Ismailia Governorate

Ismailia is one of the Canal Zone governorates of Egypt. Located in the northeastern part of the country, its capital is the city of . It was named after Ismail Pasha, who as Ottoman Viceroy of Egypt, oversaw the country during the building of the .
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  • Type: governorate of Egypt with 1,480,000 residents
  • Description: Egyptian governorate
  • Also known as: “Al Ismā‘īlīyah”, “Al-Ismā’īlīyah”, “al-Ismailija”, “Al-Ismailiyya”, “Al-Ismāʿīlīya”, “EG-IS”, “gubernio Ismailija”, “Ismá’ílíja”, “Ismaelia”, “Ismailia”, “Ismailia (tỉnh)”, “Ismailia Province”, “Mohafazat El Ismailiya”, “Muḩāfaz̧at al Ismā‘īlīyah”, “ისმაილია”, “إسماعيلية”, “الإسماعيليه”, “الاسماعيلية”, “الاسماعيليه”, and “محافظة الاسماعيلية”

Ismailia Governorate

Latitude
30.6° or 30° 36′ north
Longitude
32.4° or 32° 24′ east
Population
1,480,000
Elevation
55 metres (180 feet)
Open location code
8G2JHCX2+X2
Geo­Names ID
361056
Wiki­data ID
Q31067
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Zulu—“Ismailia Governorate” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ኢስማዕልያ”
  • Arabic: “الإسماعيلية”
  • Arabic: “محافظة الإسماعيلية”
  • Armenian: “Իսմայիլիա”
  • Azerbaijani: “Əl-İsmailiyyə mühafəzəsi”
  • Belarusian: “Ісмаілія (мухафаза)”
  • Belarusian: “Ісмаілія”
  • Bengali: “ইস্মাইলিয়া গভর্নোরেট”
  • Bosnian: “Ismailija”
  • Bulgarian: “Исмаилия”
  • Catalan: “governació d’Ismaïlia”
  • Catalan: “Governació d’Ismaïlia”
  • Cebuano: “Ismailia Governorate”
  • Chinese: “伊斯梅利亚省”
  • Czech: “Ismailia”
  • Danish: “Al Isma’iliyah”
  • Dutch: “Ismaïlia”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “محافظة الاسماعيليه”
  • Esperanto: “provinco Ismailija”
  • Esperanto: “Provinco Ismailija”
  • Finnish: “Al-Isma’iliyyan kuvernoraatti”
  • Finnish: “Ismailian kuvernementti”
  • French: “Gouvernorat d’Ismaïlia”
  • Georgian: “ისმაილიის მუჰაფაზა”
  • German: “Gouvernement al-Ismaʿiliyya”
  • German: “Gouvernement Ismailia”
  • German: “Ismailia”
  • Greek: “Κυβερνείο Ισμαηλίας”
  • Gujarati: “ઇસ્માઇલિયા ગવર્નોરેટ”
  • Hausa: “Ismailiya”
  • Hebrew: “אסמאעיליה”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז אל-אסמאעיליה”
  • Hindi: “इस्माइलिया प्रांत”
  • Hindi: “इस्माईलिया मुहाफ़ज़ाह”
  • Indonesian: “Kegubernuran Ismailia, Mesir”
  • Indonesian: “Kegubernuran Ismailia”
  • Irish: “Gobharnóireacht Ismailia”
  • Italian: “Governatorato di Ismailia”
  • Japanese: “イスマイリア県”
  • Javanese: “Ismailiyyah”
  • Kannada: “ಇಸ್ಮೇಲಿಯಾ ಗವರ್ನೇಟ್”
  • Kazakh: “Исмаилия”
  • Kirghiz: “Исмаилия”
  • Korean: “이스마일리아주”
  • Ladino: “Ismailia”
  • Latin: “Al-Ismaʿiliyya”
  • Latvian: “Ismaīlījas muhāfaza”
  • Lithuanian: “Ismailijos muchafaza”
  • Macedonian: “Исмаилија (област)”
  • Macedonian: “Исмаилија”
  • Malay: “Ismailia Governorate”
  • Malay: “Kegabenoran Ismailia”
  • Marathi: “इस्माईलिया गव्हर्नोरेट”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Ismailia Séng”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Guvernementet Al Isma’iliyah”
  • Norwegian: “Guvernementet Ismailia”
  • Oromo: “Ismailiya”
  • Panjabi: “ਇਸਮਾਇਲੀਆ”
  • Persian: “استان اسماعیلیه”
  • Polish: “Ismailia”
  • Portuguese: “Ismaília”
  • Pushto: “الإسماعيلية”
  • Romanian: “Al Isma’iliyah”
  • Romanian: “Guvernoratul Ismailia”
  • Russian: “Исмаилия”
  • Scots: “Ismailia Govrenorate”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Guibhearnaireachd Ismailia”
  • Serbian: “Исмаилија”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ismailia (muhafaza)”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ismailia”
  • Sinhala: “ඉස්මයිලියා පළාත”
  • Slovak: “Al-Ismá’ílíja”
  • Slovak: “Al-Ismáílíja”
  • Slovenian: “Guvernat Ismailija”
  • Somali: “Ismailiya”
  • South Azerbaijani: “اسماعیلیه اوستانی”
  • Spanish: “Gobernación de Ismailía”
  • Spanish: “Ismailia”
  • Swahili: “Mkoa wa Ismailia”
  • Swedish: “Guvernementet Ismailia”
  • Swedish: “Ismailia”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Исмоилия”
  • Tamil: “இஸ்மாயிலிஆ கோவெர்னோராட்”
  • Tatar: “Исмаилия”
  • Telugu: “ఇస్మాయిలియా గవర్నరేట్”
  • Thai: “เขตผู้ว่าการอิสเมอิลีอา”
  • Turkish: “İsmailiye”
  • Ukrainian: “Ісмаїлія”
  • Urdu: “محافظہ اسماعیلیہ”
  • Uzbek: “Ismailiya”
  • Uzbek: “Ismoiliya muhofazasi”
  • Vietnamese: “Ismailia”
  • Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Ismailia”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Ismailia”
  • Western Panjabi: “صوبہ اسماعیلیہ”
  • Wu Chinese: “伊斯梅利亚省”
  • Zulu: “Ismailia Governorate”

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