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Governorates of Egypt (With Map)

Name the 27 governorates of Egypt, as shown on the map below
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Governorates
Alexandria
Al Sharqia
Aswan
Asyut
Beheira
Beni Suef
Cairo
Dakahlia
Damietta
Faiyum
Gharbia
Giza
Ismailia
Kafr el-Sheikh
Governorates
Luxor
Matrouh
Minya
Monufia
New Valley
North Sinai
Port Said
Qalyubia
Qena
Red Sea
Sohag
South Sinai
Suez
meteorologicalwolverine
+9
Level 45
Nov 13, 2018
Please accept alternate spellings. Five of the governorates have spellings that end in -iya that you only accepted as -ia (for reference, go to Egypt in Merriam Webster's Geographical Dictionary).
TomatosRaafatos
+4
Level 73
Jun 3, 2020
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TomatosRaafatos
+4
Level 73
Jun 3, 2020
And Beni Suef could use a few alternatives. Definitely "Bani" and please some of the "Suaif, Sueif, Swaif, Sweif, Suwef" etc... As a native Arab I knew the exact names but I couldn't transiliterate them correctly. Arabic is a mess and the government didn't really handle it that well! (I mean they were efficient at minimizing the number of letters, but still)
Jiaozira
+4
Level 70
Jun 3, 2020
Added some new type-ins, thank you. I've already researched these names for alternate spellings, so if you'd like any more please comment! (Arabic to English transliteration is always difficult).
TomatosRaafatos
+4
Level 73
Jun 3, 2020
Btw, loads of thanks for the map and for taking the time to make such a quiz. Always delights me to take obscure middle eastern quizzes like this!
Jiaozira
+5
Level 70
Jun 3, 2020
You are very welcome! I think it's important that major countries such as Egypt get their own quiz.
Cyndel
+5
Level 27
Oct 18, 2020
Thanks for making this quiz, I always wanted to learn these.
Jiaozira
+2
Level 70
Oct 18, 2020
Of course, every country deserves its own regions quiz!
4knowledge
+2
Level 42
Feb 28, 2021
Great Quiz.
Jiaozira
+1
Level 70
Feb 28, 2021
Thank you!
filiphoset
+1
Level 60
Feb 28, 2021
lower and upper Egypt?
Jiaozira
+2
Level 70
Feb 28, 2021
Those are ancient regions of Egypt along the river Nile, covering several governorates. They still have relevancy as broader geographical regions as far as I know (Upper Egypt even has an abolished yet still living monarchy), although they do not correspond to any one governorate of Egypt.
4knowledge
+1
Level 42
Jun 2, 2021
I appreciate that you made a quiz for Egypt First Level Subdivisions, but can you improve the map because it has wrong borders between governorates.

Note: use citypopulation.de

Jiaozira
+1
Level 70
Jun 3, 2021
Did they change recently? Wikipedia lists the governorates in the same manner that I have them. I can't find anything on this myself.
4knowledge
+1
Level 42
Jun 13, 2021
Well in citypopulation.de they are more accurate and the borders are correct not like wiki and I don't think they changed but wiki has a wrong map.
Jiaozira
+1
Level 70
Jul 7, 2022
One year later and I finally got around to updating the map :)
Moeilijk
+1
Level 61
Apr 8, 2022
Can you accept Menofia?
sergeantmalice
+2
Level 56
May 17, 2022
I recognise how hard it is to make a quiz like this since you have to add a million variations for most governorates, but please add more for Fayoum
Jiaozira
+2
Level 70
May 19, 2022
Done, thanks for the suggestion. I have been learning Arabic and so I will go over each one of these and update the type-ins soon!
sergeantmalice
+2
Level 56
May 29, 2022
Lovely, hope you enjoy the language :) I can help you with some common type ins (in MSA and Egyptian Arabic) if you have a spreadsheet or something
Jiaozira
+1
Level 70
May 29, 2022
(: شكرا! دراستي رايح منيح الحمدلله

I have a spreadsheet on Google Sheets, if you have suggestions for type-ins that would be fantastic, I would appreciate this a lot!

sergeantmalice
+2
Level 56
May 30, 2022
Cairo -> Kahera, Kahira, Qahira, Qahera (optional h at the end of each)

Minya -> Menya

Fayoum -> Fayum, Fayoum, Fayoom

Asyut -> Assyut, Assiut, Asiut

Sharqia -> Sharkia

Monufia -> Menofia

All of these (except Assyut) can also accept an El (colloquial) or Al (formal) before their names. e.g. El Kahera, Al Sharkia, etc

Also, Matrou/Matru shouldn't be accepted for Matruh since the h is very pronounced (مطروح)

Jiaozira
+2
Level 70
May 30, 2022
I have updated the quiz with all the type-ins, thank you very much :D
sergeantmalice
+2
Level 56
May 31, 2022
Welcome :)
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