Giza governorate is located in the northern part of the Nile valley. Its south borders reach the Bany–Suef governorate and it reaches El – Behera governorate in the north. It is separated from the western side of El-Monufiya governorate by Rashid City Lake, while from the eastern side there is Cairo governorate.
- It is one of greater Cairo governorates and it is located directly on the Nile bank. It has many famous ancient pharos monuments such as: the pyramids, sphinx, Sakara pyramid, Abu Sire and Midoum.
- The governorate includes some oases which have mountains and valleys with beautiful scenes in addition to water springs. Also there is an industrial area in the governorate which is found on the Egypt – Alexandria road at mark 28.8 and its total area is about 1000 fadans.
Important industrial areas:
- El-Korymatte: it is near to the raw materials’ sources which are needed for the main industries in the area such as marbles and bricks in addition to packing vegetables and fruits.
- Thmaa El-Ayatte: it is a desert area with 10 thousands Fandans, it is a suitable area for establishing all kinds of small and medium enterprises.
- El-Saff area: it includes the bricks area and about 1500 Fadans were added to the area to be an industrial area and producing all kinds of thermal products.
- Berkash area: (which is Embaba headquarter and Osime city) that is specialized in food industries. The environmental aspects will be taken into consideration to prevent pollution. The industrial area will be well planed and all the needs will be provided.
- The Giza governorate is considered agricultural, industrial and tourism governorate that’s why it has to put restriction on its industrial activity to protect its monuments from the industrial pollution.
- March 21st is the national day of the governorate, in the memorial of facing the British invaders in 1919.