Gharbia Governorate

Gharbia is one of the governorates of Egypt. It is located in the north of the country, south of , and north of .
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  • Type: governorate of Egypt with 5,410,000 residents
  • Description: Egyptian governorate
  • Also known as: Al Gharbīyah”, “Gharbia”, “Gharbieh”, “Mohafazat El Gharbia”, “Mudīrīyat al Gharbīyah”, “Muḩāfaz̧at al Al Gharbīyah”, “Muhafazat al Gharbiyah”, “Muḩāfaz̧at Gharbīyah”, and “Muḥâfaẕet el-Gharbîya

Gharbia Governorate

Latitude
30.9° or 30° 54′ north
Longitude
31° east
Population
5,410,000
Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)
Open location code
8G2HW222+22
Geo­Names ID
361294
Wiki­data ID
Q30835
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Gharbia Governorate” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: الغربية
  • Arabic: الغربيه
  • Arabic: غربية
  • Arabic: محافظة الغربية
  • Arabic: محافظة الغربيه
  • Arabic: محافظه الغربيه
  • Arabic: مديرية الغربية
  • Armenian: Ղարբիա
  • Armenian: Ղարբիայի մարզ
  • Azerbaijani: əl-Qərbiyyə mühafəzəsi
  • Belarusian: Аль-Гарбія
  • Belarusian: Гарбія (мухафаза)
  • Belarusian: Гарбія
  • Belarusian: мухафаза Гарбія
  • Belarusian: Эль-Гарбія
  • Bengali: ঘারবিয়া গভর্নোরেট
  • Bosnian: Gharbia
  • Bulgarian: Гарбия
  • Catalan: governació d’Al-Gharbiya
  • Catalan: Governació d’Al-Gharbiya
  • Cebuano: Muḩāfaz̧at al Gharbīyah
  • Chinese: Gharbia Séng
  • Chinese: 西部省
  • Czech: Gharbíja
  • Danish: Al Gharbiyah
  • Dimli (individual language): Ğerbiya
  • Dutch: Al Gharbiyah
  • Dutch: Gharbiyah
  • Egyptian Arabic: الغربية
  • Egyptian Arabic: الغربيه
  • Egyptian Arabic: محافظة الغربية
  • Egyptian Arabic: محافظة الغربيه
  • Esperanto: Garbija
  • Esperanto: Provinco Garbija
  • Finnish: Al-Gharbiyyan kuvernementti
  • Finnish: Al-Gharbiyyan kuvernoraatti
  • French: Gharbeya
  • French: Gouvernorat de Gharbeya
  • Georgian: გარბია
  • Georgian: გარბიის მუჰაფაზა
  • German: Al-Gharbīya
  • German: al-Gharbiyya
  • German: EG-GH
  • German: Gharbiya
  • German: Gharbīya
  • German: Gouvernement al-Gharbiyya
  • Greek: Κυβερνείο Γαρμπία
  • Gujarati: ઘારબીયા ગવર્નમેંટ
  • Hebrew: אל-ע’רביה
  • Hebrew: מחוז אל-ע’רביה
  • Hindi: ग़रबीया मुहाफ़ज़ाह
  • Hindi: घर्बिया गवर्नरेट
  • Hungarian: Gharbijja
  • Indonesian: Kegubernuran Al Gharbiyah
  • Indonesian: Kegubernuran Gharbiyah
  • Irish: Gobharnóireacht Gharbia
  • Italian: Governatorato di Gharbiya
  • Italian: Governatorato di Gharbiyya
  • Japanese: ガルビーヤ県
  • Kannada: ಘರ್ಬಿಯಾ ಗವರ್ನೇಟ್
  • Korean: 가르비아 주
  • Korean: 가르비야주
  • Ladino: Oksidental
  • Latin: Al-Gharbiyya
  • Latin: Gharbia
  • Latvian: Garbijas muhāfaza
  • Lithuanian: Garbijos muchafaza
  • Malay: Gharbia Governorate
  • Malay: Kegabenoran Gharbia
  • Marathi: घर्बिया गव्हरनेटेट
  • Min Nan Chinese: Gharbia Séng
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Guvernementet Al Gharbiyah
  • Norwegian: Guvernementet Gharbia
  • Ossetian: Гарби
  • Persian: استان غربیه
  • Polish: Prowincja Zachodnia
  • Portuguese: Garbia
  • Portuguese: Ocidental
  • Romanian: Al Gharbiyah
  • Romanian: Guvernoratul Gharbia
  • Russian: Аль-Гарбия
  • Russian: Гарбиэ
  • Russian: Гарбия
  • Russian: Эль-Гарбийя
  • Scots: Gharbia Govrenorate
  • Serbian: Gharbia Governorate
  • Serbian: Гарбија
  • Serbo-Croatian: Garbija (muhafaza)
  • Serbo-Croatian: Garbija
  • Sinhala: ඝර්බියා පළාත
  • South Azerbaijani: باتی اوستان
  • South Azerbaijani: غربیه اوستانی
  • Spanish: Gharbia
  • Spanish: Gobernación Occidental
  • Spanish: Occidental
  • Swahili: Al-Gharbiyya
  • Swahili: Mkoa wa Gharbia
  • Swedish: Al-Gharbiyya
  • Tajik: Вилояти Ғарбия
  • Tamil: காரபீஆ கோவெர்னோரே
  • Telugu: గార్బియా గవర్నరేట్
  • Thai: เขตผู้ว่าการอัลฆ็อรบียะฮ์
  • Turkish: El-Garbiya
  • Turkish: Garbiya
  • Ukrainian: Аль-Гарбія
  • Ukrainian: Гарбія
  • Urdu: محافظہ غربیہ
  • Uzbek: Gʻarbiya muhofazasi
  • Vietnamese: Tỉnh Gharbia
  • Waray (Philippines): Gharbia
  • Welsh: Gharbia Governorate
  • Western Armenian: Ղարպիա
  • Western Panjabi: صوبہ غربیا
  • Wu Chinese: 西部省 (埃及)
  • Wu Chinese: 西部省(埃及)
  • Wu Chinese: 西部省
  • Zulu: Gharbia Governorate

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