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”, “al-Garbija”, “Al-Gharbīya”, “EG-GH”, “El-Garbiya”, “Gharbia”, “Gharbieh”, “Gharbiyah”, “gobernación de Gharbia”, “Governatorato di Gharbiya”, “gubernio Garbija”, “Mohafazat El Gharbia”, “Mudīrīyat al Gharbīyah”, “Muḩāfaz̧at al Al Gharbīyah”, “Muḩāfaz̧at al Al Gharbīyah, Muhafazat al Gharbiyah”, “Muhafazat al Gharbiyah”, “Muḩāfaz̧at Gharbīyah”, “Muḥâfaẕet el-Gharbîya”, “Аль-Гарбия”, “Аль-Гарбія”, “Гарбиэ”, “Гарбія (мухафаза)”, “Эль-Гарбийя”, “Эль-Гарбія”, “გარბია”, “Ղարբիայի մարզ”, “الغربيه”, “محافظه الغربيه”, “مديرية الغربية”, and “가르비아 주”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Maqam Sidi Ahmed Al-Badawy.

Mosque
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The Ahmad al-Badawi Mosque is a Sufi and shrine… is situated 6 km south of Gharbia Governorate.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tanta.

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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: “محافظة الغربية”
  • Armenian: “Ղարբիա”
  • Azerbaijani: “əl-Qərbiyyə mühafəzəsi”
  • Belarusian: “Гарбія”
  • Belarusian: “мухафаза Гарбія”
  • Bengali: “ঘারবিয়া গভর্নোরেট”
  • Bosnian: “Gharbia”
  • Bulgarian: “Гарбия”
  • Catalan: “governació d’Al-Gharbiya”
  • Catalan: “Governació d’Al-Gharbiya”
  • Cebuano: “Muḩāfaz̧at al Gharbīyah”
  • Chinese: “西部省”
  • Czech: “Gharbíja”
  • Danish: “Al Gharbiyah”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Ğerbiya”
  • Dutch: “Al Gharbiyah”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “محافظة الغربيه”
  • Esperanto: “provinco Garbija”
  • Esperanto: “Provinco Garbija”
  • Finnish: “Al-Gharbiyyan kuvernementti”
  • Finnish: “Al-Gharbiyyan kuvernoraatti”
  • French: “Gharbeya”
  • French: “Gouvernorat de Gharbeya”
  • French: “Muhafazat al Gharbiyah”
  • Georgian: “გარბიის მუჰაფაზა”
  • German: “al-Gharbiyya”
  • 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: “ग़रबिया प्रांत”
  • Hindi: “ग़रबीया मुहाफ़ज़ाह”
  • Hungarian: “Gharbijja”
  • Indonesian: “Kegubernuran Al Gharbiyah”
  • Indonesian: “Kegubernuran Gharbiyah”
  • Irish: “Gobharnóireacht Gharbia”
  • Italian: “Governatorato di Gharbiyya”
  • Japanese: “ガルビーヤ県”
  • Javanese: “Gharbiyyah”
  • Kannada: “ಘರ್ಬಿಯಾ ಗವರ್ನೇಟ್”
  • Kazakh: “Ғарбия”
  • Kirghiz: “Гарбия”
  • Korean: “가르비야주”
  • Ladino: “Oksidental”
  • Latin: “Al-Gharbiyya”
  • 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: “Гарбия”
  • Scots: “Gharbia Govrenorate”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Guibhearnaireachd Gharbia”
  • Serbian: “Гарбија”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Garbija (muhafaza)”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Garbija”
  • Sinhala: “ඝර්බියා පළාත”
  • Somali: “Gharbiya”
  • South Azerbaijani: “باتی اوستان”
  • South Azerbaijani: “غربیه اوستانی”
  • Spanish: “Gobernación Occidental”
  • Spanish: “Occidental”
  • Swahili: “Mkoa wa Gharbia”
  • Swedish: “al-Gharbiyya”
  • Swedish: “Al-Gharbiyya”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Ғарбия”
  • Tamil: “காரபீஆ கோவெர்னோரே”
  • Tatar: “Ғарбия”
  • Telugu: “గార్బియా గవర్నరేట్”
  • Thai: “เขตผู้ว่าการอัลฆ็อรบียะฮ์”
  • Turkish: “Garbiya”
  • 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”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Ezbet Salih and Ezbet Sidi Ali.

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Highlights: كليه الهندسه جامعه طنطا and faculty of law - Tanta University.

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