Beheira Governorate (Arabic: محافظة البحيرة Moḥafzet el Beḥēra, IPA: [moˈħɑfzˤet elbeˈħeːɾae], “the governorate of the lake”) is a coastal governorate in Egypt.
Damanhur is the capital of the Nile Delta region in the country’s north.
Beheira Governorate is strategically located west of the Rosetta branch of the Nile.
| Population (January 2023) | |
|---|---|
| • Total | 6,830,189 |
| • Density | 700/km2 (1,800/sq mi) |
The governorate is divided into the following municipal divisions for administrative purposes, with a total estimated population as of January 2023 of 6,830,189. In some instances there is a markaz and a kism with the same name.
| Anglicized name | Native name | Arabic transliteration | Population (January 2023 Est.) | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abu El Matamir | مركز ابو المطامير | Abū al-Maṭāmīr | 603,640 | Markaz |
| Abu Hummus | مركز أبو حمص | Abū Ḥummuṣ | 581,820 | Markaz |
| El Delengat | مركز الدلنجات | Ad-Dilinjāt | 400,570 | Markaz |
| Mahmoudiyah | مركز المحمودية | Al-Maḥmūdiyah | 305,974 | Markaz |
| Rahmaniya | مركز الرحمانية | Ar-Raḥmāniyah | 176,315 | Markaz |
| Badr | مركز بدر | Badr | 208,542 | Markaz |
| Damanhour | قسم دمنهور | Damanhūr | 327,352 | Kism (fully urban) |
| Damanhour | مركز دمنهور | Damanhūr | 586,244 | Markaz |
| West Nubariyah | قسم غرب النوبارية | Gharb an-Nūbāriyah | 130,405 | Kism (urban and rural parts) |
| Hosh Essa | مركز حوش عيسى | Ḥawsh ‘Īsā | 339,556 | Markaz |
| Edku | مركز إدكو | Idkū | 257,873 | Markaz |
| Itay El Barud | مركز إيتاى البارود | Ityāy al-Bārūd | 476,197 | Markaz |
| Kafr El Dawwar | قسم كفر الدوار | Kafr ad-Dawwār | 344,133 | Kism (urban and rural parts) |
| Kafr El Dawwar | مركز كفر الدوار | Kafr ad-Dawwār | 749,595 | Markaz |
| Kom Hamada | مركز كوم حمادة | Kawm Ḥamādah | 496,752 | Markaz |
| Rosetta | مركز رشيد | Rashīd | 309,188 | Markaz |
| Shubrakhit | مركز شبرا خيت | Shubrākhīt | 302,429 | Markaz |
| Natrn Valley | مركز وادى النطرون | Wadi an-Natrun | 90,576 | Markaz |