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 Cairo. Its capital is the city of Giza.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: governorate of Egypt with 9,650,000 residents
- Description: governorate of Egypt
- Also known as: “Al Jīzah”, “Al-Gizah”, “El Gīza”, “Giza”, “Gizah”, “Guizeh”, “Mohafazat El Giza”, “Mudīrīyat al Jīzah”, “Muhafazat al Jizah”, and “لجيزة”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pyramid of Djedefre and Dream Park.
Pyramid of Djedefre
Photo: AhlyMan, Public domain.
The pyramid of Djedefre is Egypt's northernmost pyramid. Believed to have been built by Djedefre, son and successor to king Khufu, it consists today mostly of ruins located at Abu Rawash in Egypt. Excavation report on the pyramid complex was published in 2011.
Dream Park
Theme park
Dream Park is an amusement park located on Oasis Road, in 6th of October City in the Giza Governorate, 8 km from the Pyramids of Giza. With an area of 150 acres, it's one of the largest amusement parks in the Middle East.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sheikh Zayed City and Kerdasa.
Sheikh Zayed City
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Sheikh Zayed City is a city in Giza Governorate, Egypt and part of the Greater Cairo urban area. Established in 1995, located approximately 20 km from the Mohandiseen district and 28 km from Tahrir Square in the Downtown Cairo. Sheikh Zayed City is situated 8 km northwest of Giza Governorate.
Kerdasa
Village
Kerdasa is a markaz in Giza Governorate, Egypt. It is famed for its hand-made textile crafts, woven carpets, and wall hangings in native traditional patterns. Kerdasa is situated 7 km northeast of Giza Governorate.
Abu Rawash
Locality
Photo: AhlyMan, Public domain.
Abu Rawash, 8 kilometres north of Giza, is the site of Egypt's most northerly pyramid, also known as the lost pyramid – the mostly ruined Pyramid of Djedefre, the son and successor of Khufu.
Giza Governorate
- Location: Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Zulu—“Giza Governorate” goes by many names.
- 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: “Giza Séng”
- 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: “Provinco Gizo”
- Estonian: “Giza kubernerkond”
- Finnish: “Al-Gizan kuvernoraatti”
- Finnish: “Gizan kuvernementti”
- Finnish: “Gizan kuvernoraatti”
- French: “Gizeh”
- French: “Gouvernorat de Gizeh”
- Galician: “Governación 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”
- Hebrew: “אל-גיזה”
- Hindi: “गीज़ा गवर्नरेट”
- Hindi: “गीज़ा मुहाफ़ज़ाह”
- Indonesian: “Kegubernuran Giza”
- Irish: “Gobharnóireacht Giza”
- Italian: “Governatorato di Giza”
- Japanese: “ギーザ州”
- Japanese: “ギーザ県”
- Kannada: “ಗೀಜಾ ಗವರ್ನೇಟ್”
- 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”
- Ossetian: “Эль-Гизæ”
- 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”
- Romanian: “Al Jizah”
- Romanian: “Guvernoratul Al Jizah”
- Romanian: “Guvernoratul Giza”
- Russian: “Гиза”
- Russian: “Эль-Гиза”
- Scots: “Giza Govrenorate”
- Serbian: “Giza Governorate”
- Serbian: “Гиза”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Giza (muhafaza)”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Giza”
- Sinhala: “ගීසා පළාත”
- Slovenian: “giški guvernat”
- Slovenian: “Guvernat 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”
- Telugu: “గీజా గవర్నరేట్”
- Thai: “เขตผู้ว่าการกีซา”
- Turkish: “Gize”
- Ukrainian: “Гіза”
- Urdu: “محافظہ جیزہ”
- Vietnamese: “Giza”
- Waray (Philippines): “Giza”
- Western Armenian: “Կիզա”
- Western Panjabi: “صوبہ غزا”
- Wu Chinese: “吉萨省”
- Zulu: “Giza Governorate”
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