The Central Military Region is one of the
five military regions of the
Egyptian Armed Forces
The Egyptian Armed Forces ( arz, القُوّات المُسَلَّحَة المِصْرِيَّة, alquwwat almusalahat almisria) are the military forces of the Arab Republic of Egypt. They consist of the Egyptian Army, Egyptian Navy, Egypti ...
and is headquartered in
Cairo
Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo metro ...
.
Structure
The current structure of the Central Military Region:
HQ, Central Military Region:
Heliopolis, Greater Cairo
* Field HQ,
Heliopolis, Central Military Region
* Field HQ,
El Qanater, Central Military Region
** Sub-Field HQ,
Tanta
Tanta ( ar, طنطا ' , ) is a city in Egypt with the country's fifth largest populated area and 658,798 inhabitants as of 2018. Tanta is located between Cairo and Alexandria: north of Cairo and southeast of Alexandria. The capital of Gharbia ...
, Central Military Region
** Sub-Field HQ,
Zagazig
Zagazig ( ar, الزقازيق ' , rural: ) is a city in Lower Egypt. Situated in the eastern part of the Nile delta, it is the capital of the governorate of Sharqia.
It is located on the Muweis Canal and is a hub of the corn and cott ...
, Central Military Region
* Field HQ,
Qom Ushim
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,
El Fayum, Central Military Region
* Field HQ,
Beni Suef, Central Military Region
It contains the following units:
*
2nd Mechanised Division (
Highkestep, Cairo)
** 120th Mechanized Infantry Brigade
** 4th Mechanized Infantry Brigade
** 56th Armored Brigade
** 51st Med. Range Artillery Brigade
*
9th Armoured Division (
Dahshur
DahshurAlso transliterated ''Dahshour'' (in English often called ''Dashur'' ar, دهشور ' , ''Dahchur'') is a royal necropolis located in the desert on the west bank of the Nile approximately south of Cairo. It is known chiefly for several p ...
, southwest of Giza)
** 71st Armored Brigade
** 72nd Armored Brigade
** 90th Mechanized Infantry Brigade
** 44th Med. Range Artillery Brigade
* 23rd Independent Armored Brigade
* Two Engineer Brigades
* Two Long Range Artillery Brigades
* 9th Reconnaissance Battalion
* 10th Drone Reconnaissance Battalion
References
Military regions of Egypt
Cairo
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