ElDakahliya

El-Dakahliya governorate is considered one of the oldest governorates in the republic. It was named after a village called “Dakahla” which is an old village that is located in “El-Zerka” headquarters in Domiyate governorate.
- The Dakahliya governorate is located in the northern east section of the delta near the domiyate branch, and its capital is the “Mansoura” city.
- It is surrounded from the east by the Sharkiya governorate and from the west there is the Gharbiya governorate. While from the north there is the Mediterranean Sea, from the north east lies the Domiyate governorate and from the North West you can find the Kafer El-Shikh governorate, finally in the south there is the Kalubiya governorate.
- The Dakahliya governorate consists of 14 headquarter and 3 cities, they are as follows: El-Manzala, El-Gamaliya, Dakrnas, Meet Ghamer, Gamasa, Aga, Akhatab, Belkes, El-Sinbelawin, Shirbine, Talkha, El-Mansoura, Menyat El-Nasr, Bany Abid, Meet Slsyl, El-Kourdy, Timmy El-Amdid, El-Matariya and Nbrowa.
- The total population of the governorate according to the census of 1/1/2003 about 4746961 with total area equals to 3459 km2 and the capitals are El-Mansoura and Arouse El-Nile Cities.
- The National Day of the governorate is on May, the 7th, it is the memorial of arresting the French king in Ebn – Lokman house in 1250.
- There are some important industries in the governorate such as: fertilizers, chemical industries, textiles and clothes, oil and soap industries, wood, rice, cotton ginning, dairy products and printing and press.
- Also there are major projects in the governorate for example as building bridges, beet sugar factories in Belkas and Natural gas production in addition to the Shurok project for rural development and irrigating projects.
- There are many tourism places in the governorate such as: El-Rabbe hill, Timmy El-Amdid hill, El- Blamoon hill, Bllaa hill, El-Mikdam hill, Ibn Lokman house, priest Dimyana monastery and priest Margrigis church, Hassan Touhar museum and Shagaret El-Dorre Park.