Giza (/ ˈ ɡ iː z ə /; sometimes spelled Gizah, Gizeh or Jizah; Arabic: الجيزة al-Jīzah, Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [el ˈgiːze]) is the second-largest city in Egypt after Cairo and fourth-largest city in Africa after Kinshasa, Lagos and Cairo. It is the capital of Giza Governorate with a total population of 9.2 million as of 2021. It is located on the west bank of the Nile, 4.9 ...

The governorate has a noteworthy number of archaeological sites, including at Abu El Matamir, Abu Hummus, Damanhour, Rosetta (Rashid), and Kafr El Dawwar. Coins, lamps, animal bones, and pottery from Roman and later Eastern Roman (Byzantine) eras are some of the archaeological finds discovered at Kom El Giza, and Kom El Hamam in Beheira.

Aswan (/ æ s ˈ w ɑː n, ɑː s-/, also US: / ˈ æ s w ɑː n, ˈ ɑː s-, ˈ æ z-/; Arabic: أسوان, romanized: ʾAswān [ʔɑsˈwɑːn]; Coptic: Ⲥⲟⲩⲁⲛ, romanized: Souan pronounced ) is a city in the south of Egypt, and is the capital of the Aswan Governorate.. Aswan is a busy market and tourist centre located just north of the Aswan Dam on the east bank of the Nile at the ...

Tanta (Arabic: طنطا Ṭanṭa pronounced [ˈtˤɑntˤɑ], Coptic: ⲧⲁⲛⲧⲁⲑⲟ) is a city in Egypt with the country's fifth largest populated area and 658,798 inhabitants as of 2018. Tanta is located between Cairo and Alexandria: 94 km (58 mi) north of Cairo and 130 km (81 mi) southeast of Alexandria.The capital of Gharbia Governorate, it is a center for the cotton-ginning industry.

Cairo (/ ˈ k aɪ r oʊ / KY-roh; Arabic: القاهرة, romanized: al-Qāhirah, pronounced [ælqɑ(ː)ˈheɾɑ]) is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab world.The Greater Cairo metropolitan area, with a population of 21.3 million, is the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the largest in the Arab world and the Middle East, and the sixth-largest in the world by population.

Naqada culture (4000–3000 BC) The Naqada culture is an archaeological culture of Chalcolithic Predynastic Egypt (c. 4400–3000 BC), named for the town of Naqada, Qena Governorate.It is divided into three sub-periods: Naqada I, II and III. Naqada I. The Amratian culture lasted from about 4000 to 3500 BC.Black-topped ware continues to appear, but white cross-line ware – a …

Suez (Arabic: السويس as-Suways; Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [esseˈweːs]) is a seaport city (population of about 750,000 as of August 2018) in north-eastern Egypt, located on the north coast of the Gulf of Suez (a branch of the Red Sea), near the southern terminus of the Suez Canal, having the same boundaries as Suez Governorate.It has three harbours, Adabiya, Ain Sokhna …

Cairo Governorate is the most populated of the governorates of Egypt.Its capital, the city of Cairo, is the national capital of Egypt, and is part of the Greater Cairo metropolitan area. Because it is completely urbanized, the governorate is considered a city proper, and functions as a municipality. [citation needed] However, there are uninhabited desert areas.

Thebes (Arabic: طيبة, Ancient Greek: Θῆβαι, Thēbai), known to the ancient Egyptians as Waset, was an ancient Egyptian city located along the Nile about 800 kilometers (500 mi) south of the Mediterranean.Its ruins lie within the modern Egyptian city of Luxor.Thebes was the main city of the fourth Upper Egyptian nome (Sceptre nome) and was the capital of Egypt for long periods …

Rank Name Arabic Census 1986 Census 1996 Census 2006 Estimate 2008 Governorate; 1. Cairo: القاهرة 6,068,695: 6,789,479: 7,786,640: 7,947,121: Cairo Governorate