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Political Division and Principle Cities

   

 

Egypt is divided for administrative purposes into 26 governorates. The capital and largest city is Cairo, which has an estimated population (1992 estimate) of about 6,800,000. Other important cities, with 1992 estimated populations, include Alexandria, the principal port (3,380,000); Giza, an industrial center near Cairo (2,144,000); Port Said, at the Mediterranean entrance to the Suez Canal (460,000); and Suez, the southern terminus of the canal (388,000).

 


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