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{{short description|Governorate in Egypt}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Infobox settlement
<!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions -->| name               = Cairo Governorate
| settlement_type    = [[Governorates of Egypt|Governorate]]
| image_flag         = Flag Cairo Governorate.png
| flag_size          = 125px
| image_blank_emblem = Emblem Cairo Governorate.svg
| blank_emblem_size  = 75px
| image_map          = Cairo in Egypt (2011).svg
| map_caption        = Cairo Governorate on the map of Egypt
| coordinates        = 
| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = {{EGY}}
| subdivision_type2   = Capital
| subdivision_name2   = [[Cairo]]
| seat               =  
| leader_party       = 
| leader_title       = Governor
| leader_name        = Ibrahim Saber<ref>{{cite web |title=At least 8 killed in building collapse in Cairo |url=https://apnews.com/article/egypt-building-collapse-cairo-97420b8cda693a9866edf9f876218509 |website=AP News |language=en |date=10 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250404190944/https://apnews.com/article/egypt-building-collapse-cairo-97420b8cda693a9866edf9f876218509 |archive-date=April 4, 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| government_footnotes = 
| area_footnotes     = 
| area_total_km2     = 3,085
| area_land_km2      = 
| area_water_km2     = 
| population_footnotes = <ref name="CAPMAS2023">{{cite web |url=https://www.capmas.gov.eg/Admin/Pages%20Files/202331512347%D8%B9%D8%AF%D8%AF%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86%20%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89%20%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%89%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%B2%20%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%20%D9%81%D9%89%201%D9%80%201%D9%80%202023.pdf |access-date=1 April 2023 |title= The estimated population of centers on 2023-1-1 |website=capmas.gov.eg |language=ar}}</ref>
| population_total   = 10,203,693
| population_as_of   = January 2023
| population_density_km2 = auto
| demographics_type1 = GDP
| demographics1_footnotes = <ref>{{citation|title=GDP by Governorate|url=https://mped.gov.eg/Governorate?lang=en|website=mped.gov.eg}}</ref>
| demographics1_title1 = Total
| demographics1_info1 = [[Egyptian pound|EGP]] 1,876 billion<br />([[US$]] 120 billion)
| timezone1          = [[Egypt Standard Time|EGY]]
| utc_offset1        = +2
| timezone1_DST      = [[Eastern European Summer Time|EEST]]
| utc_offset1_DST    = +3
| blank_name_sec2    = [[Human Development Index|HDI]] (2021)
| blank_info_sec2    = 0.779<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sub-national HDI - Subnational HDI - Table - Global Data Lab |url=https://globaldatalab.org/shdi/table/shdi/EGY/?levels=1+4&years=2021&extrapolation=0 |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=globaldatalab.org}}</ref><br/>{{color|#0c0|high}} · [[List of governorates of Egypt by Human Development Index|4th]]
| website            = [https://cairo.gov.eg/en/Pages/default.aspx Cairo Governorate Portal]
| iso_code           = EG-C
| calling_code       = 
| footnotes          = 
| official_name      = 
}}

'''Cairo''' ({{langx|ar|محافظة القاهرة}}) is one of the 27 [[governorates of Egypt]]. It is formed of the city of [[Cairo]], both the national capital of [[Egypt]] and the governorate's, in addition to six [[Satellite city|satellite cities]]: the [[New Administrative Capital]] - which became the official seat of national government in April 2024,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Initiating the new capital |url=https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContentP/50/520396/AlAhram-Weekly/Initiating-the-new-capital.aspx |access-date=2025-03-23 |website=Ahram Online}}</ref> [[New Cairo]], [[El Shorouk]], [[Badr, Egypt|Badr]], Capital Gardens, and [[15th of May (city)|15th of May]].{{Citation needed|date=June 2025}} These [[City|cities]] form almost half of the [[Greater Cairo]] [[metropolitan area]] by population.

Cairo is one of four [[city]] governorates in Egypt, and the governor of Cairo is also the head of the city.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Entities |url=http://www.cairo.gov.eg/en/Pages/entites.aspx |access-date=2022-12-23 |website=Cairo Governorate}}</ref> Nonetheless, the governate of Cairo and the city of Cairo are two semi-distinct levels of [[Governorates of Egypt|local government]], and as with other governorates, the governor is appointed by the president.

==Overview==
Parts of the governorate, the [[Helwan]] district and the satellite cities, were spun off in April 2008 to form the [[Helwan Governorate]], only to be reincorporated into the Cairo Governorate in April 2011.

==Municipal divisions==
[[File:Cairo city administrative boundary and districts En.jpg|thumb|left]]
The governorate is divided into the city of [[Cairo]], and the unallocated desert hinter land ({{transliteration|ar|al-zahir al-sahrawi}}).

Cairo city is subdivided into four Areas ({{transliteration|ar|manatiq}}) headed by a deputy governor each, and 38 Districts ({{transliteration|ar|ahya}}, sing. {{transliteration|ar|Hayy}}) with their own governor appointed heads.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Areas |url=http://www.cairo.gov.eg/en/Pages/Regions.aspx?SubmID=141 |access-date=2022-12-22 |website=Cairo Governorate}}</ref>

'''The Northern Area''' divided into 9 Districts:

[[Shubra]], Al-Zawiya al-Hamra, Hadayek al-Kobba, [[Rod El Farag|Rod al-Farg]], al-Sharabiya, al-Sahel, al-Zaytoun, Al-Amiriya, and al-Waili

'''The Eastern Area''' divided into 9 Districts:

Misr al-Gadidah ([[Heliopolis, Cairo|Heliopolis]]), Al-Nozha, [[Nasr City]] East (Sharq Madinet Nasr), [[Nasr City]] West (Gharb Madinet Nasr), al-Salam Awwal, al-Salam Thani, [[El Matareya, Cairo|al-Matariya]], and [[El Marg|al-Marg]]. In addition to [[New Cairo]], [[Al Shorouk]], [[Badr, Egypt|Badr]], and [[New Administrative Capital]].

'''The Western Area''' divided into 9 Districts:

[[Manshiyat Naser|Manshiyat Nasser]], Al-Wayli, Wasat al-Qahira: [[Al-Darb al-Ahmar]], [[Al-Mu'izz Street|al-Gamaliyya]], al-Hussein), [[Boulaq]], Gharb El-Qahira ([[Zamalek]], [[Garden City, Cairo|Garden City]], [[Downtown Cairo|Down Town]]), [[Abdeen Palace|Abdeen]], [[Al Azbakiya|Al-Azbakiya]], al-Muski, and Bab El-Shaaria.

'''The Southern Area''' divided into 12 Districts:

Masr El-Qadima ([[Old Cairo]]), al-Khalifa, [[Mokattam|al-Moqattam]], al-Basatin, Dar El-Salam, El-Sayeda Zeinab, [[El Tebin|al-Tebin]], [[Helwan]], [[El Masara|al-Ma'sara]], [[Maadi|al-Maadi]], [[Tura, Egypt|Tora]], and [[15th of May (city)|15th may City]].

In addition to Cairo City, there are six satellite cities that are under the jurisdiction of the [[Ministry of Housing, Utilities & Urban Communities (Egypt)|Minister of Housing, Utilities and Urban Communities]] who chairs the [[New Urban Communities Authority]] that directly controls them (planning, land sales, zoning), while the governorate departments ({{transliteration|ar|muduriyat}}) control police and select public services (education, health, subsidised food).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Managing public services in the New Cities - Tadamun |url=http://www.tadamun.co/managing-public-services-in-the-new-cities/?lang=en#.Y6YnDMTMIoA |access-date=2022-12-23}}</ref> The more populated ones are subdivided into {{transliteration|ar|hayy}}, while the ones still under construction are yet to have governorate representation. These cities are:

*[[New Cairo]] 
*[[El Shorouk]]
*[[Badr, Egypt|Badr]] 
*[[15th of May (city)|15th of May]] 
*[[New Administrative Capital]] 
*Capital Gardens

As of January 2023, the [[Subdivisions of Egypt#Municipal divisions|municipal divisions]] had a total estimated population as of 10,203,693.<ref name="CAPMAS2023" />
{| class="sortable wikitable plainrowheaders" 
|+
District Subdivisions ({{transliteration|ar|Hayy}})
! Anglicized name !! Native name !! Arabic transliteration !!  Population<br /><small>(January 2023 Est.)</small>
|-
|1st Settlement || style="text-align:right;"| {{lang|ar|التجمع الأول ثان القاهرة}} ||{{transliteration|ar| 'Al Tagmou Al Khames Than Al Qahira}} || style="text-align:right;"|96,996 
|-
|[[El Shorouk]] || style="text-align:right;"| {{lang|ar|الشروق}} ||{{transliteration|ar| 'El Shorouk}} || style="text-align:right;"|94,582
|-

|[[Fifth Settlement|5th Settlement]]|| style="text-align:right;" | {{lang|ar|التجمع الخامس أول القاهرة}} ||{{transliteration|ar| 'Al Tagmou Al Khames Aoal Al Qahira}} || style="text-align:right;"|145,286 
|-
|[[15th of May (city)|15 May City]]|| style="text-align:right;" | {{lang|ar|15 مايو  }} || 15 {{transliteration|ar|Māyū}} || style="text-align:right;" |100,074 
|-
|Abdeen  || style="text-align:right;"| {{lang|ar|عابدين}} || {{transliteration|ar|'Ābidīn}} ||  style="text-align:right;"| 40,450 
|-
|[[Al-Darb al-Ahmar|El Darb El Ahmar]]|| style="text-align:right;" |{{lang|ar|الدرب الأحمر}} || {{transliteration|ar|Al-Darb Al-Aḥmar}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2018/mar/21/cairo-artisan-district-al-darb-al-ahmar-photo-essay|title=Alive with artisans: Cairo's al-Darb al-Ahmar district – a photo essay|first=Harry |last=Johnstone |others= Photography by Christopher Wilton-Steer. |date=21 March 2018|work=The Guardian}}</ref> || style="text-align:right;"|62,563 
|-
|Al Qatamia || style="text-align:right;"| {{lang|ar|القطامية ثالث القاهرة الجديدة}} ||{{transliteration|ar|Al Qatamia Thalth Al Qahira Al Jadida}} || style="text-align:right;"|75,810 
|-
|[[Ain Shams]]|| style="text-align:right;" | {{lang|ar|عين شمس}} ||{{transliteration|ar| 'Ain Schams}} || style="text-align:right;"|657,226 
|-
|Amreya  || style="text-align:right;"| {{lang|ar|الاميريه}} ||{{transliteration|ar| Al-Amīriīah}} || style="text-align:right;"|163,206 
|-
|[[Azbakeya]]|| style="text-align:right;" | {{lang|ar|الأزبكية}} ||{{transliteration|ar| Al-Azbakiyah}} || style="text-align:right;"|21,148 
|-
|El Basatin || style="text-align:right;"| {{lang|ar|البساتين}} ||{{transliteration|ar| Al-Basātīn}} || style="text-align:right;"|529,875 
|-
|El Gamaliya || style="text-align:right;"| {{lang|ar|الجمالية}} ||{{transliteration|ar| Al-Jamāliyah}} || style="text-align:right;"|38,908 
|-
|[[Al-Khalifa District|El Khalifa]]|| style="text-align:right;" | {{lang|ar|الخليفة}} ||{{transliteration|ar| Al-Khalīfah}} || style="text-align:right;"|112,568 
|-
|[[Maadi]]|| style="text-align:right;" | {{lang|ar|المعادي}} ||{{transliteration|ar| Al-Ma'ādī}} || style="text-align:right;"|94,777 
|-
|[[El Marg]] || style="text-align:right;"| {{lang|ar|المرج}} ||{{transliteration|ar| Al-Marj}} || style="text-align:right;"|854,284 
|-
|El Masara|| style="text-align:right;"| {{lang|ar|المعصره}} ||{{transliteration|ar| Al-Ma'ṣarah}} || style="text-align:right;"|288,880 
|-
|[[El Matareya, Cairo|El Matareya]]|| style="text-align:right;" | {{lang|ar|المطرية}} ||{{transliteration|ar| Al-Maṭariyah}} || style="text-align:right;"|644,436 
|-
|El Mokattam || style="text-align:right;"| {{lang|ar|المقطم}} ||{{transliteration|ar| Al-Muqaṭṭam}} || style="text-align:right;"|239,750 
|-
|El Muski  || style="text-align:right;"| {{lang|ar|الموسكي}} ||{{transliteration|ar| Al-Mūskī}} || style="text-align:right;"|16,715 
|-
|[[New Cairo]] 1 || style="text-align:right;" | {{lang|ar|أول القاهرة الجديدة }}||{{transliteration|ar| Al-Qāhirah al-Jadīdah 1}} || style="text-align:right;"|136,271 
|}

== Population ==
{{Historical populations
|1937 | 1312096
|1947 | 2090654
|1957 | 2877195
|1966 | 4220000
|1976 | 5084463
|1986 | 6052836
|1996 | 6800991
|2006 | 7902085
|2014 | 9102232
|2018 | 9655000
|2023 | 10203693
||align=middle|footnote=sources:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.citypopulation.de/php/egypt-admin.php|title=Egypt Administrative Division|date=8 January 2012|publisher=Citypopulation.de|access-date=1 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140220205320/http://www.citypopulation.de/php/egypt-admin.php|archive-date=20 February 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="UN 1960">{{cite book |title=United Nations 1960 Demographic Yearbook |publisher=United Nations |page=289 |url=https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dybsets/1960%20DYB.pdf |access-date=10 December 2018}}</ref><ref name="Gwillim_Book_Egypt">{{cite book |last1=Law |first1=Gwillim |title=Administrative Subdivisions of Countries |date=1999 |publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc. |page=115}}</ref><ref name="CAPMAS2023" />}}

== Governors ==

As of 4 April 2025, Ibrahim Saber is the governor of Cairo Governorate.<ref>{{cite web |date=10 December 2024 |title=At least 8 killed in building collapse in Cairo |url=https://apnews.com/article/egypt-building-collapse-cairo-97420b8cda693a9866edf9f876218509 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250404190944/https://apnews.com/article/egypt-building-collapse-cairo-97420b8cda693a9866edf9f876218509 |archive-date=April 4, 2025 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref>

=== Former  ===
{{Main|List of governors of Cairo Governorate}}
Source:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Former Governors |url=http://www.cairo.gov.eg/en/Pages/ExGovernor.aspx?SubmID=100 |access-date=2022-12-23 |website=Cairo Governorate}}</ref>
* Atef Abdelhamid, 7 September 2016 - 12 August 2018<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.almasryalyoum.com/news/details/1006176 |author=Mohsen Semeika |work=[[Al-Masry Al-Youm]] |language=ar |script-title=ar:وزير التموين و6 محافظين جدد يؤدون اليمين الدستورية أمام الرئيس (صور) |date=2016-07-09 |access-date=2016-07-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181104151239/https://www.almasryalyoum.com/news/details/1006176 |archive-date=4 November 2018}}</ref>
* [[Galal Saeed|Galal Mostafa Saeed]], 13 August 2013 - 23 March 2016
* Osama Kamal, 29 January 2013 - 12 August 2013
* [[Abdel Qawi Khalifa|Abdel Kawi Khalifa]], 14 April 2011 - 12 August 2012
* [[Abdul Azim Wazir|Abdel Azim Wazir]], 9 July 2004 - 14 April 2011
* Abdel Rehim Shehata, 8 July 1997 - 14 July 2004
* Mohammed Omar Abdel Akhar, 2 May 1991 - 7 July 1997
* Mahmoud Sherif, 18 April 1989 - 19 May 1991
* [[Youssef Sabri Abu Taleb|Yousef Sabri Abu Taleb]], 13 March 1983 - 14 April 1989
* Mohammed Saad El-Din Maamoun, 15 May 1977 - 12 March 1983

==Industrial zones==
According to the Governing Authority for Investment and Free Zones (GAFI), the following industrial zones are located in Cairo:<ref name="IndustrialZones">{{cite web |title=Industrial Zones of Governorate |url=http://www.gafi.gov.eg/English/StartaBusiness/InvestmentZones/Pages/Industrial-Zones.aspx |website=Ministry of Investment Egypt |access-date=18 March 2025}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Zone name

|-
|rowspan="1"|15 May Industrial Zone

|-
|rowspan="1"|Badr City Industrial Zone

|-
|rowspan="1"|El Maasara Industrial Zone

|-
|rowspan="1"|El Marg District Industrial Zones

|-
|rowspan="1"|El Robeky Industrial Zone

|-
|rowspan="1"|El Sharabiya District Industrial Zones

|-
|rowspan="1"|Katameya Industrial Zone

|-
|rowspan="1"|New Cairo Industrial Zone

|-
|rowspan="1"|Shaq El Thoban Industrial Zone

|-
|rowspan="1"|South Helwan Industrial Zone

|-
|rowspan="1"|Torah Industrial Zone

|}

== See also ==
* [[Governorates of Egypt]]
* [[Greater Cairo]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.cairo.gov.eg/ Cairo Governorate] Official website (in Arabic and English)

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