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”, “Ismailia”, “Ismailia Province”, “Mohafazat El Ismailiya”, and “Muḩāfaz̧at al Ismā‘īlīyah

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 Arabic to Zulu—“Ismailia Governorate” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: إسماعيلية
  • Arabic: الإسماعيلية
  • Arabic: الإسماعيليه
  • Arabic: الاسماعيلية
  • Arabic: محافظة الإسماعيلية
  • Arabic: محافظة الاسماعيلية
  • Armenian: Իսմայիլիա
  • Azerbaijani: Əl-İsmailiyyə mühafəzəsi
  • Belarusian: Ісмаілія
  • Bengali: ইস্মাইলিয়া গভর্নোরেট
  • Bosnian: Ismailija
  • Bulgarian: Исмаилия
  • Catalan: governació d’Ismaïlia
  • Catalan: Governació d’Ismaïlia
  • Cebuano: Ismailia Governorate
  • Chinese: Ismailia Séng
  • Chinese: 伊斯梅利亚省
  • Czech: Ismá’ílíja
  • Czech: Ismailia
  • Danish: Al Isma’iliyah
  • Dutch: Ismaïlia
  • Egyptian Arabic: إسماعيلية
  • Egyptian Arabic: الاسماعيليه
  • Egyptian Arabic: محافظة الاسماعيليه
  • Esperanto: Provinco Ismailija
  • Finnish: Al-Isma’iliyyan kuvernoraatti
  • Finnish: Ismailian kuvernementti
  • French: Gouvernorat d’Ismaïlia
  • French: Ismaïlia
  • Georgian: ისმაილია
  • Georgian: ისმაილიის მუჰაფაზა
  • German: Al-Ismāʿīlīya
  • German: EG-IS
  • German: Gouvernement al-Ismaʿiliyya
  • German: Gouvernement Ismailia
  • German: Ismailia
  • Greek: Κυβερνείο Ισμαηλίας
  • Gujarati: ઇસ્માઇલિયા ગવર્નોરેટ
  • Hebrew: אסמאעיליה
  • Hebrew: מחוז אל-אסמאעיליה
  • Hindi: इस्माइलिया
  • 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
  • Kannada: ಇಸ್ಮೇಲಿಯಾ ಗವರ್ನೇಟ್
  • Korean: 이스마일리아주
  • Ladino: Ismailia
  • Latin: Al-Ismaʿiliyya
  • Latin: Ismaelia
  • 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
  • Persian: استان اسماعیلیه
  • Polish: Ismailia
  • Portuguese: Ismaília
  • Romanian: Al Isma’iliyah
  • Romanian: Guvernoratul Ismailia
  • Russian: Исмаилия
  • Scots: Ismailia Govrenorate
  • Serbian: Ismailia Governorate
  • Serbian: Исмаилија
  • Serbo-Croatian: Ismailia (muhafaza)
  • Serbo-Croatian: Ismailia
  • Sinhala: ඉස්මයිලියා පළාත
  • Slovak: Al-Ismá’ílíja
  • Slovak: Al-Ismáílíja
  • Slovenian: Guvernat Ismailija
  • South Azerbaijani: اسماعیلیه اوستانی
  • Spanish: Gobernación de Ismailía
  • Spanish: Ismailia
  • Swahili: Mkoa wa Ismailia
  • Swedish: Al-Ismā’īlīyah
  • Swedish: Al-Ismailiyya
  • Swedish: Guvernementet Ismailia
  • Swedish: Ismailia
  • Tajik: Вилояти Исмоилия
  • Tamil: இஸ்மாயிலிஆ கோவெர்னோராட்
  • Telugu: ఇస్మాయిలియా గవర్నరేట్
  • Thai: เขตผู้ว่าการอิสเมอิลีอา
  • Turkish: İsmailiye
  • Ukrainian: Ісмаїлія
  • Urdu: محافظہ اسماعیلیہ
  • Vietnamese: Ismailia (tỉnh)
  • 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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