Giza Governorate

Giza is one of the governorates of Egypt. It is in the center of the country, situated mostly on the west bank of the Nile River opposite . Its capital is the city of , after which the governorate was named.
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  • Governorate of Egypt with 9,650,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 141 metres (463 feet)
  • Also known as
    “Al Jīzah”
    “Al-Gizah”
    “El Gīza”
    “Giza”
    “Gizah”
    “Guizeh”
    “Mohafazat El Giza”
    “Mudīrīyat al Jīzah”
    “Muhafazat al Jizah”
    “لجيزة”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Pyramid of Djedefre and Dream Park.
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The is Egypt's northernmost pyramid.
is an amusement park located on Oasis Road…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sheikh Zayed City and Kerdasa.
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is a city in Giza Governorate, and part of the urban area. is situated 8 km northwest of Giza Governorate.
is a markaz in Giza Governorate, . is situated 7 km northeast of Giza Governorate.
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, 8 kilometres north of , is the site…

Giza Governorate

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Latitude
29.9978° or 29° 59′ 52″ north
Longitude
31.0529° or 31° 3′ 10″ east
Open location code
7GXHX3X3+44
Geo­Names ID
360997
Wiki­data ID
Q30832

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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Zulu—“Giza Governorate” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ጊዛ”
  • Arabic: “الجيزه”
  • Arabic: “جيزة”
  • Arabic: “محافظة الجيزة”
  • Arabic: “محافظة الجيزه”
  • Arabic: “محافظه الجيزة”
  • Armenian: “Ալ-Գիզա”
  • Azerbaijani: “əl-Cizə mühafəzəsi”
  • Basque: “Gizako gobernadore-herria”
  • Belarusian: “Гіза”
  • Belarusian: “Эль-Гіза”
  • Bengali: “গিজা গভর্নোরেট”
  • Bosnian: “Giza”
  • Bulgarian: “Гиза”
  • Catalan: “governació de Gizeh”
  • Catalan: “governació de Guiza”
  • Catalan: “Governació de Guiza”
  • Cebuano: “Muḩāfaz̧at al Jīzah”
  • Chinese: “吉萨省”
  • Chinese: “吉薩省”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Giza vilâyeti”
  • Czech: “Gíza”
  • Danish: “Al Jizah”
  • Dutch: “Gizeh”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الجيزة”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الجيزه”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “محافظة الجيزة”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “محافظة الجيزه”
  • Esperanto: “gubernio al-Ĝiza”
  • Esperanto: “gubernio Gizo”
  • Esperanto: “provinco al-Ĝiza”
  • Esperanto: “provinco Gizo”
  • Esperanto: “Provinco Gizo”
  • Estonian: “Giza kubernerkond”
  • Finnish: “Al-Gizan kuvernoraatti”
  • Finnish: “Gizan kuvernementti”
  • Finnish: “Gizan kuvernoraatti”
  • French: “Gizeh”
  • French: “Gouvernorat de Gizeh”
  • Galician: “gobernación de Guiza”
  • Georgian: “გიზა”
  • Georgian: “გიზის მუჰაფაზა”
  • German: “al-Dschiza”
  • German: “al-Dschīza”
  • German: “al-Giza”
  • German: “EG-GZ”
  • German: “Giza”
  • German: “Gīza”
  • German: “Gouvernement al-Dschiza”
  • Greek: “Κυβερνείο Γκίζας”
  • Gujarati: “ગિઝા ગવર્નોરેટ”
  • Hausa: “Giza”
  • Hebrew: “אל-גיזה”
  • Hindi: “गीज़ा प्रांत”
  • Hindi: “गीज़ा मुहाफ़ज़ाह”
  • Indonesian: “Kegubernuran Giza”
  • Irish: “Gobharnóireacht Giza”
  • Italian: “Governatorato di Giza”
  • Japanese: “ギーザ州”
  • Japanese: “ギーザ県”
  • Javanese: “Giza”
  • Kannada: “ಗೀಜಾ ಗವರ್ನೇಟ್”
  • Kazakh: “Гиза”
  • Kirghiz: “Гиза”
  • Korean: “기자주”
  • Korean: “기제 주”
  • Latin: “Al-Dschiza”
  • Latin: “Giza”
  • Latvian: “Gīzas muhāfaza”
  • Lithuanian: “Gizos muchafaza”
  • Malay: “Kegabenoran Giza”
  • Marathi: “गिझा गव्हर्नोरेट”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Giza Séng”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “لمحافظة د لڭيزة”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Guvernementet Al Jizah”
  • Norwegian: “Guvernementet Giza”
  • Oromo: “Giza”
  • Ossetian: “Эль-Гизæ”
  • Panjabi: “ਗਿਜ਼ਾ”
  • Persian: “استان جیزه”
  • Polish: “Giza”
  • Portuguese: “Al jizah”
  • Portuguese: “Distrito de Gizé”
  • Portuguese: “Distrito de Guizé”
  • Portuguese: “Gizé”
  • Portuguese: “Guizé”
  • Portuguese: “Província de Gizé”
  • Portuguese: “Província de Guizé”
  • Pushto: “جيزة”
  • Pushto: “جيزه ولايت”
  • Romanian: “Al Jizah”
  • Romanian: “Guvernoratul Al Jizah”
  • Romanian: “Guvernoratul Giza”
  • Russian: “Гиза”
  • Russian: “Эль-Гиза”
  • Scots: “Giza Govrenorate”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Guibhearnaireachd Giza”
  • Serbian: “Giza Governorate”
  • Serbian: “Гиза”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Giza (muhafaza)”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Giza”
  • Sinhala: “ගීසා පළාත”
  • Slovenian: “giški guvernat”
  • Slovenian: “Guvernat Giza”
  • Somali: “Giza”
  • South Azerbaijani: “جیزه اوستانی”
  • Spanish: “Giza”
  • Spanish: “Gobernacion de Guiza”
  • Spanish: “Gobernación de Guiza”
  • Spanish: “Guiza”
  • Swahili: “Al-Dschiza”
  • Swahili: “Mkoa wa Giza”
  • Swedish: “Al-Jīzah”
  • Swedish: “Giza guvernorat”
  • Swedish: “Giza”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Ҷиза”
  • Tajik: “Устони Ҷиза”
  • Tamil: “கிசா கோவெர்னோரே”
  • Tatar: “Әл-Гизә провинциясе”
  • Tatar: “Гиза”
  • Telugu: “గీజా గవర్నరేట్”
  • Thai: “เขตผู้ว่าการกีซา”
  • Turkish: “Gize”
  • Ukrainian: “Гіза”
  • Urdu: “محافظہ جیزہ”
  • Uzbek: “Giza muhofazasi”
  • Uzbek: “Giza”
  • Vietnamese: “Giza”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Giza”
  • Western Armenian: “Կիզա”
  • Western Panjabi: “صوبہ غزا”
  • Wu Chinese: “吉萨省”
  • Zulu: “Giza Governorate”

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