Beheira Governorate

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Beheira (Template:Langx Template:Transliteration, {{#invoke:IPA|main}}, "the governorate of the Lake") is a coastal governorate in northern Egypt. Located in the northern part of the country in the Nile Delta, its capital is Damanhur.

Overview

File:Wadi El Natrun - El Alamein Rd, El Beheira Governorate, Egypt - panoramio.jpg
Wadi El Natrun - El Alamein Rd, El Beheira Governorate, Egypt

Beheira Governorate enjoys an important strategical place, west of the Rosetta branch of the Nile. It comprises four important highways, namely the Cairo-Alexandria desert road, the Cairo agricultural road, the international road, and the circular road. Beheira Governorate is also home to a number of the most important Coptic monasteries in Wadi El Natrun (Scetes).<ref name="sis.gov.eg">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="britannica">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Beheira consists of 13 marakez and 14 cities, and contains important industries such as cotton, chemicals, carpets, electricity, and fishing.

The governorate has a noteworthy number of archaeological sites, including at Abu El Matamir, Abu Hummus, Damanhour, Rosetta (Rashid), and Kafr El Dawwar.<ref name="Wilson 2009"> Template:Cite book</ref> Coins, lamps, animal bones, and pottery from Roman and later Eastern Roman (Byzantine) eras are some of the archaeological finds discovered at Kom El Giza, and Kom El Hamam in Beheira.<ref name="SCHEDIA PROJECT">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 2017, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi appointed the first female governor in the country's history, Nadia Ahmed Abdou, for Beheira Governorate.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

The rate of poverty in the governate is more than 60%, however, some social safety networks have been provided recently in the form of financial assistance, and job opportunities. The funding has been coordinated by Egypt's Ministry of Finance and with assistance from international organisations.<ref name="Takaful and Karama">Template:Cite news</ref>

Municipal divisions

The governorate is divided into the following municipal divisions for administrative purposes, with a total estimated population as of January 2024 of 6,992,742. In some instances there is a markaz and a kism with the same name.<ref name="CAPMAS2023" />

Municipal Divisions
Anglicized name Native name Arabic transliteration Population
(January 2023 Est.)		 Type
Abu El Matamir {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} Template:Transliteration 603,640 Markaz
Abu Hummus {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} Template:Transliteration 581,820 Markaz
El Delengat {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} Template:Transliteration 400,570 Markaz
Mahmoudiyah {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} Template:Transliteration 305,974 Markaz
Rahmaniya {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} Template:Transliteration 176,315 Markaz
Badr {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} Template:Transliteration 208,542 Markaz
Damanhour {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} Template:Transliteration 327,352 Kism (fully urban)
Damanhour {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} Template:Transliteration 586,244 Markaz
West Nubariyah {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} Template:Transliteration 130,405 Kism (urban and rural parts)
Hosh Essa {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} Template:Transliteration 339,556 Markaz
Edku {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} Template:Transliteration 257,873 Markaz
Itay El Barud {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} Template:Transliteration 476,197 Markaz
Kafr El Dawwar {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} Template:Transliteration 344,133 Kism (urban and rural parts)
Kafr El Dawwar {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} Template:Transliteration 749,595 Markaz
Kom Hamada {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} Template:Transliteration 496,752 Markaz
Rosetta {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} Template:Transliteration 309,188 Markaz
Shubrakhit {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} Template:Transliteration 302,429 Markaz
Natrn Valley {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} Template:Transliteration 90,576 Markaz

Population

According to population estimates, in 2024 the majority of residents in the governorate lived in rural areas, with an urbanization rate of only 19.5%. Out of an estimated 6,992,742 people residing in the governorate, 5,629,157 people lived in rural areas as opposed to only 1,363,585 in urban areas.<ref name="pop">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Cities and towns

Notable people

Industrial zones

According to the Governing Authority for Investment and Free Zones (GAFI), the following industrial zones are located in Beheira:<ref name="IndustrialZones">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="sis.gov.eg" />

Zone name
New El Nubaria Industrial Zone

Projects and programs

In 1981, the Basic Village Service Program (BVS), under the auspices of USAID, had several water, road, and other projects, going on in several markazes in Beheira Governorate.<ref name="SrvcProgram">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 2018 the governorate council discussed a campaign of mosquito control and animal control to avert the spread of preventable diseases.<ref name="2018 council mtg">Template:Cite news</ref>

References

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