Dakahlia (الدقهلية)
Governorate
Country	Egypt
Capital	El Mansoura
Area	3,500 km² (1,351 sq mi)
Population	5,000,000
Map of Egypt with Dakahlia highlighted

Dakahlia governorate (Arabic: الدقهلية‎) is an Egyptian governorate lying northeast of Cairo. This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. El Mansurah (also spelled as Mansoura; Arabic: المنصورة) is a city in Egypt, with a population of 420000 Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. Egypt is divided into 29 Governorates (singular Muhafazah) and 1 self-governing city Cairo () which means "the Vanquisher" or "the Triumphant" is the capital and largest city of Egypt. Its area is about 3,500 km² and it has a population of about 5 million. The capital of Dakahlia is Al Mansurah, and the other major towns are Mit Ghamr, Bilqas, and Manzalah. El Mansurah (also spelled as Mansoura; Arabic: المنصورة) is a city in Egypt, with a population of 420000 Mit Ghamr (Arabic ميت غمر is an Egyptian center producing Aluminium accounting for more than 70% of Egypt's total production especially Aluminum Belqas is a town in the north western corner of the Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt. This province is famous for producing some of the most acclaimed Egyptians in the fields of science, engineering, medicine and the arts. This article is about the contemporary North African ethnic group Engineering is the Discipline and Profession of applying technical and scientific Knowledge and Medicine is the art and science of healing It encompasses a range of Health care practices evolved to maintain and restore Human Health by the The Urology and Nephrology Center of Mansoura University Faculty of Medicine is considered the best kidney center in Africa. Nephrology (from Greek nephros, " Kidney " and λόγος Logos, "speech" lit

Governors of Dakahlia

• Ismail Farid: (September 1960 - October 1965)
• Abd Fattah Fouad: (October 1965 - October 1966)
• Abd Fattah Aly Ahmed: (February 1967 - October 1971)
• Abd El-Megeed Shedid: (October 1971 - September 1972)
• Mohamed Ibrahim Dakrory: (September 1972 - February 1975)
• Mohamed Aly Rasheed: (February 1975 - May 1977)
• Mohamed Abd El-Gany Mahmoud: (May 1977 - December 1977)
• Tawfeek Hamed Karara: (December 1977 - October 1978)
• Saad Mohamed El-Sherbiny: (November 1978 - May 1980)
• Tawfeek Hamed Karara , 2nd time: (May 1980 - February 1984 )
• Saad Mohamed El-Sherbiny , 2nd time: (February 1984 - April 1989)
• Mohamed Hussim Madyan: (April 1989 - March 1991)
• Mustafa Kamel: ( March 1991 - April 1993)
• Ibrahim Hassan El- Sheek: (April 1993 - January 1996)
• Faker El-Din Khalid Abdo: (January 1996 - October 1999)
• Mohamed Mustafa El-Shenawy: (October 1999 - July 2001)
• Ahmed Said Sawwan: (July 2001 - current).

Dakahlia Divisions

Dakahliya Governorate consists from 16 Region(Markaz) and 3 Cities:

Dakahiya Regions(Marakez)

• Al Manzalah
• Al Matariyyah
• Al Gammaliyyah
• Meit Salseel
• Menyat Al Nasr
• Dikirnis
• Bani 'Ebeid
• Temayy Al Amdeed
• Al Senbellawein
• Mahallat Damanah
• Al Mansoura
• Aga
• Meit Ghamr
• Belqas
• Sherbeen
• Talkha

Other Cities:

• Gamasa (in Belqas Region)
• Al Kurdi (in Minyat Al Nasr Region)
• Nabarowh (in Talkha Region)

External links

• Dakahliya Governorate Official website
• Dakahlia page