Egypt Administrative Divisions / مصر

Overview

Item	Details
Governorate	27
District	365
Shiyakha	5,716
Coordinates	✅ Included (all levels)
Formats	JSON, NDJSON, CSV
License	CC-BY-4.0
Last Updated	2026-05-29
Website	openadmindata.org/eg
API	openadmindata.org/api/eg

Browse by Governorate

#	Governorate	Districts	Shiyakhas	Link
1	الاسكندرية (Alexandria)	19	141	Browse
2	أسيوط (Assiut)	15	261	Browse
3	أسوان (Aswan)	10	122	Browse
4	البحيرة (Behera)	19	534	Browse
5	بنى سويف (Beni Suef)	10	240	Browse
6	القاهرة (Cairo)	42	324	Browse
7	الدقهلية (Dakahlia)	21	513	Browse
8	دمياط (Damietta)	9	101	Browse
9	الفيوم (Fayoum)	9	174	Browse
10	الغربية (Gharbia)	12	350	Browse
11	الجيزة (Giza)	22	239	Browse
12	الإسماعيلية (Ismailia)	8	56	Browse
13	كفر الشيخ (Kafr El-Shikh)	12	226	Browse
14	القليوبية (Kalyoubia)	15	216	Browse
15	مدينة الأقصر (Luxor)	4	23	Browse
16	مطروح (Matrouh)	8	113	Browse
17	المنيا (Menia)	13	378	Browse
18	المنوفية (Menoufia)	12	330	Browse
19	الوادى الجديد (New Valley)	4	75	Browse
20	شمال سيناء (North Sinai)	11	96	Browse
21	بورسعيد (Port Said)	12	22	Browse
22	قنا (Qena)	14	203	Browse
23	البحر الأحمر (Red Sea)	8	41	Browse
24	الشرقية (Sharkia)	22	531	Browse
25	جنوب سيناء (South Sinai)	8	99	Browse
26	السويس (Suez)	6	18	Browse
27	سوهاج (Suhag)	20	290	Browse

Data Files

File	Format	Description
all-governorate.json	JSON	All 27 governorate records
all-district.json	JSON	All 365 district records
all-shiyakha.json	JSON	All 5,716 shiyakha records
all-flat.json	JSON	Levels 1-2 flat array
all-flat.ndjson	NDJSON	Streaming format
all-flat.csv	CSV	Spreadsheet format
hierarchy.json	JSON	Nested tree
schema.json	JSON Schema	Data schema

Quick Start

Python

import json

with open("data/all-governorate.json", "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
    data = json.load(f)

for r in data:
    print(f"{r['name']['local']} ({r['name']['en']}) — {r['children_count']['district']} districts")

JavaScript

import { readFileSync } from "fs";

const data = JSON.parse(readFileSync("data/all-governorate.json", "utf-8"));
console.log(`Total: ${data.length} governorates`);

Schema

Field	Type	Description
id	string	Unique identifier
level	integer	1=governorate, 2=district, 3=shiyakha
level_name	object	Level label (local + English)
name.local	string	Name in local script
name.en	string	English name
name.slug	string	URL-safe slug
parent	object/null	Parent division reference
ancestors	array	Full ancestor chain
children_count	object	Count of children per level
zip_codes	array	Postal codes (where available)
geo.lat	string	Latitude (WGS84)
geo.lon	string	Longitude (WGS84)

Full schema: data/schema.json

Hierarchy Browse

divisions/{governorate-slug}/
divisions/{governorate-slug}/{district-slug}/

Shiyakhas are listed inline in each district's README.

AI Integration

• llms.txt — Quick reference for AI agents
• llms-full.txt — Summary with per-governorate links
• Per-governorate data — Full data by governorate

Citation

Egypt Administrative Divisions Dataset (CC-BY-4.0)
URL: https://github.com/open-admin-data/egypt-administrative-divisions

See CITATION.cff for machine-readable citation.

License

• Data: CC-BY-4.0

Related

• Open Admin Data — Browse, search and explore administrative divisions for every country
• open-admin-data — GitHub organization with all country repos
• ListBase — Structured reference data for every country