The Giza Governorate, also known as Muḥāfaẓah Al Gizah in Arabic, is an Egyptian governorate. It is located in the center of the country, on the west bank of the Nile River, opposite Cairo.
Its capital is Giza. It comprises a section of the Nile Valley’s left bank near Giza, as well as a substantial portion of Egypt’s Western Desert, including Bahariya Oasis, after the 6th of October Governorate was incorporated into it on April 14, 2011. The Giza Governorate also houses the Great Sphinx and the Pyramids of Giza.
| Population (2023) | |
|---|---|
| • Total | 9,456,137 |
| • Density | 720/km2 (1,900/sq mi) |
The governorate is divided into municipal divisions, with a total estimated population as of January 2023 of 9,456,137.
In the case of Giza governorate, there are a number of aqsam and marakiz, with fully urban and rural parts. Sometimes a markaz and a kism share a name.
| Anglicized name | Native name | Arabic transliteration | Population (January 2023 Est.) | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abu El Namras | مركز أبو النمرس | Abo Al-Namras | 410,656 | Markaz |
| Dokki | قسم الدقي | Ad-Duqqī | 76,180 | Kism (fully urban) |
| Pyramids | قسم الأهرام | Al-Ahrām | 707,958 | Kism (fully urban) |
| Agouza | قسم العجوزة | Al-‘Ajūzah | 299,064 | Kism (fully urban) |
| El Ayyat | مركز العياط | Al-‘Ayyāṭ | 553,389 | Markaz |
| El Badrashein | مركز البدرشين | Al-Badrashayn | 601,810 | Markaz |
| El Hawamdeya | قسم الحوامدية | Al-Ḥawāmidiyah | 207,392 | Kism (urban and rural parts) |
| Giza | قسم الجيزة | Al-Jīzah | 306,861 | Kism (fully urban) |
| Giza | مركز الجيزة | Al-Jīzah | 369,351 | Markaz |
| El Omraniya | قسم العمرانية | Al-‘Umrāniyah | 393,104 | Kism (fully urban) |
| El Wahat El Bahariya | قسم الواحات البحرية | Al-Wāḥāt al-Baḥariyah | 43,501 | Kism (urban and rural parts) |
| El Warraq | قسم الوراق | Al-Warrāq | 724,963 | Kism (urban and rural parts) |
| Sheikh Zayed City | قسم الشيخ زايد | Ash-Shaykh Zāyid | 97,406 | Kism (fully urban) |
| El Saff | مركز الصف | Aṣ-Ṣaff | 469,172 | Markaz |
| Atfeh | مركز أطفيح | Aṭfīḥ | 414,488 | Markaz |
| Talbia | قسم الطالبيه | Aṭ-Ṭālbīah | 491,529 | Kism (fully urban) |
| Ossim | مركز أوسيم | Awsīm | 384,527 | Markaz |
| Bulaq El Dakrour | قسم بولاق الدكرور | Būlāq al-Dakrūr | 1,030,958 | Kism (fully urban) |
| Imbaba | قسم امبابة | Imbābah | 679,276 | Kism (fully urban) |
| Imbaba | مركز إمبابة | Imbābah | 518,036 | Markaz |
| Kerdasa | مركز كرداسة | Kirdāsah | 498,225 | Markaz |
| 6th of October City (1) | قسم أول 6 أكتوبرر | Madīnat Sittah Uktūbar 1 | 99,867 | Kism (fully urban) |
| 6th of October City (2) | قسم ثان 6 أكتوبر | Madīnat Sittah Uktūbar 2 | 210,859 | Kism (fully urban) |
| 6th of October City (3) | قسم ثالث 6 أكتوبر | Madīnat Sittah Uktūbar 3 | 63,883 | Kism (fully urban) |