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: Locality 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”, “Muḩāfaz̧at al Al Gharbīyah, Muhafazat al Gharbiyah”, “Muhafazat al Gharbiyah”, “Muḩāfaz̧at Gharbīyah”, and “Muḥâfaẕet el-Gharbîya”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Maqam Sidi Ahmed Al-Badawy.

Mosque
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The Ahmad al-Badawi Mosque is a Sufi and shrine complex in , in the Gharbia Governorate of . The mosque's name is derived from the Sufi mystic Ahmad al-Badawi, the founder of the Badawiyya Sufi order, who is buried in the shrine of the building. is situated 6 km south of Gharbia Governorate.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tanta.

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is a city in . It had a population of 530,000 in 2024, making it the seventh most populous city in Egypt. The city is located between Cairo and Alexandria: 94 km north of and 130 km southeast of .

Gharbia Governorate

Latitude
30.8393° or 30° 50′ 22″ north
Longitude
30.9963° or 30° 59′ 47″ east
Population
5,410,000
Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)
Open location code
8G2GRXQW+PG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 768812438
Geo­Names ID
361294
Wiki­data ID
Q30835
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Zulu—“Gharbia Governorate” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ጋርቢያ”
  • 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”
  • French: “Muhafazat al Gharbiyah”
  • Georgian: “გარბია”
  • Georgian: “გარბიის მუჰაფაზა”
  • German: “Al-Gharbīya”
  • German: “al-Gharbiyya”
  • German: “EG-GH”
  • German: “Gharbiya”
  • German: “Gharbīya”
  • German: “Gouvernement al-Gharbiyya”
  • German: “Muhafazat al Gharbiyah”
  • Greek: “Κυβερνείο Γαρμπία”
  • Gujarati: “ઘારબીયા ગવર્નમેંટ”
  • Hausa: “Gharbiya”
  • 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”
  • Javanese: “Gharbiyyah”
  • Kannada: “ಘರ್ಬಿಯಾ ಗವರ್ನೇಟ್”
  • Kazakh: “Ғарбия”
  • Kirghiz: “Гарбия”
  • 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”
  • Oromo: “Gharbiya”
  • Ossetian: “Гарби”
  • Panjabi: “ਘਰਬੀਆ”
  • Persian: “استان غربیه”
  • Polish: “Prowincja Zachodnia”
  • Portuguese: “Garbia”
  • Portuguese: “Ocidental”
  • Pushto: “غربية”
  • Romanian: “Al Gharbiyah”
  • Romanian: “Guvernoratul Gharbia”
  • Russian: “Аль-Гарбия”
  • Russian: “Гарбиэ”
  • Russian: “Гарбия”
  • Russian: “Эль-Гарбийя”
  • Scots: “Gharbia Govrenorate”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Guibhearnaireachd Gharbia”
  • Serbian: “Gharbia Governorate”
  • Serbian: “Гарбија”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Garbija (muhafaza)”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Garbija”
  • Sinhala: “ඝර්බියා පළාත”
  • Somali: “Gharbiya”
  • 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”
  • Tatar: “Ғарбия”
  • Telugu: “గార్బియా గవర్నరేట్”
  • Thai: “เขตผู้ว่าการอัลฆ็อรบียะฮ์”
  • Turkish: “El-Garbiya”
  • Turkish: “Garbiya”
  • Ukrainian: “Аль-Гарбія”
  • Ukrainian: “Гарбія”
  • Urdu: “محافظہ غربیہ”
  • Uzbek: “Gharbiya”
  • 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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