Al-Gharbiyyah Governorate

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محافظة الغربية Al-Gharbiyyah Governorate
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Country	Egypt
Capital	Aunt
surface	1942 km²
Residents	4,999,633 (2017 census)
density	2574 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	EG-GH

Coordinates: 30 ° 47 '  N , 31 ° 0'  E

Al-Gharbiyya ( Arabic محافظة الغربية, DMG Muḥāfaẓat al-Ġarbīya  'the Western', Egyptian-Arabic Muḥāfẓet El Gharbeya ), also Gharbia , is a governorate in Egypt with 4,999,633 inhabitants, which is located in the center of the Nile Delta .

It borders the Kafr al-Sheikh governorate to the north, the ad-Daqahliyya governorate to the east, the al-Minufiyya governorate to the south and the al-Buhaira governorate to the west . The administrative center is Tanta .

Big cities of the governorate are Mahalla al-Kubra , Tanta , Kafr-az-Zayyat .