Dakahlia Governorate ( ar, محافظة الدقهلية ', ) is an Egyptian governorate lying northeast of

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. Its area is approximately 3,500 km². Although the capital of the governorate is

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, it got its name from the ancient town of Daqahlah (, from ) which is located in the modern

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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

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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

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. Rest of them dated back to the

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

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and Nephrology Center of

Mansoura University Mansoura University was founded in 1972 in Mansoura city, Egypt. It is in the middle of the Nile Delta. It is one of the biggest Egyptian universities and has contributed much to the cultural and scientific life in Mansoura and Egypt. History T ...

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

Cities and towns

* Aga * Bilqas * Damas *

Dikirnis Dekernes ( arz, دكرنس ; , , "land of Osiris") is a town in the center of the Dakahlia Governorate of Egypt. It is situated about 20 km east of Mansoura, the capital of Dakahlia. Etymology Education The town is home to one of the o ...

*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 List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning the North Africa, northeast c ...

El Matareya El Matareya (also spelled Matarieh or la Matarée) ( ar, المطرية ). Is a coastal town, is a region ('' markaz'') in Egypt. Located in the Dakahlia Governorate, it is located south of Port Said, nicknamed the fishing town. It lies ...

El Senbellawein El Senbellawein ( ar, السنبلاوين ) is a city in the Dakahlia Governorate of Egypt. Located about south of Mansoura, it has a population of approximately 435,000 inhabitants. Famous residents include political activist Ahmed Lutfi el-S ...

*Gamasa * Gogar *

Manzala El Manzala () is a region ('' markaz'') in Egypt. Situated in the Dakahlia Governorate, it lies on the Lake Manzala coast in the northeastern part of the country. Etymology The town's name comes from Lake Manzala which in turn derives from . ...

*Mit Elkorama *

Mit Ghamr Mit Ghamr ( ar, ميت غمر, ) is an Egyptian center producing aluminium accounting for more than 70% of Egypt's total production, especially aluminum utensils. It is a city in Dakahlia Governorate, where it is second only to Al Mansurah in p ...

*Mit Salsil *Nabaroh * Sherbin * Temay El Amdeed *

Talkha Talkha ( ar, طلخا ) is a city in Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt. The city is located on the west bank of the Damietta, a distributary of the Nile in the Delta region. Is about 120 km northeast of Cairo. Talkha is situated opposite th ...

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 Ahmad Hasan al-Zayyat ( ar, أحمد حسن الزيات) was an influential Egyptian political writer and intellectual who established the Egyptian literary magazine '' Arrissalah'', which is described as "the most important intellectual weekly ...

, 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 Adel Emam ( ar, عادل إمام; born 17 May 1940 is an Egyptian film, television, and stage actor. He is primarily a comedian, but he has starred in more serious works and, combined comedy with romance especially in his earlier films, which ...

, movie and stage actor *

Faten Hamama Faten Ahmed Hamama ( ar, فاتن حمامه ; 27 May 1931 – 17 January 2015) was an Egyptian film and television actress and film producer. She was the first wife of Ezz El-Dine Zulficar. She made her screen debut in 1939, when she was ...

, actress and producer *

Hassan al-Imam Hassan al-Imam ( ar, حسن الإمام; March 6, 1919 in Mansoura, Egypt – January 29, 1988) was a prominent Egyptian film director. He was nicknamed the Box-office King, made three films listed in the Top 100 Egyptian films list. Early lif ...

, film director * Iman Mersal, poet * Khaled El Nabawy, actor * Mohamed Abla, 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, 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, movie and stage actor *

Umm Kulthum Umm Kulthum ( ar, أم كلثوم, , also spelled ''Oum Kalthoum'' in English; born Fatima Ibrahim es-Sayyid el-Beltagi, ar, فاطمة إبراهيم السيد البلتاجي, Fāṭima ʾIbrāhīm es-Sayyid el-Beltāǧī, link=no; 31 Dece ...

, renowned singer and songwriter

Journalists

* Ahmed Mansour (journalist) * 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 Ghan ...

, journalist, writer and politician * Magdi Mehanna

Politics

Ali Pasha Mubarak Ali Pasha Mubarak ( ar, على مبارك, born 1823 or 1824- died on 14 November 1893) was an Egyptian public works and education minister during the second half of the nineteenth century. He is often considered one of the most influential and t ...

, one of the most influential and talented of Egypt's 19th century reformers *

Ayman Nour Ayman Abd El Aziz Nour ( arz, أيمن عبد العزيز نور, ; born 5 December 1964) is an Egyptian politician, a former member of the Egyptian Parliament, founder and chairman of the El Ghad party. Nour was the first man to ever compet ...

, politician * Ahmed Gamal El-Din Moussa, former minister * Ahmed Lutfi el-Sayed, intellectual, secularist and nationalist * Abdel Latif Boghdadi, politician *

Khaled Ali Khaled Ali (also spelled Khaled Aly; arz, خالد على, ; born 26 February 1972) is an Egyptian lawyer and activist. He is known for his advocacy for reform of government and private sector corruption and for promoting social justice and l ...

, 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" ( a ...

, former head of Muslim Brotherhood * Mohamed Abdul Salam Mahgoub, politician *

Omar Abdel-Rahman Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman ( ar, عمر عبد الرحمن), (ʾUmar ʾAbd ar-Raḥmān; 3 May 1938 – 18 February 2017), commonly known in the United States as "The Blind Sheikh", was a blind Egyptian Islamist militant who served a life sent ...

, 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, former intelligence agency director

Religion

* Gad el-Haq, former

Grand Imam of Al-Azhar The Grand Imam of al-Azhar ( ar, الإمام الأكبر), also known as Grand Sheikh of al-Azhar ( ar, links=no, شيخ الأزهر الشريف), currently Ahmed el-Tayeb, is a prestigious and a prominent official title in Egypt. He is conside ...

* George El Mozahem,

Coptic Orthodox The Coptic Orthodox Church ( cop, Ϯⲉⲕ̀ⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ ⲛ̀ⲣⲉⲙⲛ̀ⲭⲏⲙⲓ ⲛ̀ⲟⲣⲑⲟⲇⲟⲝⲟⲥ, translit=Ti.eklyseya en.remenkimi en.orthodoxos, lit=the Egyptian Orthodox Church; ar, الكنيسة القبطي� ...

martyr and saint *

Mohamed Metwally Al-Shaarawy Muhammad Metwalli al-Sha'rawi ( ar, محمد متولي الشعراوي) (April 15, 1911 – June 17, 1998) was an Islamic scholar, former Egyptian minister of Endowments and Maliki jurist. He has been called one of Egypt's most popular and suc ...

, Islamic scholar * Mahmoud Zakzouk, academic and politician

Science

Farouk El-Baz Farouk El-Baz ( arz, فاروق الباز, ''Pronunciation'': ) (born January 2, 1938) is an Egyptian American space scientist and geologist, who worked with NASA in the scientific exploration of the Moon and the planning of the Apollo program. ...

, space scientist * Mohamed Ghoneim, 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 (born February 10, 1992 as Abdelrahman Shalan, ar, عبد الرحمن شعلان) is a retired sumo wrestler from Egypt. He was the first pro sumo wrestler from the African continent. Ōsunaarashi, whose chosen ring name translates into Englis ...

(Abdelrahman Shalan) sumo wrestler * Abdel-Zaher El-Saqqa, footballer * Amr Marey, footballer * Hussam El-Badrawi, sports shooter *

Mahmoud Fathalla Mahmoud Fathalla Abdou Ibrahim El Henawy ( ar, عبدو ابراهيم الحناوي محمود فتح الله; born 13 February 1982) is an Egyptian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. International career Fathalla re ...

, footballer * Mahmoud El Khatib, footballer * Mahmoud Abou El-Saoud, footballer * Mohamed El Shamy (footballer, born 1996) * Mimi El-Sherbini, footballer * Salah Soliman, footballer

References

External links

Dakahliya Governorate
Official website

El Wattan News of Dakahlia Governorate
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