Cairo (governorate)

Cairo ( Arabic: القاهرة ) is a governorate in the Arab Republic of Egypt . The administrative center is the city of Cairo . It is located in the north of the country, in the southern part of the Nile Delta , northeast of the Ghiza governorate, west of the Suez governorate and south of the Qalyubiya and Sharkiya governorates. This governorate unites only one city in Cairo. There are government agencies, offices of major national and international companies and organizations, including the headquarters of the League of Arab States , the regional office of the World Health Organization , banking institutions, etc. There are several industrial zones: Misr al-Ghedida, El Waili, Medinat Nasr.

Governorate
Cairo
Arab. القاهرة
Flag Emblem
A country	Egypt
Adm. Centre	Cairo
History and Geography
Square	3085 [1] km² (20th place )
Height
Timezone	UTC + 2
Largest cities	Cairo
Population
Population	6 758 581 people ( 2006 ) ( 1st place )
Density	2190.79 people / km² (2nd place)
Denominations	Sunni Muslims, Copts, Catholics
Official language	Arab
Digital identifiers
ISO 3166-2 Code	EG-C
Official site

Cairo Governorate should not be confused with the term Greater Cairo - an urban agglomeration of three provinces (Cairo, Al-Ghiza and Qalyubiya ), as well as two new governorates - Helwan and October 6 (in April 2011, these two governorates were canceled. Helwan went back to the department Cairo, and October 6, El Giza ). The total population of the agglomeration, according to some estimates, can reach 20 million people.