Sharqia Governorate
Governorate of Egypt
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The capital of the governorate is Zagazig and Sharqia has a strong industrial and agricultural sector.
Sharqia is the third most populous governorate in Egypt and is considered the birthplace of many historical leaders and figures in Egypt.
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Municipal divisions
The governorate is divided into the following municipal divisions for administrative purposes, with a total estimated population as of January 2023 of 7,021,046. In some instances there is a markaz and a kism with the same name.
Population
According to population estimates, in 2015 the majority of residents in the governorate lived in rural areas, with an urbanization rate of 25%. Out of an estimated 6,485,412 people residing in the governorate in 2015, 4,987,707 people lived in rural areas and 1,497,705 lived in urban areas.
Industrial zones
According to the Governing Authority for Investment and Free Zones (GAFI), the following industrial zones are located in Sharqia:
Cities and towns
The following cities and towns are located in Sharqia Governorate.
Notable people
- Ramses II, Egyptian pharaoh
- El-Said Badawi, sociolinguist
- Mohamed Morsi, former President of Egypt
- Ahmed Shafik, former Prime Minister of Egypt and Presidential Candidate for the 2012 Egyptian presidential election
- The Abaza Family, Egypt's largest aristocratic family of Circassian Abazin origin.
- Mohammed Ahmed Sadek, army general
- Ahmed Subhy Mansour, founder of the Quranist movement
- Sayed Marei, engineer and politician
- Abdel Halim Hafez, popular singer and actor
- Miral al-Tahawy, award-winning Bedouin novelist
- Yusuf Abu Rayya, award-winning novelist
- Husayn Fawzi Al Najjar, political historian and Islamic scholar
- Magdi Yacoub, professor of cardiothoracic surgery
- Ahmed Fouad Negm, vernacular poet
- Rushdy Abaza, actor
- Fekry Pasha Abaza, journalist and political activist
- Ahmed 'Urabi, the leader of the 1881 nationalist uprising against the British
- Hamada Helal, singer
- Mounira El Mahdeya, singer and actress
- Emad Moteab, footballer
- Ahmed el-Mansy, an officer who was killed in clashes with terrorists in North Sinai
- Aly Saad, professor of cardiology