Ash-Sharqiyyah Governorate
محافظة الشرقية al-Sharqiyyah
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Country | Egypt | |
Capital | Zagazig | |
surface | 4180 km² | |
Residents | 7,163,824 (2017 census) | |
density | 1714 inhabitants per km² | |
ISO 3166-2 | EG-SHR |
Coordinates: 30 ° 39 ' N , 31 ° 33' E
Ash-Sharqiyya ( Arabic محافظة الشرقية Muhāfazat asch-Scharqīya , DMG Muḥāfaẓat aš-Šarqīya , German "the Eastern" , Egyptian-Arabic Muḥāfẓet El Sharʔiya ), also Sharkia , is a governorate in Egypt with 5,354,041 inhabitants and is located in the eastern Nile Delta .
It is bordered by the ad-Daqahliyya governorate to the north, the Bur Sa anid and al-Ismaʿiliyya governorates to the east, the al-Qahira governorate to the south, and the al-Qalyubiyya and al-Gharbiyya governorates to the west . The administrative center is Zagazig .
Population development
Census year | population |
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1986 | 3,420,119 |
1996 | 4,281,068 |
2007 | 5,354,041 |
2017 | 7,163,824 |