Sharqia Province
Sharqia is the third most populous of the 27 governorates of Egypt. Located in the northern part of the country, its capital is the city of Zagazig.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: governorate of Egypt with 7,860,000 residents
- Description: governorate of Egypt
- Also known as: “Ash Sharqīyah”, “Charkieh”, “Eastern Governorate”, “Eastern Province”, “El Sharkia”, “Gharkieh”, “Maḩaţţat ash Sharqīyah”, “Mudīrīyat ash Sharqīyah”, “Muhafazat ash Sharqiyah”, “Sharqia”, “Sharqia Governorate”, and “Sharqīya”
Sharqia Province
- Location: Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Zulu—“Sharqia Province” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الشرقية”
- Arabic: “الشرقيه”
- Arabic: “شرقية”
- Arabic: “محافظة الشرقية”
- Arabic: “محافظه الشرقيه”
- Armenian: “Շարկիա”
- Azerbaijani: “əş-Şərqiyyə mühafəzəsi”
- Belarusian: “Шаркія”
- Bengali: “আল শারকিয়া গভর্নোরেট”
- Bosnian: “Sharqia”
- Bulgarian: “Шаркия”
- Catalan: “Al Sharqiya”
- Catalan: “governació de Sharqia”
- Catalan: “Governació de Sharqia”
- Cebuano: “Muḩāfaz̧at ash Sharqīyah”
- Chinese: “Sharqia Séng”
- Chinese: “东部省”
- Chinese: “東部省”
- Czech: “Šarkíja”
- Danish: “Ash Sharqiyah”
- Dutch: “Ash Sharqiyah”
- Egyptian Arabic: “الشرقية”
- Egyptian Arabic: “الشرقيه”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محافظة الشرقية”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محافظة الشرقيه”
- Esperanto: “Provinco Ŝarkija”
- Finnish: “Al-Šarqiyya”
- French: “Ach-Charqiya”
- French: “Gouvernorat d’Ash Sharqiyah”
- Georgian: “შარკია”
- Georgian: “შარკიის მუჰაფაზა”
- German: “Asch-Scharqīya”
- German: “asch-Scharqiyya”
- German: “EG-SHR”
- German: “Gouvernement asch-Scharqiyya”
- German: “Scharqīya”
- Greek: “Ας Σαρκίγια”
- Greek: “Κυβερνείο Σαρκία”
- Gujarati: “અલ શારકિયા ગવર્નોરેટ”
- Hebrew: “א-שרקיה”
- Hindi: “अल-शरक़िया गवर्नरेट”
- Hindi: “अल-शरक़िया मुहाफ़ज़ाह”
- Indonesian: “Kegubernuran Asy Syarqiyah”
- Indonesian: “Kegubernuran Syarqiyah”
- Irish: “Gobharnóireacht Al Sharqia”
- Italian: “Governatorato di Sharkia”
- Italian: “Governatorato di Sharqiyya”
- Japanese: “シャルキーヤ県”
- Kannada: “ಅಲ್ ಶಾರ್ಖಿಯ ಗವರ್ನೇಟ್”
- Korean: “샤르키아 주”
- Korean: “샤르키야주”
- Latin: “Aš-Šarqīya”
- Latin: “Asch-Scharqiyya”
- Latin: “Provincia Orientalis”
- Latvian: “Šerkījas muhāfaza”
- Lithuanian: “Šarkijos muchafaza”
- Malay: “Kegabenoran Sharqia”
- Marathi: “अल शर्किया गव्हर्नोरेट”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Sharqia Séng”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ash Sharqiyah”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Østprovinsen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ash Sharqiyah i Egypt”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Austprovinsen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sharqia guvernement”
- Norwegian: “Guvernementet Sharqia”
- Persian: “استان شرقی مصر”
- Persian: “استان شرقی”
- Persian: “استان شرقیه”
- Polish: “Asz-Szarkijja”
- Polish: “Prowincja Wschodnia”
- Portuguese: “Oriental”
- Portuguese: “Xarqia”
- Romanian: “Ash Sharqiyah”
- Romanian: “Guvernoratul Sharqia”
- Russian: “Шаркия”
- Scots: “Sharqia Govrenorate”
- Serbian: “Sharqia Governorate”
- Serbian: “Шаркија”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Šarkija (muhafaza)”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Šarkija”
- Sinhala: “අල් ශකියා පළාත”
- Slovenian: “EG-SHR”
- Slovenian: “Guvernat Šarkija”
- Spanish: “Gobernación Oriental”
- Spanish: “Oriental”
- Spanish: “Sharkia”
- Swahili: “Asch-Scharqiyya”
- Swahili: “Mkoa wa Sharqia”
- Swedish: “al-Sharqiyya”
- Swedish: “Ash-Sharqiyya, Egypten”
- Swedish: “ash-Sharqiyya”
- Tajik: “Вилояти Шарқия”
- Tamil: “அல் ஷார்க்கியா கோவெர்னோரேட்”
- Telugu: “అల్ షర్ఖియా గవర్నరేట్”
- Thai: “เขตผู้ว่าการอัชชัรกียะฮ์”
- Turkish: “Şarkiye”
- Ukrainian: “Шаркія”
- Urdu: “محافظہ الشرقیہ”
- Uzbek: “Sharqiy viloyat”
- Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Al Sharqia”
- Waray (Philippines): “Sharqia”
- Western Panjabi: “صوبہ شرقیہ”
- Wu Chinese: “东部省 (埃及)”
- Wu Chinese: “东部省（埃及）”
- Zulu: “Sharqia Governorate”
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