Ash-Sharqiyyah Governorate

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محافظة الشرقية
al-Sharqiyyah
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Basic data
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
1986 3,420,119
1996 4,281,068
2007 5,354,041
2017 7,163,824