Al Sharqia Governorate

Al Sharqia Governorate
Governorate
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Al Sharqia Governorate on the map of Egypt
Coordinates: 30°42′N 31°38′E / 30.7°N 31.63°ECoordinates: 30°42′N 31°38′E / 30.7°N 31.63°E
Country	Egypt
Seat	Zagazig (capital)
Area
• Total	4,180 km^2 (1,610 sq mi)
Population (2014)
• Total	6,327,562
• Density	1,500/km^2 (3,900/sq mi)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)

Al Sharqia Governorate (Arabic: محافظة الشرقية‎ aš-Šarqiyyah  Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [eʃ.ʃæɾˈʔejjæ], rural: [eʃ.ʃæɾˈɡejje]; English: Eastern Governorate or "Eastern Province") is the 3rd most populous of the governorates of Egypt. Located in the northern part of the country, its capital is the city of Zagazig.

Cities

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1996	4,281,068	—
2006	5,354,041	+25.1%
2014E	6,327,562	+18.2%
sources:[1][2]

• Abu Hammad
• Abu Kabeer
• Bilbeis
• Diarb Negm
• Faqous
• Hihya
• Kafr Abaza
• Kafr Saqr
• Minya Al Qamh
• al-salhia
• Al Qurayn
• Al Ibrahimiah
• El Asher City
• Zagazig

Notable people

• Mohamed Morsi, former President of Egypt
• Ahmed Shafik, former Prime Minister of Egypt and Presidential Candidate for Egyptian presidential election, 2012
• Abaza Family, the largest family in Sharqia and Egypt's largest Circassian minority and house of nobility. ^[3][4] and as "deeply rooted in Egyptian society and… in the history of the country."^[5] Many villages, streets, and at least one city square are named after members of this dynasty, which still retains millions of hectares of land holdings in the province. The province was governed by Governor Wagih Abaza for 20 years before he was given Beheira and later Cairo. ^[4] The family has controlled certain parliamentary seats in the area for the last 70 years.^[6][7][8]
• Khater family, Decedents of Al Khater family in Egypt
• Ahmed Subhy Mansour, founder of the Quranists deviant sect
• 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
• Ahmed Salem, future nobel prize winner^[9]
• Magdi Yacoub, Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the National Heart and Lung Institute
• Sama El Masry, actress, belly dancer, and activist
• Ahmed Fouad Negm, Egyptian vernacular poet
• Rushdy Abaza, actor
• Fekry Pasha Abaza, journalist and political activist
• Ahmed 'Urabi , the leader of 1881 revolution

References

1. "EGYPT Administrative Division". Citypopulation.de. 2012-01-08. Retrieved June 1, 2012.
2. http://www.sis.gov.eg/En/Templates/Articles/tmpArticles.aspx?ArtID=9#.U-8Lup_7HGI
3. http://www.albawabhnews.com/482311#.UzL6117RRaw.facebook
4. http://daharchives.alhayat.com/issue_archive/Hayat%20INT/1998/9/28/%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%94%D9%85-%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D9%94%D9%85-%D8%AE%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B7-%D9%85%D9%86%D9%87%D9%85%D8%A7-%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%94%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%94%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B8%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B1-%D8%AA%D8%AA%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%81-%D9%86%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B0%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%8B-%D9%85%D8%B9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%BA%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B9%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%82%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A9.html
5. "Rushdi Abaza, AlexCinema". www.bibalex.org. Retrieved 2012-08-23.
7. "huffpostarab".
8. "masralarabia".
9. Lael, Jairo. "Future Scholars in the Middle East". AMIDEAST. AMIDEAST. Retrieved 2016-04-11.

Ahmed Orabi the Egyptian leader during the British occupation

External links

• Official website(Arabic)