Beheira Governorate ( ar, محافظة البحيرة ', , "the governorate of the Lake") is a coastal governorate in

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Damanhur Damanhur ( ar, دمنهور ', ; Egyptian: ''Dmỉ-n-Ḥr.w''; cop, ⲡϯⲙⲓⲛ̀ϩⲱⲣ '; ; grc, Ἑρμοῦ πόλις μικρά ') is a city in Lower Egypt, and the capital of the Beheira Governorate. It is located northwest of Cai ...

Overview

Beheira Governorate enjoys an important strategical place, west of the

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branch of the

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. It comprises four important highways, namely the

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desert road, the

agricultural road, the international road, and the circular road. Beheira Governorate is also home to a number of the most important Coptic monasteries in

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(Scetes). Beheira consists of 13 centers and 14 cities, and contains important industries such as cotton, chemicals, carpets, electricity, and fishing. The governorate has a noteworthy number of archaeological sites, including at Abu El Matamir, Abu Hummus, Damanhour, Rosetta (Rashid), and Kafr El Dawwar. Coins, lamps, animal bones, and pottery from Roman and later Eastern Roman (Byzantine) eras are some of the archaeological finds discovered at Kom El Giza, and Kom El Hamam in Beheira. In 2017, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi appointed the first female governor in the country's history, Nadia Ahmed Abdou, for Beheira Governorate. The rate of poverty in the governate is more than 60%, however, some social safety networks have been provided recently in the form of financial assistance, and job opportunities. The funding has been coordinated by Egypt's

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and with assistance from international organisations.

Municipal divisions

The governorate is divided into the following municipal divisions for administrative purposes, with a total estimated population as of July 2017 of 6,200,137. In some instances there is a markaz and a kism 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 only 19.5%. Out of an estimated 5,804,262 people residing in the governorate, 4,674,346 people lived in rural areas as opposed to only 1,129,916 in urban areas.

Cities and towns

Abu Hummus Abu Hummus, also Abu Humus, Abu Hommos, Abu Homos, Abou Homs ( ar, أبو حمص) is a town in Beheira Governorate, Egypt, an administrative center of ''markaz'' Abu Hummus. The old name of the town is Shubra Bar () which Ramzi derives from ''Ch ...

Abu El Matamir Abu El Matamir ( ar, ابو المطامير ) is a city in Egypt. As of 2006 it had a population of 44,415. The city existed before the Islamic conquest of Egypt, and the Romans used it as a grain storage. The city was named by this name b ...

Edku Edku ( ar, إدكو) (also Edkhou, or Idku) is a town in the Beheira Governorate, located east of Alexandria and west of Rashid, overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. Edku lies on a sandy strip behind Abi Qir Bay, in the northwestern Nile River ...

El Delengat El Delengat ( ar, الدلنجات) is a city in Beheira Governorate in Egypt Geography El Delengat is about 21 kilometers south of Damanhour the governorate's capital. It is bordered to the south by the Tahrir region, to the east by Kom Hamada, ...

El Mahmoudiyah El Mahmoudia ( ar, المحمودية, ) is an Egyptian city on the connection point between the Nile and Mahmoudiyah canal. It's a city with a history despite its modernity. It was one of the most important trade ports on the Nile River. Tradin ...

El Rahmaniya El Rahmaniya ( ar, الرحمانية, also spelled as Rahmanieh) is a city in Beheira Governorate, Egypt. History After the arrival of the French campaign to the west of Alexandria on July 2, 1798 AD, they marched into the city and occupied it ...

Itay El Barud Itay El Barud is a city in Egypt. History Itay El Barud was mentioned by Amelino, Ibn Matti and Al-Zubaidi, and Ibn al-Jiyan mentioned it in the ninth century AH with the name (Atiyeh and its miniature), and its name is Coptic (Eiti) and it tu ...

Hosh Issa Hosh may refer to several places: *Hosh Bannaga, a town in Sudan * Hosh Essa, a city in Egypt * Hosh, Perth and Kinross, a place in Perth and Kinross, Scotland * Hush, Lorestan, a village in Iran It may also refer to: *Hosh (architecture) See a ...

Kafr El Dawwar Kafr El Dawwar ( ar, كفر الدوار, lit=town of the farm ) is a major industrial city and municipality on the Nile Delta in the Beheira Governorate of northern Egypt. Located approximately 30 km from Alexandria, the municipality h ...

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* Shubrakhit *

* El Nubaria

Notable people

* Karim Hafez, footballer * Rehab Elgamal, Actress * Ahmed Elgamal, Music Composer

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: * Natron Valley * Boseili Desert * (New urban community industrial zone) Nubaria * Edco

Projects and programs

In 1981, the ''Basic Village Service Program'' (BVS), under the auspices of USAID, had several water, road, and other projects, going on in several markazes in Beheira Governorate. In 2018 the governorate council discussed a campaign of

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and animal control to avert the spread of preventable diseases.

References

External links

El Watan News of Beheira Governorate
{{Authority control Governorates of Egypt