Giza Governorate

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Al - Giza (Arabic محافظة الجيزة Muhafazat al - Giza, DMG Muhafazat al - Ǧīza, Egyptian Arabic: al - Giza ) is a governorate in Egypt with 6,272,571 inhabitants.

It is bordered to the north by the province al - Minufiyya, on the east by the provinces of al - Qahira and as- Suwais, on the southeast by the Beni Suef Governorate, al - Fayyum and al - Minya, on the south by the Government al - Wadi al - New Valley and on the northwest by the province Matruh.

It contains the western part of Cairo, south of Cairo including the Memphite necropolis and to the north of the Libyan Desert in the field of road to Bahariyya and the sink al - Bahriyya itself The administrative center is located in the district of al - Cairene Giza.