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 Ismailia. It was named after Ismail Pasha, who as Ottoman Viceroy of Egypt, oversaw the country during the building of the Suez Canal.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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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
- Location: Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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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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