Dakahlia Governorate ( ar, محافظة الدقهلية ', ) is an Egyptian

governorate A governorate is an administrative division of a state. It is headed by a governor. As English-speaking nations tend to call regions administered by governors either State (administrative division), states or province, provinces, the term ''govern ...

lying northeast of

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 ...

. Its area is approximately 3,500 km². Although the capital of the governorate is Mansoura, it got its name from the ancient town of Daqahlah (, from ) which is located in the modern Damietta Governorate.

History

Archaeology

According to the Egypt's Ministry of Antiquities, in February, 2020, Egyptian archaeologists have uncovered 83 tombs dating back to 4,000 B.C known as Naqada III period. Various small pottery pots in different shapes and some sea shells, makeup tools, eyeliner pots, and jewels were also revealed in the burial. In April 2021, Egyptian archeologists announced the discovery of 110 burial tombs at the Koum el-Khulgan archeological site. 68 oval-shaped tombs of them dated back to the Predynastic Period and 37 rectangular-shaped tombs were from Second Intermediate Period. Rest of them dated back to the Naqada III period. The tombs also contained the remains of adults and a baby (buried in a jar), a group of ovens, stoves, remnants of mud-brick foundations, funerary equipment, cylindrical, pear-shaped vessels and a bowl with geometric designs.

Municipal divisions

The governorate is divided into the following municipal divisions and in July 2017 had an estimated population of 6,516,489. At times there is a kism and a markaz 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 28.2%. Out of an estimated 5,949,001 people residing in the governorate, 4,271,428 people lived in rural areas as opposed to 1,677,573 in urban areas. By 2018, the population had increased to an estimated 6,577,000.

Overview

The Urology and

Nephrology Nephrology (from Greek'' nephros'' "kidney", combined with the suffix ''-logy'', "the study of") is a specialty of adult internal medicine and pediatric medicine that concerns the study of the kidneys, specifically normal kidney function (ren ...

Center of Mansoura University Faculty of Medicine also features a renowned kidney center. Founded in 1983. Under the management of Dr. Mohamed A. Ghoneim.

Cities and towns

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* Bilqas * Damas * Dikirnis *El Gamaliya *

El Kurdi El Kurdi ( ar, الكردي) is a city in Dakahlia Governorate of Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via ...

* El Matareya * El Senbellawein *Gamasa *

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* Mansoura * Manzala *Mit Elkorama * Mit Ghamr *Mit Salsil *Nabaroh * Sherbin * Temay El Amdeed * Talkha

Industrial zones

According to the Egyptian Governing Authority for Investment and Free Zones (GAFI), in affiliation with the Ministry of Investment (MOI), the following industrial zones are located in this governorate: *Southwest Gamasa *Asafra

Notable people

Arts

* Ahmad Hasan al-Zayyat, writer and intellectual *

Anis Mansour Anis Mansour, also transliterated as Anīs Manṣūr ( ar, أنيس منصور, ) (18 August 1924 – 21 October 2011) was an Egyptian writer. Biography Mansour was born in Al-Mansoura on 18 August 1924. He obtained his BA in philosophy at Cair ...

, writer * Ali Mahmoud Taha, romantic poet * Adel Emam, movie and stage actor * Faten Hamama, actress and producer * Hassan al-Imam, film director *

Iman Mersal Iman Mersal ( ar, إيمان مرسال; born November 30, 1966 Mit 'Adlan, Dakahlia, Egypt) is an Egyptian poet. Life Iman Mersal graduated from Mansoura University, and received her MA and PhD from Cairo University. She co-founded ''Bint al-Ard ...

, poet *

Khaled El Nabawy Khaled Mohamed El Nabawy ( ar, خالد محمد النبوي; born September 12, 1966) is an Egyptian actor who played roles in film, theater and television. He was born in Mansoura, Egypt, and was introduced to cinema by the director Youssef ...

, actor *

Mohamed Abla Mohamed Abla is an Egyptian artist known for his paintings of abstract sceneries in Egypt. He was born in 1953 in Belqas, Mansoura in Northern Egypt, where he spent his childhood and went to school. In 1973, Abla moved to Alexandria, and joined the ...

, artist *

Mahmoud Mokhtar Mahmoud Mukhtar ( ar, محمود مختار) (May 10, 1891 – March 28, 1934) was an Egyptian sculptor. He attended the College of Fine Arts in Cairo upon its opening in 1908 by Prince Yusuf Kamal, and was part of the original "Pioneers" of the ...

, sculptor *

Naguib Surur Naguib Surur ( ar, نجيب سرور; born 1 June 1932 - 24 October 1978) was an Egyptian poet, playwright, actor and critic.< ...

, poet and playwright *

No'man Ashour No'man Ashour (January 1918 – 5 April 1987) was an Egyptian poet and playwright, born in Mit Ghamr, Dakahlia Governorate. He is most known for the foundation of realism in the Egyptian drama. Moreover he considered comedy Comedy is a genre ...

, poet and playwright *

Ramy Essam Ramy Essam ( ar, رامي عصام, ; born 1987 in Mansoura) is an Egyptian musician. He is best known for his appearances in Tahrir Square in Cairo during the Egyptian Revolution of 2011. Ramy is one of the few singers in Middle East to sing h ...

, musician *

Sherif Mounir Sherif Mounir (sometimes credited as: Sherif Moneer), ( ar, شريف منير), born May 14, 1959, in El Mansoura (المنصورة) in Dakahlia Governorate (محافظة الدقهلية) as Sherif Ahmed Mounir ( ar, شريف أحمد منير), ...

, movie and stage actor * Umm Kulthum, renowned singer and songwriter

Journalists

Ahmed Mansour (journalist) Ahmed Mansour is an Egyptian journalist, television presenter, television host, and interviewer on Al Jazeera since 1997, and writer. He is one of Al Jazeera's prominent journalists. He presents ''Bela Hodod'' (بلا حدود, Arabic for "wit ...

* Mohamed Makhzangi, journalist and writer *

Mohammed Hussein Heikal Mohammed Hussein Heikal ( ar, محمد حسين هيكل ; August 20, 1888 – December 8, 1956) was an Egyptian writer, journalist, politician. He held several cabinet posts, including minister of education. Life Haekal was born in Kafr Ghann ...

, journalist, writer and politician *

Magdi Mehanna Magdi Mehanna (born Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt, 1956-2008) was an Egyptian journalist and the founding editor of ''Al-Masry Al-Youm'' newspaper, where he authored a column entitled "In the Forbidden Zone." He also presented a talk show with the ...

Politics

* Ali Pasha Mubarak, one of the most influential and talented of Egypt's 19th century reformers * Ayman Nour, politician *

Ahmed Gamal El-Din Moussa Ahmed Gamal El-din Moussa (Arabic: أحمد جمال الدين موسى) (born 28 May 1951 in Al-Mouqata, Dakahlia, Egypt) was the Minister of Education and Higher Education in Egypt, during 2011. Prior to his appointment following a cabinet r ...

, former minister *

Ahmed Lutfi el-Sayed Ahmed Lutfi el-Sayed or Aḥmad Luṭfī Sayyid Pasha () (15 January 1872 – 5 March 1963) was a prominent Egyptian nationalist, intellectual, anti-colonial activist and the first director of Cairo University. He was an influential person in the ...

, intellectual, secularist and nationalist *

Abdel Latif Boghdadi ʿAbd al-Laṭīf al-Baghdādī ( ar, عبداللطيف البغدادي, 1162 Baghdad–1231 Baghdad), short for Muwaffaq al-Dīn Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Laṭīf ibn Yūsuf al-Baghdādī ( ar, موفق الدين محمد عبد اللطيف بن ...

, politician * Khaled Ali, lawyer and Acitvist * Khairat el-Shater, Islamic political activist *

Mohammed Mahdi Akef Mohammed Mahdi Akef ( ar, محمد مهدي عاكف; July 12, 1928 – September 22, 2017) was the head of the Muslim Brotherhood, an Egypt-based Islamic political movement, from 2004 until 2010. He assumed the post, that of "general guide" ( ar ...

, former head of

Muslim Brotherhood The Society of the Muslim Brothers ( ar, جماعة الإخوان المسلمين'' ''), better known as the Muslim Brotherhood ( ', is a transnational Sunni Islamist organization founded in Egypt by Islamic scholar and schoolteacher Hassan ...

Mohamed Abdul Salam Mahgoub Colonel Mohamed Abdul Salam Mahgoub ( ar, محمد عبد السلام المحجوب, ''Muḥammad `Abdul-Salām al-Maḥgūb'') (1935 – 31 January 2022) was an Egyptian politician. Through 2006 to his death, he was the Minister of Local Deve ...

, politician * Omar Abdel-Rahman, Muslim leader and activist *

Sami Hafez Anan Lieutenant General Sami Hafez Anan or Enan ( ar, سامى حافظ عنان, ; born 2 February 1948) is an Egyptian military officer. He was the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces from 2005 until August 2012, until his retirement was ...

, military officer *

Salah Nasr Salah Nasr (, ) (8 October 1920 – 5 March 1982) served as head of the Egyptian General Intelligence Directorate from 1957 to 1967. He retired citing health reasons following Egypt's defeat in the 1967 Six-Day War. He was succeeded by Amin Ho ...

, former intelligence agency director

Religion

* Gad el-Haq, former Grand Imam of Al-Azhar *

George El Mozahem George El Mozahem ( cop, ⲅⲉⲱⲣⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲡⲓⲍⲟϩⲉⲙ; 940 – June 26, 969) was a Coptic Orthodox martyr and saint. Born in Talkha, Egypt, as El-Mozahem to a Christian mother (Mary) and a Muslim father (Jumaa Al Atawy), He was r ...

, Coptic Orthodox martyr and saint * Mohamed Metwally Al-Shaarawy, Islamic scholar *

Mahmoud Zakzouk Mahmoud Zakzouk ( ar, محمود حمدي زقزوق‎; 27 December 1933 – 1 April 2020) was an Egyptian politician and academic. He served as minister of religious endowment of Egypt from 1995 to 2011. Early life and education Zakzouk was ...

, academic and politician

Science

* Farouk El-Baz, space scientist *

Mohamed Ghoneim Mohamed Ahmed Ghoneim is an Egyptian urologist. Career Ghoneim is a graduate of the University of Cairo. He is one of the founders of the Ghoneim Urology and Nephrology Center for Management of Renal and Urological Disorders (a World Health Org ...

, urologist *

Saad Eddin Ibrahim Saad Eddin Ibrahim ( arz, سعد الدين إبراهيم, ) (born 31 December 1938) is an Egyptian sociologist and author. He is one of Egypt's leading human rights and democracy activists, and a strong critic of former Egyptian President Hosni ...

, academic and sociologist *

Selim Hassan Selim Hassan ( ar, سليم حسن; born on 15 April 1886 – 1961) was an Egyptian Egyptologist. He was the first native Egyptian to be appointed Professor of Egyptology at the University of Cairo, a post he held from 1936 to 1939. He was then ...

, Egyptologist

Sports

* Ōsunaarashi Kintarō (Abdelrahman Shalan) sumo wrestler *

Abdel-Zaher El-Saqqa Abdel-Zaher El-Saqqa Ahmed Mohamed Hassan ( ar, عبد الظاهر السقا أحمد محمد حسن; born 30 January 1974) is an Egyptian retired footballer. He also won 112 caps for the Egypt national side, scoring 4 goals. Beginning his c ...

, footballer * Amr Marey, footballer * Hussam El-Badrawi, sports shooter * Mahmoud Fathalla, footballer *

Mahmoud El Khatib Mahmoud Ibrahim Ibrahim El Khatib ( ar, محمود إبراهيم إبراهيم الخطيب; born 30 October 1954), popularly nicknamed Bibo ( ar, بيبو), is an Egyptian retired footballer and current President of Al Ahly. He is widely rega ...

, footballer *

Mahmoud Abou El-Saoud Mahmoud Abou El-Saoud Zaki Mohamed Kassem ( ar, محمود أبو السعود; born November 30, 1987) is an Egyptian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Egyptian Premier League side El Mokawloon El Arab. He was also a member of Egypt nati ...

, footballer * Mohamed El Shamy (footballer, born 1996) *

Mimi El-Sherbini Mohamed Abdel-Latif "Mimi" El-Sherbini ( ar, ميمي محمد عبد اللطيف الشربيني) (born 26 July 1938) is an Egyptian former footballer who played as a defender for Al-Ahly and the Egyptian national team. He took part in the ...

, footballer * Salah Soliman, footballer

References

External links

Dakahliya Governorate
Official website

El Wattan News of Dakahlia Governorate
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