Qalyubiyya Governorate

{{short description|Governorate of Egypt}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Qalyubia Governorate | settlement_type = Governorate | image_flag = Governadorat de Qalyubiya.png | flag_size = 120px | image_blank_emblem = Qalyubia Logo.jpg | blank_emblem_size = 75px | image_map = Qalyubia in Egypt (2011).svg | map_caption = Qalyubia Governorate on the map of Egypt | coordinates = {{coord|30.41|N|31.21|E|region:EG|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{EGY}} | seat = Benha | leader_party = | leader_title = Governor | leader_name = Ayman Attiyya<ref>{{cite web |last1=Samir |first1=Farah |title=Egypt Announces New Governors for Cairo, Alexandria and Other Cities {{!}} Egyptian Streets |url=https://egyptianstreets.com/2024/07/04/egypt-announces-new-governors-for-cairo-alexandria-and-other-cities/ |date=4 July 2024}}</ref> | government_footnotes = | area_footnotes = <ref name="britannica" /> | area_total_km2 = 1,124 | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | population_footnotes = <ref name="CAPMAS2023">{{cite web |title=ﻋـــﺩﺩ ﺍﻟﺳﻛــﺎﻥ ﺍﻟﺗﻘﺩﻳﺭﻯ ﻟﻸﻗﺳــﺎﻡ |lang=ar |url=https://www.capmas.gov.eg/Admin/Pages%20Files/202331512347%D8%B9%D8%AF%D8%AF%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86%20%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89%20%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%89%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%B2%20%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%20%D9%81%D9%89%201%D9%80%201%D9%80%202023.pdf |access-date=1 April 2023}}</ref> | population_total = 6,217,766 | population_as_of = January 2024 | population_density_km2 = auto | demographics_type1 = GDP | demographics1_footnotes = <ref>{{citation|title=GDP BY GOVERNORATE|url=https://mped.gov.eg/Governorate?lang=en|website=mped.gov.eg}}</ref> | demographics1_title1 = Total | demographics1_info1 = EGP 339 billion (US$ 21.6 billion) | timezone1 = EGY | utc_offset1 = +2 | timezone1_DST = EEST | utc_offset1_DST = +3 | blank_name_sec2 = HDI (2021) | blank_info_sec2 = 0.735<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sub-national HDI - Subnational HDI - Table - Global Data Lab |url=https://globaldatalab.org/shdi/table/shdi/EGY/?levels=1+4&years=2021&extrapolation=0 |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=globaldatalab.org}}</ref> {{color|#0c0|high}} · 11th | website = {{URL|http://www.qaliobia.gov.eg}} | iso_code = | calling_code = | footnotes = }}

'''Qalyubia''' ({{langx|ar|محافظة القليوبية}} ''{{transliteration|ar|Moḥāfaẓat El Qalyubiyya }}'' {{IPA|arz|elʔæljoˈbejjæ}}) is one of the governorates of Egypt, located in Lower Egypt. It is situated north of Cairo in the Nile Delta region. Its capital is Banha.

==Name== Qalyubia is derived from the city of Qalyub, whose name is an arabization of Calliope<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Calliope {{!}} Greek Muse |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Calliope-Greek-Muse |access-date=2021-06-15 |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |language=en}}</ref> (Ancient Greek: Καλλιόπη, romanized: ''Kalliópē''), the Muse of epic poetry in Greek mythology.

==Geography== Banha and several other settlements blend into the neighboring Cairo Governorate; as a result, parts of Qalyubia (particularly Shubra El Kheima) are generally considered to form part of the Greater Cairo metropolitan area (along with Cairo governorate, Giza city and 6 October City).

{{Historical populations |1937 | 610,157 |1947 | 693,908 |1957 | 758,000 |1966 | 1,212,000 |1976 | 1,674,006 |1986 | 2,514,244 |1996 | 3,302,860 |2006 | 4,237,003 |2015 | 5,105,972 |2024 |6,217,766|align-fn=center |footnote=1937–2023, 2015 is an estimate<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.statoids.com/ueg.html|title=Population History (Al Qalyūbīyah)Population, 1966–2006|publisher=Statoids|access-date=October 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161014002115/http://statoids.com/ueg.html|archive-date=2016-10-14|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="CAPMAS2023" />}}

==Municipal divisions== The governorate is divided into the following municipal divisions for administrative purposes, with a total estimated population as of January 2024 of [https://www.capmas.gov.eg/Pages/populationClock.aspx 6,217,766]. In some instances there is a markaz and a kism with the same name.<ref name="CAPMAS2023" />

{| class="sortable wikitable plainrowheaders" |+ Municipal Divisions ! Anglicized name !! Native name !! Arabic transliteration !! Population (January 2023 Est.)!! Type |- | Khanka || style="text-align:right;"| {{lang|ar|قسم الخانكه}} || {{transliteration|ar|Al-Khānkah}} || style="text-align:right;"| 83,420 || Kism (fully urban) |- |Khanka || style="text-align:right;"| {{lang|ar|مركز الخانكة}} || {{transliteration|ar|Al-Khānkah}} ||style="text-align:right;"| 618,189 || Markaz |- |Khusus|| style="text-align:right;" |{{lang|ar|قسم الخصوص}} || {{transliteration|ar|Al-Khuṣūṣ}}||style="text-align:right;"| 499,514 || Kism (fully urban) |- |El Qanater El Khayreya|| style="text-align:right;"| {{lang|ar|مركز القناطر الخيرية}}|| {{transliteration|ar|Al-Qanāṭir al-Khayriyah}}|| style="text-align:right;"| 546,560 || Markaz |- | El Ubour || style="text-align:right;"| {{lang|ar|قسم العبور}} || {{transliteration|ar|Al-'Ubūr}} || style="text-align:right;"| 142,003 || Kism (fully urban) |- | Banha || style="text-align:right;"| {{lang|ar|مركز بنها}} || {{transliteration|ar|Banhā}} || style="text-align:right;"| 519,640 || Markaz |- | Banha 1|| style="text-align:right;"| {{lang|ar|قسم اول بنها}} || {{transliteration|ar|Banhā 1}}|| style="text-align:right;"| 116,113 || Kism (fully urban) |- | Banha 2 || style="text-align:right;"| {{lang|ar|قسم ثان بنها}} || {{transliteration|ar|Banhā 2}}|| style="text-align:right;"| 70,105 || Kism (fully urban) |- | Kafr Shukr<ref name="Google Map-Markaz Kafr Shukr">{{cite web |title=Markaz Kafr Shukr |url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Markaz+Kafr+Shukr,+Madinet+Kafr+Shokr,+Kafr+Shokr,+Al+Qalyubia+Governorate,+Egypt/@30.5458944,31.2469512,14z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m13!1m7!3m6!1s0x0:0x0!2zMzDCsDMxJzAwLjAiTiAzMcKwMjEnMDAuMCJF!3b1!8m2!3d30.516667!4d31.35!3m4!1s0x14f7e764343e4f79:0x9309ecf95c056054!8m2!3d30.5489568!4d31.2655449?hl=en |website=Google Map}}</ref> || style="text-align:right;"| {{lang|ar|مركز كفر شكر}} || {{transliteration|ar|Kafr Shukr}} || style="text-align:right;"| 203,522 || Markaz |- |Qaha || style="text-align:right;"| {{lang|ar|قسم قها}} || {{transliteration|ar|Qahā}} || style="text-align:right;"| 51,917 || Kism (urban and rural parts) |- | Qalyub || style="text-align:right;"| {{lang|ar|قسم قليوب}} || {{transliteration|ar|Qalyūb}} || style="text-align:right;"| 159,760 || Kism (fully urban) |- |Qalyub || style="text-align:right;"| {{lang|ar|مركز قليوب}} || {{transliteration|ar|Qalyūb}} || style="text-align:right;"| 603,868 || Markaz |- | Shubra El Kheima 1 || style="text-align:right;"| {{lang|ar|قسم أول شبرا الخيمة }}||{{transliteration|ar|Shubrā al-Khaymah 1}} || style="text-align:right;"| 525,812 || Kism (fully urban) |- | Shubra El Kheima 2 || style="text-align:right;"| {{lang|ar|قسم ثان شبرا الخيمة}} || {{transliteration|ar|Shubrā al-Khaymah 2}} ||style="text-align:right;"| 741,395 || Kism (fully urban) |- | Shibin El Qanater || style="text-align:right;"| {{lang|ar|مركز شبين القناطر}} || {{transliteration|ar|Sibīn al-Qanāṭir}}|| style="text-align:right;"| 581,892 || Markaz |- |Tukh || style="text-align:right;"| {{lang|ar|مركز طوخ}}|| {{transliteration|ar|Ṭūkh}}|| style="text-align:right;"| 639,329 || Markaz |}

==Population== According to population estimates, in 2015 the majority of residents in the governorate lived in rural areas, with an urbanization rate of only 44.7%. Out of an estimated 5,105,972 people residing in the governorate, 2,825,045 people lived in rural areas as opposed to only 2,280,927 in urban areas.<ref name="pop">{{cite web|title=Population Estimates By Sex & Governorate 1/1/2015|url=http://www.msrintranet.capmas.gov.eg/pdf/EgyptinFigures2015/EgyptinFigures/Tables/PDF/1-%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86/pop.pdf|website=CAPMAS|access-date=23 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019093240/http://www.msrintranet.capmas.gov.eg/pdf/EgyptinFigures2015/EgyptinFigures/Tables/PDF/1-%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86/pop.pdf|archive-date=2015-10-19|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Cities== The cities in the Qalyubia Governorate are:

* Banha * El-Khankah * Qaha * Qalyub * Shibin El Qanater * Shubra El Kheima * Tukh * El Qanater El Khayreya * Kafr Shukr *Obour City *Khusus

==Industrial zones== According to the Governing Authority for Investment and Free Zones (GAFI), the following industrial zones are located in Qalyubiyya:<ref name="IndustrialZones">{{cite web |title=Industrial Zones of Governorate |url=http://www.gafi.gov.eg/English/StartaBusiness/InvestmentZones/Pages/Industrial-Zones.aspx |website=Ministry of Investment Egypt |access-date=18 March 2025}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" |- !Zone name

|- |rowspan="1"|El Sherouq Industrial Zone (Abu Zaabal)

|- |rowspan="1"|El Safa Industrial Zone for Foundries (El Zahar Area)

|- |rowspan="1"|El Aqrasha Industrial Zone

==Economy== Qalyubia is known for its agricultural production of crops, fruits and vegetables. The most important of these crops include maize, cotton, wheat, citrus fruits, bananas, oranges and apricots. Qalyubia is also the leading Egyptian governorate in the production of poultry and eggs.<ref name="britannica">{{cite web |title=Al-Qalyūbiyyah GOVERNORATE, EGYPT |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Al-Qalyubiyyah|website=britannica}}</ref>

==Programs and projects== In 1981, the ''Basic Village Service Program'' (BVS) had several water projects going on in the Qalyubia Governorate.<ref name="SrvcProgram">{{cite web|title=Egypt: The Basic Village Services Program|url=https://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PDAAR029.pdf|website=USAID|access-date=19 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019144503/https://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PDAAR029.pdf|archive-date=2016-10-19|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In a program that began on August 28, 2012 (through 2018), the European Union invested 40 million Euros on upgrading the infrastructure of informal areas in Qalyubia Governorate.<ref name="EU contributes 40 million Euros">{{cite web|title=Upgrading Informal Areas in the Greater Cairo Region|url=https://eeas.europa.eu/headquarters/headquarters-homepage/8741/upgrading-informal-areas-greater-cairo-region_en|website=European Union External Action|access-date=2017-01-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170102173646/https://eeas.europa.eu/headquarters/headquarters-homepage/8741/upgrading-informal-areas-greater-cairo-region_en|archive-date=2017-01-02|url-status=live}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [https://www.facebook.com/qalyubiya.gov.org/ Qalyubia Governorate on Facebook] * [http://qalubiaalaan.com/ Qalyubia Now Newspaper] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181205134236/http://qalubiaalaan.com/ |date=5 December 2018 }} * [https://www.elwatannews.com/subsection/156 El Wattan News of Qalyubia Governorate] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181211172329/https://www.elwatannews.com/subsection/156 |date=11 December 2018 }}

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