Dakahlia Governorate

Dakahlia is an Egyptian governorate lying northeast of , Egypt. Its area is approximately 3,500km2. Although the capital of the governorate is , it got its name from the ancient town of Daqahlah which is located in the modern .
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  • Type: governorate of Egypt with 7,010,000 residents
  • Description: Egyptian governorate
  • Also known as: Ad Daqahlīyah”, “Dakahlia”, “Dakahlieh”, “Daqahlia”, “Daqahliyah”, “El Dakahlia”, “Mohafazat El Daqahliya”, “Mudīrīyat ad Daqahlīyah”, “Muhafazat ad Daqahliyah”, “Muḩāfaz̧at Daqahlīyah”, and “Muḥâfaẕet el-Daqahlîya

Dakahlia Governorate

Latitude
31.1° or 31° 6′ north
Longitude
31.6° or 31° 36′ east
Population
7,010,000
Open location code
8G3H3HXX+XX
Geo­Names ID
361849
Wiki­data ID
Q31068
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Dakahlia Governorate” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: الدقهلية
  • Arabic: الدقهليه
  • Arabic: دقهلية
  • Arabic: محافظة الدقهلية
  • Arabic: محافظة الدقهليه
  • Arabic: محافظه الدقهليه
  • Armenian: Դակահլիա
  • Armenian: Դակահլիայի մարզ
  • Azerbaijani: əd-Dəqəhliyyə mühafəzəsi
  • Belarusian: Дакаглія
  • Belarusian: Дакахлія
  • Bengali: ডাকাহ্লিয়া গভর্নোরেট
  • Bosnian: Dakahlia
  • Bulgarian: Дакахлия
  • Catalan: governació d’Al-Daqahliyah
  • Catalan: Governació d’Al-Daqahliyah
  • Cebuano: Muḩāfaz̧at ad Daqahlīyah
  • Chinese: Dakahlia Séng
  • Chinese: 代盖赫利耶省
  • Chinese: 代蓋赫利耶省
  • Czech: Daqahlíja
  • Danish: Ad Daqahliyah
  • Dutch: Ad Daqahliyah
  • Egyptian Arabic: الدقهلية
  • Egyptian Arabic: الدقهليه
  • Egyptian Arabic: محافظة الدقهلية
  • Egyptian Arabic: محافظة الدقهليه
  • Esperanto: Provinco Dakahlija
  • Finnish: Al-Daqahliyya
  • French: Dakahleya
  • French: Gouvernorat de Dakahleya
  • French: Gouvernorat de Dakhleya
  • Georgian: დაკაჰლია
  • Georgian: დაკაჰლიის მუჰაფაზა
  • German: Ad-Daqahlīya
  • German: ad-Daqahliyya
  • German: Dakahlia
  • German: Daqahlīya
  • German: Daqahliyya
  • German: EG-DK
  • German: Gouvernement ad-Daqahliyya
  • Greek: Κυβερνείο Ντακάχλια
  • Gujarati: ડાકાહલિઆ ગવર્નોરેટ
  • Hebrew: א-דקהלייה
  • Hindi: डाख्लिया
  • Hindi: दक़ैहलेया मुहाफ़ज़ाह
  • Indonesian: Kegubernuran Ad Daqahliyah
  • Indonesian: Kegubernuran Daqahliyah
  • Irish: Gobharnóireacht Dakahlia
  • Italian: Dakahlia
  • Italian: Governatorato di Dakahlia
  • Italian: Governatorato di Dakahliyya
  • Italian: Governatorato di Daqahliyya
  • Japanese: ダカリーヤ県
  • Kannada: ಡಕಾಹ್ಲಿಯಾ ಗವರ್ನೇಟ್
  • Korean: 다칼리아 주
  • Korean: 다칼리야주
  • Ladino: Dakalia
  • Latin: Ad-Daqahliyya
  • Latin: Dacahlia
  • Latvian: Dekahlījas muhāfaza
  • Lithuanian: Dakahlijos muchafaza
  • Malay: Dakahlia Governorate
  • Malay: Kegabenoran Dakahlia
  • Marathi: डाख्लिया गव्हर्नोरेट
  • Min Nan Chinese: Dakahlia Séng
  • Northern Frisian: Dakahlijja (Guwernement)
  • Northern Frisian: Dakahlijja
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Ad Daqahliyah
  • Norwegian: Guvernementet Dakahlia
  • Ossetian: Дакахли
  • Persian: استان دقهلیه
  • Polish: Ad-Dakahlija
  • Polish: Ad-Dakahlijja
  • Portuguese: Ad daqahliyah
  • Portuguese: Dacalia
  • Portuguese: Dakahlia
  • Romanian: Ad Daqahliyah
  • Romanian: Guvernoratul Dakahlia
  • Russian: Дакахлия
  • Russian: Эль-Дакахлия
  • Scots: Dakahlia Govrenorate
  • Serbian: Dakahlia Governorate
  • Serbian: Дакахлија
  • Serbo-Croatian: Dakahlija (muhafaza)
  • Serbo-Croatian: Dakahlija
  • Sinhala: ඩකහිලා පළාත
  • Slovenian: Guvernat Dakalija
  • South Azerbaijani: دقهلیه اوستانی
  • Spanish: Dacalia
  • Spanish: Dakahlia
  • Spanish: Gobernación de Dacalia
  • Swahili: Mkoa wa Dakahlia
  • Swedish: Ad Daqahliyah
  • Swedish: Ad-Daqahliyah
  • Swedish: Ad-Daqahlīyah
  • Swedish: Ad-Daqahliyya
  • Swedish: Dakahleya
  • Swedish: Dakahlia
  • Swedish: El Dakahleya
  • Tajik: Вилояти Дақаҳлия
  • Tamil: Dakahliaa கோவெர்னோரேட்
  • Telugu: డాకాహిలా గవర్నరేట్
  • Thai: เขตผู้ว่าการอัดดะเกาะฮ์ลียะฮ์
  • Turkish: Dekahliye
  • Ukrainian: Дакахлія
  • Urdu: محافظہ دقہلیہ
  • Vietnamese: tỉnh Dakahlia
  • Vietnamese: Tỉnh Dakahlia
  • Waray (Philippines): Dakahlia
  • Western Panjabi: صوبہ داقاہلیہ
  • Wu Chinese: 代盖赫利耶省
  • Zulu: Dakahlia Governorate

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