdeenقسم عابدين'Ābidīn40,450Kism (fully urban)
El Darb El Ahmarقسم الدرب الأحمرAl-Darb Al-Aḥmar[10]62,563Kism (fully urban)
Al Qatamiaقسم القطامية ثالث القاهرة الجديدةAl Qatamia Thalth Al Qahira Al Jadida75,810Kism (fully urban)
Ain Shamsقسم عين شمس'Ain Schams657,226Kism (fully urban)
Amreyaقسم الاميريهAl-Amīriīah163,206Kism (fully urban)
Azbakeyaقسم الأزبكيةAl-Azbakiyah21,148Kism (fully urban)
El Basatinقسم البساتينAl-Basātīn529,875Kism (fully urban)
El Gamaliyaقسم الجماليةAl-Jamāliyah38,908Kism (fully urban)
El Khalifaقسم الخليفةAl-Khalīfah112,568Kism (fully urban)
Maadiقسم المعاديAl-Ma'ādī94,777Kism (fully urban)
El Margقسم المرجAl-Marj854,284Kism (fully urban)
El Masaraقسم المعصرهAl-Ma'ṣarah288,880Kism (fully urban)
El Matareyaقسم المطريةAl-Maṭariyah644,436Kism (fully urban)
El Mokattamقسم المقطمAl-Muqaṭṭam239,750Kism (fully urban)
El Muskiقسم الموسكيAl-Mūskī16,715Kism (fully urban)
New Cairo 1قسم أول القاهرة الجديدةAl-Qāhirah al-Jadīdah 1136,271Kism (fully urban)
New Cairo 2قسم ثان القاهرة الجديدةAl-Qāhirah al-Jadīdah 290,960Kism (fully urban)
New Cairo 3قسم ثالث القاهره الجديدهAl-Qāhirah al-Jadīdah 371,112Kism (fully urban)
El Weiliقسم الوايليAl-Waylī84,843Kism (fully urban)
El Nozhaقسم النزهةAn-Nuzhah247,377Kism (fully urban)
El Sahelقسم الساحلAl-sahel338,488Kism (fully urban)
El Sharabiyaقسم الشرابيةAsh-Sharābiyah200,272Kism (fully urban)
El Shoroukقسم الشروقAsh-Shurūq93,349Kism (fully urban)
El Salam 1قسم أول السلامAs-Salām 1514,187Kism (fully urban)
El Salam 2قسم ثان السلامAs-Salām 2164,465Kism (fully urban)
El Sayeda Zeinabقسم السيدة زينبAs-Sayyidah Zaynab145,805Kism (fully urban)
El Tebbinقسم التبينAt-Tibbīn77,075Kism (fully urban)
El Zaherقسم الظاهرAẓ-Ẓāhir76,898Kism (fully urban)
Zamalekقسم الزمالكAz-Zamālik14,993Kism (fully urban)
El Zawya El Hamraقسم الزاوية الحمراءAz-Zāwiyah al-Ḥamrā'340,371Kism (fully urban)
Zeitounقسم الزيتونAz-Zaytūn186,357Kism (fully urban)
Bab El Shariaقسم باب الشعريةBāb ash-Sha'riyah49,923Kism (fully urban)
Bulaqقسم بولاقBūlāq51,515Kism (fully urban)
Dar El Salamقسم دار السلامDār as-Salām562,222Kism (fully urban)
Hadayek El Qobbahقسم حدائق القبةHada'iq al-Qubbah338,126Kism (fully urban)
Helwanقسم حلوانḤulwān557,620Kism (fully urban)
Nasr City 1قسم اول مدينة نصرMadīnat an-Naṣr 1678,970Kism (fully urban)
Nasr City 2قسم ثان مدينة نصرMadīnat an-Naṣr 277,191Kism (fully urban)
Badr Cityقسم بدرMadīnat Badr33,456Kism (fully urban)
Heliopolisقسم مصر الجديدةMiṣr al-Jādidah143,475Kism (fully urban)
Old Cairo (Fustat)قسم مصر القديمةMiṣr al-Qadīmah267,746Kism (fully urban)
Manshiyat Naserقسم منشأة ناصرMunsha'āt Nāṣr276,366Kism (fully urban)
Qasr El Nilقسم قصر النيلQaṣr an-Nīl10,596Kism (fully urban)
Rod El Faragقسم روض الفرجRūd al-Faraj155,817Kism (fully urban)
Shubraقسم شبراShubrā82,061Kism (fully urban)
Turaقسم طرهṬurah245,644Kism (fully urban)

Governors

Current

On 30 August 2018, Khaled Abdel-Aal Abdel-Hafez was appointed governor of Cairo Governorate.[11]

Former[12]

  • Atef Abdelhamid, 7 September 2016 - 12 August 2018[13]
  • Galal Mustafa Said, 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:[14]

  • 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.[15]

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.[16]

See also

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. "Sub-national HDI - Subnational HDI - Table - Global Data Lab". globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  4. "EGYPT Administrative Division". Citypopulation.de. 8 January 2012. Archived from the original on 20 February 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
  5. United Nations 1960 Demographic Yearbook (PDF). United Nations. p. 289. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  6. Law, Gwillim (1999). Administrative Subdivisions of Countries. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 115.
  7. "Entities". Cairo Governorate. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  8. "Areas". Cairo Governorate. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  9. "Managing public services in the New Cities - Tadamun". Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  10. 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.
  11. "Cairo Governor". Cairo Governorate. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  12. "Former Governors". Cairo Governorate. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  13. 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.
  14. "Industrial Zones of Governorate". Ministry of Investment Egypt. Archived from the original on 23 November 2018. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  15. "Egypt-Urban Issues". UN-Habitat Egypt. Archived from the original on 30 October 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  16. "Upgrading Informal Areas in the Greater Cairo Region". European Union External Action. Archived from the original on 2 January 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2017.

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