Qalyubia Governorate (Arabic: محافظة القليوبة) Moḥāfaẓat El Qalyubiyya (pronounced [elʔaeljoˈbejjæ]) is one of Egypt’s governorates. Located in Lower Egypt. It is located north of Cairo in the Nile Delta region. The capital is Banha.
Banha and several other localities merge into the nearby Cairo Governorate; as a result, parts of Qalyubia (especially Shubra El Kheima) are widely considered to be part of the Greater Cairo metropolitan region (together with Cairo Governorate, Giza City, and 6 October City).
The governorate is divided into the following municipal divisions for administrative purposes, with a total estimated population as of January 2023 of 6,103,039. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Khanka | قسم الخانكه | Al-Khānkah | 83,420 | Kism (fully urban) |
| Khanka | مركز الخانكة | Al-Khānkah | 618,189 | Markaz |
| Khusus | قسم الخصوص | Al-Khuṣūṣ | 499,514 | Kism (fully urban) |
| El Qanater El Khayreya | مركز القناطر الخيرية | Al-Qanāṭir al-Khayriyah | 546,560 | Markaz |
| El Ubour | قسم العبور | Al-‘Ubūr | 142,003 | Kism (fully urban) |
| Banha | مركز بنها | Banhā | 519,640 | Markaz |
| Banha 1 | قسم اول بنها | Banhā 1 | 116,113 | Kism (fully urban) |
| Banha 2 | قسم ثان بنها | Banhā 2 | 70,105 | Kism (fully urban) |
| Kafr Shukr[8] | مركز كفر شكر | Kafr Shukr | 203,522 | Markaz |
| Qaha | قسم قها | Qahā | 51,917 | Kism (urban and rural parts) |
| Qalyub | قسم قليوب | Qalyūb | 159,760 | Kism (fully urban) |
| Qalyub | مركز قليوب | Qalyūb | 603,868 | Markaz |
| Shubra El Kheima 1 | قسم أول شبرا الخيمة | Shubrā al-Khaymah 1 | 525,812 | Kism (fully urban) |
| Shubra El Kheima 2 | قسم ثان شبرا الخيمة | Shubrā al-Khaymah 2 | 741,395 | Kism (fully urban) |
| Shibin El Qanater | مركز شبين القناطر | Sibīn al-Qanāṭir | 581,892 | Markaz |
| Tukh | مركز طوخ | Ṭūkh | 639,329 | Markaz |